Michel Modo
Known for: Acting
Born: March 30, 1937
Died: September 24, 2008
Place of birth: Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
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
53 movies · 15 TV shows, newest first
5.3
Poltergay
2006
7.1
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
2003
6.1
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
6.8
Relic Hunter
199910.0
Mélissol
1999
NR
Robinson Sucroë
1995
NR
Faites comme chez nous
1993
7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992
9.0
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
1992
7.2
My Mother's Castle
1990
7.3
My Father's Glory
1990
5.7
A Tale of Two Cities
1989
4.3
The Female Executioner
1986
4.0
S.O.S homme seul
1984
6.5
La Chance aux chansons
1984
6.0
Les Planqués du régiment
1983
6.0
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
3.3
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
1981
4.9
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981
4.9
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981
6.3
The Miser
1980
6.5
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
1979
5.7
We'll Grow Thin Together
1979
6.0
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
4.2
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
1978
NR
Les coucous
1978
3.1
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
1978
5.5
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977
NR
Les Patapluches
1976
7.1
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
6.2
30 millions d'amis
1976
6.5
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1975
7.3
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975NR
Système 2
1975
5.1
Operation Lady Marlene
1974
4.6
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
1974
9.0
Musidora
1973
4.9
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
6.0
Midi trente
1972
NR
Ubu enchaîné
1971
6.0
Herminie
1971
5.9
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
19716.0
Samedi soir
1971
6.3
Alice au pays des merveilles
1970
6.3
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
10.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1969
6.5
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
6.6
The Little Bather
1968
5.2
Rita the Field Marshal
1967
6.7
Shock Troops
1967
7.9
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
6.8
The Restaurant
1966
8.0
La 99ème Minute
1966
7.0
At Theatre Tonight
1966
6.3
The Gendarme in New York
1965
6.0
Killer Spy
1965
4.0
Under Your Hat
1965
7.4
The Sucker
1965
6.4
Les Gorilles
1964
7.0
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
19646.5
La cloche
1964
6.4
Bebert and the Train
1963
10.0
Gypsy Law
1963
6.1
Carom Shots
1963
6.5
All the Gold in the World
1961
6.0
The American Beauty
1961
NR
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958