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Alain Mottet
Actor

Alain Mottet

30 Dec 1928Born
31 Oct 2017Died
88Age at death
37Credits

Biography

Alain Mottet (30 December 1928 in Lyon, France – 31 October 2017 in Paris, France) was a French actor.

Alain Mottet appeared in dozens of films, often in secondary roles. He appeared in three films with José Giovanni. In 1965, he played the main role in L'Affaire de la malle à Gouffé. In 1969, in L'Armée des ombres, he was responsible for the prison camp where Lino Ventura, alias Philippe Gerbier, was imprisoned.

For television, he played Flambart, the police officer who chased Eugène François Vidocq relentlessly, played by Bernard Noël in the TV series Vidocq in 1967. He regularly worked with director Abder Isker including on several episodes of Au théâtre ce soir.

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One of his most notable TV roles was as Shazénian in the fairytale Shéhérazade, shown at the end of 1971: on a flying horse, he walks with Claude Jade into the night sky.

In parallel to his screen career, he also continued to work on stage, most notably in plays by Jean Le Poulain, Roger Planchon, André Barsacq and Georges Wilson. He was part of the cast of the Comédie-Française from 1986 to 1988.

Married to Françoise Hirsch (1930-2017), until his death on 31 October 2017, he is the father of Christine Mottet and actor and musician Pierre Mottet.

Source: Article "Alain Mottet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2010L'appel du 18 juinFilm: Maréchal Pétain
  2. 2003Mata Hari, la vraie histoireFilm: Me Clunet
  3. 2002AramFilm: Miran Sarkissian
  4. 1995François KléberSeries: Le directeur de la police (1 episode)
  5. 1991Venus and LuluFilm: Marceau le comédien
  6. 1990My New Partner IIFilm: Le préfet
  7. 1989Le Grand SecretSeries: Hamblain (6 episodes)
  8. 1983Un dimanche de flicsFilm: Director
  9. 1980Inspector BlunderFilm: Dumeze, le directeur de la police
  10. 1980Le Curé de ToursFilm: M. de Bourbonne
  11. 1978Question of LoveFilm: L'avocat général
  12. 1978Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affairesFilm: Simon Jaumier
  13. 1977Murder on DemandFilm: Jacques Lacarène
  14. 1977The Night of Saint-Germain-des-PrésFilm: Marc Ovet
  15. 1976DominoFilm: Héller
  16. 1976The Good and the BadFilm: le commissaire Blanchot
  17. 1975La Mort d'un touristeSeries: L'inspecteur L'Héritier (6 episodes)
  18. 1974Madame Sans-GêneFilm: Fouché
  19. 1974La main enchantéeFilm: Maître Chevassut
  20. 1973Le dialogue dans le marécageFilm: Sire Laurent
  21. 1973Héloïse and AbélardFilm: Besnard de Clairvaux
  22. 1972The PariahFilm: 'Ficelle', henchman of Villanova
  23. 1972Les MisérablesSeries: Thénardier (2 episodes)
  24. 1972La Mort d'un championSeries (2 episodes)
  25. 1971ShéhérazadeFilm: Shazénian
  26. 1971One Way TicketFilm: Nitesse
  27. 1970La Mort de DantonFilm: Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre
  28. 1970La mort de DantonFilm: Maximilien Robespierre
  29. 1970Last Known AddressFilm: Frank Lambert, Leonetti's colleague and friend
  30. 1969Army of ShadowsFilm: Le Commandant du Camp
  31. 1968Ho !Film: Paul
  32. 1967L'Affaire LourdesFilm: Jacomet
  33. 1967VidocqSeries: Inspecteur Flambart (13 episodes)
  34. 1965Belphegor, or The Phantom of the LouvreSeries: Delma (1 episode)
  35. 1964The Black IndiesFilm: James Starr
  36. 1963The Fire WithinFilm: Urcel
  37. 1962Climates of LoveFilm

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