Alain Mottet

Alain Mottet

Born: December 30, 1928
Died: October 31, 2017
in Lyon, Rhône, France
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.

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L'appel du 18 juin
Title: L'appel du 18 juin
Character: Maréchal Pétain
Released: June 8, 2010
Type: Movie
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Mata Hari, la vraie histoire
Title: Mata Hari, la vraie histoire
Character: Me Clunet
Released: November 8, 2003
Type: Movie
The Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is accused of spying for Germany during the First World War.
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Title: François Kléber
Character: Le directeur de la police
Released: April 20, 1995
Type: TV
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Venus and Lulu
Title: Venus and Lulu
Character: Marceau le comédien
Released: May 11, 1991
Type: Movie
A lady loses her clothes in a local village, then proceeds to spend the entire duration of the film completely naked and looking for clothes.
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My New Partner II
Title: My New Partner II
Character: Le préfet
Released: February 7, 1990
Type: Movie
The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.
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Title: Le Grand Secret
Character: Hamblain
Released: January 6, 1989
Type: TV
A young woman searches for her biologist lover who disappeared after an Indian scientist made a discovery that could endanger humanity.
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Un dimanche de flics
Title: Un dimanche de flics
Character: Director
Released: October 31, 1983
Type: Movie
Two policemen, Franck and Rupert, intervene in a Parisian heliport where drugs are exchanged for a large sum of money. They decide to keep the loot and find themselves fighting with the mafia.
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Inspector Blunder
Title: Inspector Blunder
Character: Dumeze, police director
Released: December 3, 1980
Type: Movie
A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.
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Le Curé de Tours
Title: Le Curé de Tours
Character: M. de Bourbonne
Released: December 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Father Birotteau and Father Troubert, both of whom are priests at Tours, have separate lodgings in the house belonging to the crabby spinster Sophie Gamard in that city. Birotteau is an other-worldly, gentle, introspective type; Troubert, who is ten years younger than his fellow boarder, is very much of the world: he is a careerist devoured by ambition.
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Question of Love
Title: Question of Love
Character: L'avocat général
Released: October 18, 1978
Type: Movie
Architect Dumas dies from a bullet of his own gun in front of his house. The police suspect his young Swedish wife Catherine and her English lover Tom Hastings. After numerous interrogations, in which they entangle themselves in contradictions, they try to flee, but are soon both caught and brought to trial, he in England, she in France. Only when Catherine keeps on proclaiming her innocence, superintendent Corbier finally considers believing her.
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Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
Title: Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
Character: Simon Jaumier
Released: September 8, 1978
Type: Movie
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Murder on Demand
Title: Murder on Demand
Character: Jacques Lacarène
Released: June 22, 1977
Type: Movie
A man in financial trouble is thinking of killing his wife to get back the money he has placed in her name.
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The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Title: The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Character: Marc Ovet
Released: June 1, 1977
Type: Movie
In 1951, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the private detective Nestor Burma was commissioned by an insurance company to find stolen jewelery. The deal seemed easy and Burma got an appointment with a well-known black trumpet player in the neighborhood who could provide him with information. But the musician does not come and we find him murdered. The investigation becomes more complicated and Nestor must find an alibi so as not to be suspected of the crime.
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Domino
Title: Domino
Character: Héller
Released: July 10, 1976
Type: Movie
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The Good and the Bad
Title: The Good and the Bad
Character: le commissaire Blanchot
Released: January 19, 1976
Type: Movie
The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspirator Simon as their robberies, beginning well before the Second World War, take on a political coloration under the occupation.
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Title: La Mort d'un touriste
Character: L'inspecteur L'Héritier
Released: October 3, 1975
Type: TV
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Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
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Madame Sans-Gêne
Title: Madame Sans-Gêne
Character: Fouché
Released: December 24, 1974
Type: Movie
