Alain Mottet


Alain Mottet was a French actor. He appeared in many films and on television, usually in a supporting role. He also acted in numerous stage productions.

Early life and education

Alain Mottet was born on 30 December 1928 in Lyon, France.

Career

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.

Death

Mottet died on 31 October 2017 in Paris.

Personal life

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

Theatre

Filmography

Cinema

Television

  • 1962: Paludi - Alf
  • 1964: Les Indes noires - James Starr
  • 1965: Belphégor ou le Fantôme du Louvre
  • 1965: Donadieu - Berthelien
  • 1966: L'Écharpe - Édouard Tranier
  • 1966: Les Compagnons de Jéhu - Toussaint
  • 1967: L'Affaire Lourdes
  • 1967: Vidocq - Flambart
  • 1970: À corps perdu - Victor Colonna
  • 1971: Shéhérazade - Shazénian
  • 1971: Les Salauds vont en enfer - Hal
  • 1972: La Mort d'un champion telefilm by Abder Isker : Denis Clément
  • 1972: Les Six Hommes en question
  • 1972: Les Misérables - Thénardier
  • 1973: Les Coqs de minuit - Maître Régis
  • 1974: La Passagère by Abder Isker : le commissaire Clément
  • 1974: Les Cinq Dernières Minutes - Igor Cléry
  • 1974: Au théâtre ce soir
  • 1974: La Main enchantée - maître Chevassut
  • 1975: Les Grands Détectives - le duc Sairmeuse
  • 1976 : Domino
  • 1976: Au théâtre ce soir
  • 1977: Dossier Danger Immédiat
  • 1977: Dernier Appel
  • 1977: Attention chien méchant
  • 1978: Au théâtre ce soir
  • 1978: Les Amours sous la Révolution
  • 1979: La Belle Vie - le commissaire du peuple
  • 1979: Messieurs les jurés - le Président
  • 1980: Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
  • 1986: Léon Blum à l'échelle humaine - Léon Blum
  • 1987: Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret - Mascoulin
  • 1989: Le Grand Secret
  • 1991: Marie Curie, une femme honorable
  • 2010: L'Appel du 18 juin - maréchal Pétain
  • 2010: Les Châtaigniers du désert - le marquis