Michel Modo
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
Credits
- 2006 · Poltergay as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
- 2003 · The Masked Avenger: Lagardere as Ambassadeur
- 2003 · Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire as Self
- 1999 · Relic Hunter as Hugo Murnau
- 1999 · Mélissol as Zanzi
- 1995 · Robinson Sucroë as M. Floyd
- 1993 · Faites comme chez nous as Georges Despeu
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Maurice
- 1992 · Bienvenue à Bellefontaine as Persouard
- 1990 · My Mother's Castle as Postman
- 1990 · My Father's Glory as Postman
- 1986 · The Female Executioner as Commissioner
- 1984 · S.O.S homme seul as
- 1984 · La Chance aux chansons as Self
- 1983 · Les Planqués du régiment as Adjudant Badubec
- 1982 · The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes as Jules Berlicot
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Les Bidasses aux grandes manœuvres as le sergent Merlin
- 1981 · Pétrole ! Pétrole ! as Alain Terrieur
- 1980 · The Miser as La merluche
- 1979 · 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
- 1978 · 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
- 1977 · The Centipede Is Tap Dancing as Le gendarme
- 1976 · Police Commissioner Moulin as Inspecteur Janin
- 1976 · The Smurfs and the Magic Flute as Pirlouit (voix)
- 1976 · 30 millions d'amis as Self
- 1975 · The Seventh Company Has Been Found as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
- 1975 · Système 2 as Self
- 1973 · Musidora as Anatole Biscarlet
- 1973 · The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot as Le frère Robichon
- 1972 · Midi trente as Self
- 1971 · Ubu enchaîné as
- 1971 · Herminie as Jean-Baptise
- 1971 · Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques as
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1970 · Alice au pays des merveilles as
- 1970 · The Gendarme Takes Off as Jules Berlicot
- 1969 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as
- 1968 · The Gendarme Gets Married as Jules Berlicot
- 1967 · Rita the Field Marshal as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
- 1967 · Shock Troops as Le juif torturé
- 1966 · Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! as Cross-Eyed German Soldier
- 1966 · The Restaurant as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
- 1966 · La 99ème minute as
- 1966 · At Theatre Tonight as Jean-Baptiste
- 1965 · The Gendarme in New York as Jules Berlicot
- 1965 · Killer Spy as L'autre agent à bicyclette qui verbalise
- 1965 · Under Your Hat as Le collègue de François-Joseph
- 1965 · The Sucker as un douanier
- 1964 · Les Gorilles as A cycling agent
- 1964 · Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez as Jules Berlicot
- 1964 · La cloche as
- 1963 · Bebert and the Train as Un gendarme
- 1963 · Gypsy Law as
- 1963 · Carom Shots as Le facteur
- 1961 · All the Gold in the World as Tony
- 1961 · The American Beauty as Slovak