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. 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.
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Filmography
all 35
Movies 27
TV Shows 8
Director 2
self 1
L'appel du 18 juin (2010)
Mata Hari, la vraie histoire (2003)
Aram (2002)
François Kléber (1995)
Venus and Lulu (1991)
My New Partner II (1990)
Le Grand Secret (1989)
Un dimanche de flics (1983)
Anthelme Collet ou le brigand gentilhomme (1981)
Inspector Blunder (1980)
Le Curé de Tours (1980)
Question of Love (1978)
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires (1978)
Murder on Demand (1977)
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1977)
Domino (1976)
The Good and the Bad (1976)
La Mort d'un touriste (1975)
Midi Première (1975)
Madame Sans-Gêne (1974)
La main enchantée (1974)
Le Dialogue dans le marécage (1973)
The Pariah (1972)
Les Misérables (1972)
Shéhérazade (1971)
One Way Ticket (1971)
La Mort de Danton (1970)
Last Known Address (1970)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Ho! (1968)
L'affaire Lourdes (1967)
Vidocq (1967)
Belphegor, or Phantom of the Louvre (1965)
The Black Indies (1964)
The Fire Within (1963)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1928-12-30
Deathday2017-10-31 (88 years old)
Birth NameLouis Alain Mottet
Birth Place2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France
ChildrenPierre Mottet
CitizenshipsFrance
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