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Michel Modo

Michel Modo

Actor · Born 1937-03-30 · Carpentras, Vaucluse, France

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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 sp…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966) — Cross-eyed Soldier
  2. Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964) — Jules Berlicot
  3. The Sucker (1965) — Un douanier
  4. The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (1979) — Jules Berlicot
  5. The Gendarme Gets Married (1968) — Jules Berlicot
  6. The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982) — Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
  7. The Gendarme in New York (1965) — Jules Berlicot
  8. The Restaurant (1966) — Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
  9. The Gendarme Takes Off (1970) — Jules Berlicot
  10. The Miser (1980) — La merluche
  11. Highlander: The Series (1992) — Maurice
  12. My Father's Glory (1990) — Postman
  13. The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975) — Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
  14. My Mother's Castle (1990) — Postman
  15. Relic Hunter (1999) — Hugo Murnau
  16. The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1975) — Pirlouit (voice)
  17. Poltergay (2006) — Henri "Nanny" Bernier
  18. The American Beauty (1961) — Slovak
  19. Carom Shots (1963) — Le Facteur (uncredited)
  20. Shock Troops (1967) — Le juif torturé
  21. Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971) — Policeman
  22. The Masked Avenger: Lagardere (2003) — Ambassadeur
  23. All the Gold in the World (1961) — Tony
  24. The Female Executioner (1986) — Commissioner
  25. Operation Lady Marlene (1974) — Sansonnet
  26. Pétrole ! Pétrole ! (1981) — Alain Terrieur
  27. Rita the Field Marshal (1967) — Fritz Vogel's Assistant
  28. Sadsacks In the Boarding School (1978) — Sergent Michaud
  29. The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (1973) — Brother Robichon
  30. Bebert and the Train (1963) — Gendarme
  31. The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen (1979) — Cavallo (Voice)
  32. The Centipede Is Tap Dancing (1977) — Le gendarme
  33. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
  34. Police Commissioner Moulin (1976) — Inspecteur Janin
  35. Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers (1981) — le sergent Merlin
  36. Under Your Hat (1965) — Le collègue de François-Joseph
  37. Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee (1978) — Konrad Zillich
  38. Si ma gueule vous plaît... (1981) — Sex shop seller
  39. Les Gorilles (1964) — A cycling agent
  40. Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire (2003) — Self