Michel Modo
Acting • Born 1937-03-30 – Died 2008-09-24
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.
Filmography
66 credits
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Movie • 1979
Jules Berlicot
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Movie • 1964
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme in New York
Movie • 1965
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme Gets Married
Movie • 1968
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme Takes Off
Movie • 1970
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Movie • 1982
Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
We'll Grow Thin Together
Movie • 1979
Le clerc de notaire
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Movie • 1966
Cross-eyed Soldier
The Sucker
Movie • 1965
Un douanier
The Female Executioner
Movie • 1986
Commissioner
Carom Shots
Movie • 1963
Le Facteur (uncredited)
Rita the Field Marshal
Movie • 1967
Fritz Vogel's Assistant
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Movie • 1975
Pirlouit (voice)
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
Movie • 1978
Sergent Michaud
Les Planqués du régiment
Movie • 1983
Adjudant Badubec
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Movie • 1981
Alain Terrieur
All the Gold in the World
Movie • 1961
Tony
Herminie
Movie • 1971
Jean-Baptise
Faites comme chez nous
Movie • 1993
Georges Despeu
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Movie • 1992
Persouard
Les Gorilles
Movie • 1964
A cycling agent
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
Movie • 1978
Konrad Zillich
Poltergay
Movie • 2006
Henri "Nanny" Bernier
The Miser
Movie • 1980
La merluche
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Movie • 1977
Le gendarme
Bebert and the Train
Movie • 1963
Gendarme
Gypsy Law
Movie • 1963
Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Movie • 1973
Brother Robichon
Alice au pays des merveilles
Movie • 1970
Dormouse
La 99ème Minute
Movie • 1966
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Movie • 1971
Policeman
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1969
Laflûte
La cloche
Movie • 1964
My Father's Glory
Movie • 1990
Postman
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Movie • 2003
Self
Musidora
Movie • 1973
Anatole Biscarlet
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Movie • 1975
Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
Movie • 1981
le sergent Merlin
Under Your Hat
Movie • 1965
Le collègue de François-Joseph
Les coucous
Movie • 1978
Georges Despeu
S.O.S homme seul
Movie • 1984
The Restaurant
Movie • 1966
Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
The American Beauty
Movie • 1961
Slovak
Killer Spy
Movie • 1965
Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Movie • 2003
Ambassadeur
Shock Troops
Movie • 1967
Le juif torturé
My Mother's Castle
Movie • 1990
Postman
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Movie • 1979
Cavallo (Voice)
Ubu enchaîné
Movie • 1971
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
Movie • 1981
Sex shop seller
Operation Lady Marlene
Movie • 1974
Sansonnet
La Chance aux chansons
TV • 1984
Self
At Theatre Tonight
TV • 1966
Jean-Baptiste
Relic Hunter
TV • 1999
Hugo Murnau
Highlander: The Series
TV • 1992
Maurice
Midi trente
TV • 1972
Self
Système 2
TV • 1975
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Police Commissioner Moulin
TV • 1976
Inspecteur Janin
Mélissol
TV • 1999
Zanzi
30 millions d'amis
TV • 1976
Self
Robinson Sucroë
TV • 1995
M. Floyd
Samedi soir
TV • 1971
Self
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV • 1958
Pierre Pégoux
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV • 1958
Yves Lacaze
A Tale of Two Cities
TV • 1989
Guard Officer