Alain Mottet
Known for Acting · 38 credits
- Born
- 1928-12-30
- Died
- 2017-10-31
- Place of birth
- Lyon, Rhône, France
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.
Known For
TV Shows (8)
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
1965
as Delma
Vidocq
1967
as Inspecteur Flambart
Le Grand Secret
1989
as Hamblain
Les Misérables
1972
as Thénardier
La Mort d'un champion
1972
La Mort d'un touriste
1975
as L'inspecteur L'Héritier
François Kléber
1995
as Le directeur de la police
Movies (30)
Army of Shadows
1969
as Le Commandant du Camp
Ho !
1968
as Paul
Mata Hari, la vraie histoire
2003
as Me Clunet
Domino
1976
as Héller
The Fire Within
1963
as Urcel
Murder on Demand
1977
as Jacques Lacarène
L'Affaire Lourdes
1967
as Jacomet
Shéhérazade
1971
as Shazénian
Le Curé de Tours
1980
as M. de Bourbonne
Last Known Address
1970
as Frank Lambert, Leonetti's colleague and friend
The Pariah
1972
as 'Ficelle', henchman of Villanova
One Way Ticket
1971
as Nitesse
Climates of Love
1962
Héloïse and Abélard
1973
as Besnard de Clairvaux
Question of Love
1978
as L'avocat général
La main enchantée
1974
as Maître Chevassut
Inspector Blunder
1980
as Dumeze, police director
Venus and Lulu
1991
as Marceau le comédien
The Black Indies
1964
as James Starr
My New Partner II
1990
as Le préfet
Aram
2002
as Miran Sarkissian
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
1977
as Marc Ovet
Un dimanche de flics
1983
as Director
The Good and the Bad
1976
as le commissaire Blanchot
Le dialogue dans le marécage
1973
as Sire Laurent
L'appel du 18 juin
2010
as Maréchal Pétain
La Mort de Danton
1970
as Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
1978
as Simon Jaumier
L'armée des ombres... le dessous des cartes
2013
as Self
Madame Sans-Gêne
1974
as Fouché
About Alain Mottet
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… With 38 credits spanning from 1962 to 2013, Alain Mottet has appeared in 30 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alain Mottet Movies
- Army of Shadows (1969) — as Le Commandant du Camp
- Ho ! (1968) — as Paul
- Mata Hari, la vraie histoire (2003) — as Me Clunet
- Domino (1976) — as Héller
- The Fire Within (1963) — as Urcel
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