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 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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Acting
Movie
Army of Shadows
as Le Commandant du Camp
1969
Movie
The Fire Within
as Urcel
1963
Movie
Inspector Blunder
as Dumeze, police director
1980
Movie
My New Partner II
as Le préfet
1990
Movie
The Pariah
as 'Ficelle', henchman of Villanova
1972
Movie
Last Known Address
as Frank Lambert, Leonetti's colleague and friend
1970
Movie
The Good and the Bad
as le commissaire Blanchot
1976
Movie
Ho !
as Paul
1968
TV
Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
as Delma
1965
Movie
Venus and Lulu
as Marceau le comédien
1991
Movie
One Way Ticket
as Nitesse
1971
Movie
Un dimanche de flics
as Director
1983
Movie
The Black Indies
as James Starr
1964
Movie
Question of Love
as L'avocat général
1978
Movie
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
as Marc Ovet
1977
Movie
Mata Hari, la vraie histoire
as Me Clunet
2003
Movie
Aram
as Miran Sarkissian
2002
TV
Les Misérables
as Thénardier
1972
TV
Vidocq
as Inspecteur Flambart
1967
Movie
Climates of Love
1962
Movie
L'appel du 18 juin
as Maréchal Pétain
2010
TV
Midi Première
as Self
1975
Movie
Shéhérazade
as Shazénian
1971
Movie
L'Affaire Lourdes
as Jacomet
1967