Catherine Hubscher, laundress, saves the life of an Austrian nobleman with the complicity of her fiancé, Sergeant Lefebvre, the day when royalty collapses. And then the years pass ... Become Marshal of the Empire and Duke of Danzig, ex Sergeant Lefebvre always has for wife Catherine, the ex laundress; and this, in spite of the efforts made by the Emperor Napoleon to have him divorced, the Emperor blamed him strongly for the lack of distinction of Catherine. Faced with the Marshal's refusal, Catherine was summoned to the Emperor's house and the dialogue between them lacked heat to say the least, until the former lieutenant Bonaparte recognized in Maréchale Lefebvre, Catherine the laundress, who once , gave him credit for his laundering debts.
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La main enchantée
Title: La main enchantée
Character: Maître Chevassut
Released: October 5, 1974
Type: Movie
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Le dialogue dans le marécage
Title: Le dialogue dans le marécage
Character: Sire Laurent
Released: July 31, 1973
Type: Movie
The Sienese Pia Tolomei is imprisoned in a castle by a jealous husband. Based on the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, inspired by a story from the Italian Middle Ages.
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The Pariah
Title: The Pariah
Character: Ficelle, tenancier d'une maison de tolérance pour Villanova
Released: December 12, 1972
Type: Movie
For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.
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Title: Les Misérables
Character: Thénardier
Released: September 21, 1972
Type: TV
An ex-convict who wants to make an honest life for himself is pursued by the implacable hatred of a policeman.
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Shéhérazade
Title: Shéhérazade
Character: Shazénian
Released: December 30, 1971
Type: Movie
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One Way Ticket
Title: One Way Ticket
Character: Nitesse
Released: May 26, 1971
Type: Movie
After a bank robbery gone wrong, a crook goes on the run across Belgium to escape the police, clear himself of a crime that he did not commit, and protect his girlfriend from a shady lawyer.
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La Mort de Danton
Title: La Mort de Danton
Character: Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre
Released: June 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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Last Known Address
Title: Last Known Address
Character: Frank Lambert, Leonetti's colleague and friend
Released: February 25, 1970
Type: Movie
Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
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Army of Shadows
Title: Army of Shadows
Character: Camp Commander
Released: September 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
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Ho!
Title: Ho!
Character: Paul
Released: November 4, 1968
Type: Movie
Race driver who has lost his membership card becomes the chauffeur of a gangsters pack
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L'affaire Lourdes
Title: L'affaire Lourdes
Character: Jacomet
Released: November 7, 1967
Type: Movie
In Lourdes, in the 1860s, the young Bernadette disturbs despite herself the peaceful life of the small town. She is the only one to see the apparition of The Lady, every day. The villagers take sides, the notables try to stifle the affair. But crowds come from all over the country. Inspired by the true story of the Lourdes affair.
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Title: Vidocq
Character: Inspecteur Flambart
Released: January 7, 1967
Type: TV
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Title: Belphegor, or Phantom of the Louvre
Character: Delma
Released: March 6, 1965
Type: TV
Four episodes chronicle a mysterious phantom who appears in the Musée du Louvre in Paris at night. Neither guards nor police are able to make an arrest. But a curious young man tries to break the ice and discover what drives the creature and its activities.
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The Black Indies
Title: The Black Indies
Character: James Starr
Released: December 25, 1964
Type: Movie
In 1870s Scotland mining engineer James Starr is asked by former colleague Simon Ford, who's living inside the abandoned Aberfoyle mine, to help solve mysterious occurrences taking place inside the mine.
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The Fire Within
Title: The Fire Within
Character: Urcel
Released: October 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Although his alcoholism has been treated, Alain still feels he is deeply unwell and does not feel he can leave the detoxification clinic once and for all. His wife, living in New York, continues to pay for his treatment, but no longer contacts him directly. He intends to commit suicide, but first takes a ride to Paris to catch up with old friends.
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Climates of Love
Title: Climates of Love
Released: April 11, 1962
Type: Movie
The Marcenat couple seem to have everything they need to be happy. However, Odile's frivolity and Philippe's jealousy drive the couple apart. Philippe, manager of the family printing business, finds solace in Isabelle, a long-time employee at the paper mill. Isabelle's routine life, entirely devoted to her work, leads Philippe to strike up a romantic relationship with the playful young Misa. But, faced with Isabelle's grief, Philippe puts an end to the romance. When Odile, inconsolable since their break-up, finally commits suicide, Philippe realizes that she was his true love.