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 LAffaire de la malle à Gouffé In 1969 in LArmée 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 ComédieFrançaise from 1986 to 1988 Married to Françoise Hirsch 19302017 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 CCBYSA 30