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Alain Mottet (30 December 1928 – 31 October 2017) 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 (1930-2017), until his death on 31 October 2017, he is the father of Christine Mottet and actor and musician Pierre Mottet.

Theatre

1950: Bottines et collets montés by Eugène Labiche and Georges Courteline, directed by Roger Planchon, théâtre de la Comédie de Lyon

1950: Faust Hamlet by Thomas Kyd and Christopher Marlowe, directed by Roger Planchon, théâtre de la Comédie de Lyon

1951: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Roger Planchon, théâtre de la Comédie de Lyon

1952: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, directed by Roger Planchon, théâtre de la Comédie de Lyon

1952: Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, directed by Roger Planchon, théâtre de la Comédie de Lyon

1952: Claire by René Char, directed by Roger Planchon, théâtre de la Comédie de Lyon

1953: La Découverte du nouveau monde by Felix Lope de Vega, directed by Hubert Gignoux, Théâtre National de Bretagne

1953: L'Archipel Lenoir by Armand Salacrou, directed by Hubert Gignoux, Théâtre National de Bretagne

1953: Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine by Jules Romains, directed by Hubert Gignoux, Théâtre National de Bretagne

1954: Le Voyageur sans bagage by Jean Anouilh, directed by Hubert Gignoux, Théâtre National de Bretagne

1954: Le Marchand de Venise by William Shakespeare, directed by Hubert Gignoux, Théâtre National de Bretagne

1955: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, directed by André Steigner, festival de Bellac

1955: La Mort joyeuse by Nikolai Evreinov, directed by André Steigner, festival de Bellac

1955: Mariana Pineda by Federico García Lorca, directed by André Steigner, festival de Bellac

1956: L'Impromptu de l'Alma by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Maurice Jacquemont, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

1956: Les Chaises by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, théâtre des Célestins

1957: Les Coréens by Michel Vinaver, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Alliance Française

1957-1958: Paolo Paoli by Arthur Adamov, directed by Roger Planchon, théâtre de la Comédie de Lyon and théâtre du Vieux-Colombier

1958: Procès à Jésus by Diego Fabbri, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt, théâtre Hébertot

1959: Les Possédés by Albert Camus after Fiodor Dostoïevski, directed by Albert Camus, théâtre Antoine

1960: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Roger Planchon, Théâtre de la Cité de Villeurbanne, Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe

1960: Les Chaises by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

1960: Christobal de Lugo by Loys Masson, directed by Bernard Jenny, théâtre du Vieux-Colombier

1960: Le Signe du feu by Diego Fabbri, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt, théâtre Hébertot

1961: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean Le Poulain, théâtre du Vieux-Colombier

1961-1962: Le Christ recrucifié by Nikos Kazantzakis, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt, théâtre Montansier and Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe

1962-1963: Victor ou les Enfants au pouvoir by Roger Vitrac, directed by Jean Anouilh and Roland Piétri, théâtre de l'Ambigu and théâtre de l'Athénée

1963: Andromaque by Racine, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt, théâtre Montparnasse

1963: Le Vicaire by Rolf Hochhuth, directed by François Darbon, théâtre de l'Athénée

1965: Ce soir on improvise by Luigi Pirandello, directed by André Barsacq, théâtre de l'Atelier

1966: La Promenade du dimanche by Georges Michel, directed by Maurice Jacquemont, Georges Michel, studio des Champs-Élysées

1967: Le Duel by Anton Tchekov, directed by André Barsacq, théâtre de l'Atelier

1967: Opéra pour un tyran by Henri-François Rey, directed by André Barsacq, théâtre de l'Atelier

1967: Le Triomphe de la sensibilité by Goethe, directed by Jorge Lavelli, festival d'Avignon

1968: The Mother by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jacques Rosner, TNP Théâtre national de Chaillot

1969: Jules César by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean Deschamps, festival de la Cité (Carcassonne)

1968: The Devil and the Good Lord by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Georges Wilson, TNP Théâtre national de Chaillot

1969: Le Bossu by Paul Féval, directed by Jean Deschamps, festival de la Cité (Carcassonne)

1970: The Devil and the Good Lord by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Georges Wilson, TNP festival d'Avignon

1970: Opérette by Witold Gombrowicz, directed by Jacques Rosner, TNP Théâtre national de Chaillot

1971: Henri VIII by William Shakespeare, directed by Gabriel Garran, théâtre de la Commune

1972: Macbett by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Alliance Française

1972: Honni soit qui mal y pense by Peter Barnes, directed by Stuart Burge, théâtre de Paris

1973-1974: Madame Sans-Gêne by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, directed by Michel Roux, théâtre de Paris and théâtre Marigny: Joseph Fouché

1974: Croque-monsieur by Marcel Mithois, directed by Jean-Pierre Grenier, théâtre Saint-Georges

1974: Le Siècle des lumières by Claude Brulé, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet, théâtre du Palais Royal

1976: Lucienne et le Boucher by Marcel Aymé, directed by Nicole Anouilh, théâtre Saint-Georges

1978: Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires by Jacques Deval, directed by Jean Le Poulain, théâtre Marigny

1980: Une drôle de vie by Brian Clark, directed by Michel Fagadau, Théâtre Antoine

1981: Outrages aux bonnes mœurs by Eric Westphal, directed by Jean-Louis Martin Barbaz, théâtre Hébertot

1981: Petit déjeuner chez Desdémone by Janusz Krasinski, directed by Jaroslav Vizner, Carré Silvia-Monfort

1984: Le Passeport by Pierre Bourgeade, directed by Bruno Carlucci, théâtre de l'Athénée-Louis-Jouvet

1987: Polyeucte by Corneille, directed by Jorge Lavelli, Comédie-Française

1987: Esther by Racine, directed by Françoise Seigner, Comédie-Française at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, and théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin

1987: Une sorte d'Alaska by Harold Pinter, directed by Bernard Murat, Comédie-Française at the Festival d'Avignon, and théâtre Montparnasse

1988: Le Véritable Saint-Genest, comédien et martyr by Jean de Rotrou, directed by André Steiger, Comédie-Française

1988: À ta santé, Dorothée by Rémo Forlani, directed by Jacques Seiler, théâtre de la Renaissance

1989: Point de feu sans fumée by Julien Vartet, directed by Jean-Paul Tribout, théâtre Édouard VII

1990: La Dame de chez Maxim by Georges Feydeau, directed by Alain Françon, théâtre du Huitième-Lyon

1998: Alfred aime O'Keeffe by Lanie Robertson, directed by Georges Werler, théâtre Silvia-Monfort

2007: Chemin du ciel (Himmelweg) by Juan Mayorga, directed by Jorge Lavelli, théâtre de la Tempête

Cinema

1962: Climats (by Stellio Lorenzi)

1962: Le Pèlerin perdu (Short, by Guy Jorré) -…