Michel Modo
Biography
Michel Modo, born Michel Henri Louis Goi at Carpentras (Vaucluse) (born March 30, 1937 - died September 25, 2008), was a French actor and humorist. Modo died of cancer on September 25, 2008 in Vaires-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne). He is best known in France for having formed in the late 1950s a comedy duo, Grosso et Modo, with actor Guy Grosso. The duo appeared in many movies with Louis de Funès, among which the series of Gendarmes de Saint Tropez, where he will played the role of Constable Berlicot alongside Michel Galabru, Jean Lefebvre and Christian Marin. They were also Laflûte and Quince in The Dream of a Summer Night by Jean-Christophe Averty. Between 1993 and 1997 he is one of the recurring actors in the television series Highlander as Maurice Lolande, humorous character characterizing the average French person. In December 2005, he stars in the television series Plus belle la vie alongside Colette Renard. He plays a bum philosopher disguised as Santa Claus. He also dubbed several recurring characters in the French version of the animated series The Simpsons. At his sudden death in 2008 at the age of 71, when dubbing the last episodes of season 19, he was replaced on the spot by Gérard Rinaldi, who died in his turn from cancer on March 2, 2012.
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Movies (38)
Poltergay
as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
2006
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
as Ambassadeur
2003
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
as Self
2003
Faites comme chez nous
as Georges Despeu
1993
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
as Persouard
1992
My Mother's Castle
as Postman
1990
My Father's Glory
as Postman
1990
The Female Executioner
as Commissioner
1986
S.O.S homme seul
1984
Les Planqués du régiment
as Adjudant Badubec
1983
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
1982
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
as Sex shop seller
1981
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
as le sergent Merlin
1981
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
as Alain Terrieur
1981
The Miser
as La merluche
1980
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
as Cavallo (Voice)
1979
We'll Grow Thin Together
as Le clerc de notaire
1979
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Jules Berlicot
1979
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
as Konrad Zillich
1978
Les coucous
as Georges Despeu
1978
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
as Sergent Michaud
1978
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
as Le gendarme
1977
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
as Pirlouit (voice)
1975
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
1975
Operation Lady Marlene
as Sansonnet
1974
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
Writer (Writing)
1974
Musidora
as Anatole Biscarlet
1973
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Robichon
1973
Ubu enchaîné
1971
Herminie
as Jean-Baptise
1971
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Policeman
1971
Alice au pays des merveilles
as Dormouse
1970
The Gendarme Takes Off
as Jules Berlicot
1970
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Laflûte
1969
The Gendarme Gets Married
as Jules Berlicot
1968
The Little Bather
Screenplay (Writing)
1968
Rita the Field Marshal
as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
1967
Shock Troops
as Le juif torturé
1967
TV Shows (12)
Relic Hunter
as Hugo Murnau
1999
Mélissol
as Zanzi
1999
Robinson Sucroë
as M. Floyd
1995
Highlander: The Series
as Maurice
1992
A Tale of Two Cities
as Guard Officer
1989
La Chance aux chansons
as Self
1984
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
Police Commissioner Moulin
as Inspecteur Janin
1976
30 millions d'amis
as Self
1976
Système 2
as Self
1975
Midi trente
as Self
1972
Samedi soir
as Self
1971