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Alain Mottet

Actor
Died October 31, 2017 (88 years)
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.

Source: Article "Alain Mottet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
  • Inspector Blunder
  • Scoumoune
  • Aram
  • Ho!
  • One Way Ticket
  • The Black Indies
  • Vidocq
  • Les Misérables (1972)

Filmography

2002
Aram · as Miran Sarkissian
1998
Avocats & Associés (TV Series) · as Bâtonnier D'avila
1991
Nestor Burma (TV Series) · as Comte Ciello
1991
La Vénus à Lulu · as Marceau Le Comédien
1991
Marie Curie, une femme honorable (TV Series) · as Appel
1990
1989
The Big Secret (TV Series) · as Hamblain
1983
Un dimanche de flic · as Director
1981
Anthelme Collet ou le brigand gentilhomme (TV Series) · as Le Ministre
1980
Inspector Blunder · as Dumeze, Police Director
1980
Le curé de Tours · as M. De Bourbonne
1978
Question of Love · as L'avocat Général
1978
1976
The Good and the Bad · as Le Commissaire Blanchot
1975
La mort d'un touriste (TV Series) · as L'inspecteur L'héritier
1975
1974
La Main enchantée · as Maître Chevassut
1974
Les grands détectives (TV Series) · as Le Duc De Sairmeuse
1972
Scoumoune · as Ficelle, Tenancier D'une Maison De Tolérance Pour Villanova
1972
Les Misérables (1972) (TV Series) · as Thénardier
1972
1971
One Way Ticket · as Nitesse
1970
La mort de Danton · as Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre
1970
Last Known Address · as Frank Lambert, Leonetti's Colleague And Friend
1969
Army of Shadows · as Camp Commander
1969
A Golden Widow · as Le Notaire
1968
Ho! · as Paul
1967
1967
L'affaire Lourdes · as Jacomet
1967
Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as Joseph Masoulin
1967
The Aeronauts (TV Series) · as Le Chef Du Bunker
1967
Docteur Gundel · as Cast
1967
1967
Vidocq (TV Series) · as Inspecteur Flambart
1966
1966
The Mystery of the White Masks (TV Series) · as Toussain
1966
At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Fouché
1965
Belphégor ou le Fantôme du Louvre (TV Series) · as Delma
1964
The Black Indies · as James Starr
1964
Woyzeck · as Le Docteur
1963
The Fire Within · as Urcel
1962
1960
The Youth Theater (TV Series) · as Singleton
1958
The Last Five Minutes (TV Series) · as Gérard Frolois

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