Michel Modo
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Highlander: The Series
Maurice
1992
Series
Midi trente
Self
1972
Series
Relic Hunter
Hugo Murnau
1999
Samedi soir
Self
1971
Series
La Chance aux chansons
Self
1984
Series
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Pierre Pégoux
1958
Series
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Yves Lacaze
1958
Series
At Theatre Tonight
Jean-Baptiste
1966
Series
30 millions d'amis
Self
1976
Series
Police Commissioner Moulin
Inspecteur Janin
1976
Système 2
Self
1975
Film
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Cross-eyed Soldier
1966
Film
The Gendarme Gets Married
Jules Berlicot
1968
Film
The Gendarme in New York
Jules Berlicot
1965
Film
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Jules Berlicot
1979
Film
The Gendarme Takes Off
Jules Berlicot
1970
Film
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Jules Berlicot
1964
Film
The Sucker
Un douanier
1965
Film
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
1982
Film
The Miser
La merluche
1980
Film
The Restaurant
Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
1966
Series
A Tale of Two Cities
Guard Officer
1989
Film
My Mother's Castle
Postman
1990
Film
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Pirlouit (voice)
1975
Film
My Father's Glory
Postman
1990
Series
Robinson Sucroë
M. Floyd
1995
Film
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
1975
Film
The Female Executioner
Commissioner
1986
Film
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Brother Robichon
1973
Film
All the Gold in the World
Tony
1961
Film
Carom Shots
Le Facteur (uncredited)
1963
Film
Les Gorilles
A cycling agent
1964
Film
The American Beauty
Slovak
1961
Film
Shock Troops
Le juif torturé
1967
Series
Les Patapluches
Pataclou
1976
Film
Poltergay
Henri "Nanny" Bernier
2006
Film
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Alain Terrieur
1981
Film
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
le sergent Merlin
1981
Film
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Self
2003
Film
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Ambassadeur
2003
Film
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
Sex shop seller
1981
Film
Bebert and the Train
Gendarme
1963
Film
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Laflûte
1969
Film
Killer Spy
Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
1965
Film
Alice au pays des merveilles
Dormouse
1970
Mélissol
Zanzi
1999
Film
Herminie
Jean-Baptise
1971
Film
Les coucous
Georges Despeu
1978
Film
Gypsy Law
Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
1963
Film
Under Your Hat
Le collègue de François-Joseph
1965
Film
Rita the Field Marshal
Fritz Vogel's Assistant
1967
Film
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Cavallo (Voice)
1979
Film
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Persouard
1992
Film
Ubu enchaîné
1971
Film
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Policeman
1971
Film
Operation Lady Marlene
Sansonnet
1974
Film
We'll Grow Thin Together
Le clerc de notaire
1979
Film
Les Planqués du régiment
Adjudant Badubec
1983
La cloche
1964
Film
La 99ème Minute
1966
Film
Faites comme chez nous
Georges Despeu
1993
Film
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
Sergent Michaud
1978
Film
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
Konrad Zillich
1978
Film
Musidora
Anatole Biscarlet
1973
Film
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Le gendarme
1977
Film
S.O.S homme seul
1984