Alain Mottet
Date of birth: 1928-12-30
Place of birth: Lyon, Rhône, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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. Source: Article "Alain Mottet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movie Credits
Ho !
1968-11-04
Race driver who has lost his membership card becomes the chauffeur of a gangsters pack
Shéhérazade
1971-12-30
The Fire Within
1963-10-15
Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and
The Good and the Bad
1976-01-19
The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspir
Army of Shadows
1969-09-10
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Th
Last Known Address
1970-02-25
Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer
The Pariah
1972-12-12
For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison auth
L'Affaire Lourdes
1967-11-07
In Lourdes, in the 1860s, the young Bernadette disturbs despite herself the peaceful life of the sma
One Way Ticket
1971-05-26
After a bank robbery gone wrong, a crook goes on the run across Belgium to escape the police, clear
Inspector Blunder
1980-12-03
A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spo
Venus and Lulu
1991-05-11
Narcoleptic Finnish naturist as beautiful as Venus is on vacation in Southern France with her husban
Climates of Love
1962-04-11
The Marcenat couple seem to have everything they need to be happy. However, Odile's frivolity and Ph
Un dimanche de flics
1983-10-31
Two policemen, Franck and Rupert, intervene in a Parisian heliport where drugs are exchanged for a l
Murder on Demand
1977-06-22
A man in financial trouble is thinking of killing his wife to get back the money he has placed in he
The Black Indies
1964-12-25
In 1870s Scotland mining engineer James Starr is asked by former colleague Simon Ford, who's living
My New Partner II
1990-02-07
The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is
La main enchantée
1974-10-05
Eustache, a young cloth merchant's clerk preparing to marry Javotte, his boss's daughter, has his fo
Question of Love
1978-10-18
Architect Dumas dies from a bullet of his own gun in front of his house. The police suspect his youn
Madame Sans-Gêne
1974-12-24
Catherine Hubscher, laundress, saves the life of an Austrian nobleman with the complicity of her fia
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
1977-06-01
In 1951, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the private detective Nestor Burma was commissioned by an insura
Le dialogue dans le marécage
1973-07-31
The Sienese Pia Tolomei is imprisoned in a castle by a jealous husband. Based on the novel by Margue
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
1978-09-08
La Mort de Danton
1970-06-01
L'appel du 18 juin
2010-06-08
Mata Hari, la vraie histoire
2003-11-08
The Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is accused of spying for Germany during the First World War.
Le Curé de Tours
1980-12-02
Father Birotteau and Father Troubert, both of whom are priests at Tours, have separate lodgings in t
Domino
1976-07-10
L'armée des ombres... le dessous des cartes
2013-07-20
Héloïse and Abélard
1973-01-01
The love affair between Abélard and Héloïse, or the extraordinary passion between a brilliant 37-yea
Aram
2002-11-27
Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret s