Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 30, 1937
Died
Sep 24, 2008
Place of Birth
Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
Credits
68 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Poltergay
Henri "Nanny" Bernier
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Ambassadeur
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Self
Relic Hunter
Hugo Murnau
Mélissol
Zanzi
Robinson Sucroë
M. Floyd
Faites comme chez nous
Georges Despeu
Highlander: The Series
Maurice
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Persouard
My Mother's Castle
Postman
My Father's Glory
Postman
A Tale of Two Cities
Guard Officer
The Female Executioner
Commissioner
S.O.S homme seul
La Chance aux chansons
Self
Les Planqués du régiment
Adjudant Badubec
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
Champs-Elysées
Self
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
Sex shop seller
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
le sergent Merlin
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Alain Terrieur
The Miser
La merluche
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Cavallo (Voice)
We'll Grow Thin Together
Le clerc de notaire
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Jules Berlicot
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
Konrad Zillich
Les coucous
Georges Despeu
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
Sergent Michaud
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Le gendarme
Les Patapluches
Pataclou
Police Commissioner Moulin
Inspecteur Janin
30 millions d'amis
Self
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Pirlouit (voice)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Système 2
Self
Operation Lady Marlene
Sansonnet
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
Writer
Musidora
Anatole Biscarlet
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Brother Robichon
Midi trente
Self
Ubu enchaîné
Herminie
Jean-Baptise
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Policeman
Samedi soir
Self
Alice au pays des merveilles
Dormouse
The Gendarme Takes Off
Jules Berlicot
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Laflûte
The Gendarme Gets Married
Jules Berlicot
The Little Bather
Screenplay
Rita the Field Marshal
Fritz Vogel's Assistant