Michel Modo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 30, 1937
- Died
- September 24, 2008 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
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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Filmography
Poltergay
Movie · as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Movie · as Self
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Movie · as Ambassadeur
Relic Hunter
TV · as Hugo Murnau · 1 ep
Mélissol
TV · as Zanzi · 7 eps
Robinson Sucroë
TV · as M. Floyd · 26 eps
Faites comme chez nous
Movie · as Georges Despeu
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Movie · as Persouard
Highlander: The Series
TV · as Maurice · 10 eps
My Father's Glory
Movie · as Postman
My Mother's Castle
Movie · as Postman
A Tale of Two Cities
TV · as Guard Officer · 1 ep
The Female Executioner
Movie · as Commissioner
S.O.S homme seul
Movie
La Chance aux chansons
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Les Planqués du régiment
Movie · as Adjudant Badubec
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Movie · as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Movie · as Alain Terrieur
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
Movie · as le sergent Merlin
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
Movie · as Sex shop seller
The Miser
Movie · as La merluche
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Movie · as Jules Berlicot
We'll Grow Thin Together
Movie · as Le clerc de notaire
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Movie · as Cavallo (Voice)
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
Movie · as Sergent Michaud
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
Movie · as Konrad Zillich
Les coucous
Movie · as Georges Despeu
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Movie · as Le gendarme
Police Commissioner Moulin
TV · as Inspecteur Janin · 1 ep
30 millions d'amis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Les Patapluches
TV · as Pataclou · 12 eps
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Movie · as Pirlouit (voice)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Movie · as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Système 2
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Operation Lady Marlene
Movie · as Sansonnet
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Movie · as Brother Robichon
Musidora
Movie · as Anatole Biscarlet
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Herminie
Movie · as Jean-Baptise
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Movie · as Policeman
Ubu enchaîné
Movie
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Gendarme Takes Off
Movie · as Jules Berlicot
Alice au pays des merveilles
Movie · as Dormouse
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Laflûte
The Gendarme Gets Married
Movie · as Jules Berlicot
Rita the Field Marshal
Movie · as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
Shock Troops
Movie · as Le juif torturé
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Movie · as Cross-eyed Soldier
La 99ème Minute
Movie
The Restaurant
Movie · as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
At Theatre Tonight
TV · as Jean-Baptiste · 1 ep
The Gendarme in New York
Movie · as Jules Berlicot
The Sucker
Movie · as Un douanier
Under Your Hat
Movie · as Le collègue de François-Joseph
Killer Spy
Movie · as Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Movie · as Jules Berlicot
Les Gorilles
Movie · as A cycling agent
La cloche
Movie
Carom Shots
Movie · as Le Facteur (uncredited)
Bebert and the Train
Movie · as Gendarme
Gypsy Law
Movie · as Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
All the Gold in the World
Movie · as Tony
The American Beauty
Movie · as Slovak
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV · as Pierre Pégoux, Yves Lacaze · 1 ep