Michel Modo
Acting
1937-03-30 · 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.
Filmography
Poltergay
2006 · Movie
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
2003 · Movie
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003 · Movie
Relic Hunter
1999 · Series
Mélissol
1999 · Series
Robinson Sucroë
1995 · Series
Faites comme chez nous
1993 · Movie
Highlander: The Series
1992 · Series
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
1992 · Movie
My Mother's Castle
1990 · Movie
My Father's Glory
1990 · Movie
A Tale of Two Cities
1989 · Series
The Female Executioner
1986 · Movie
S.O.S homme seul
1984 · Movie
La Chance aux chansons
1984 · Series
Les Planqués du régiment
1983 · Movie
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982 · Movie
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Series
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
1981 · Movie
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981 · Movie
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981 · Movie
The Miser
1980 · Movie
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
1979 · Movie
We'll Grow Thin Together
1979 · Movie
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979 · Movie
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
1978 · Movie
Les coucous
1978 · Movie
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
1978 · Movie
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977 · Movie
Les Patapluches
1976 · Series
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976 · Series
30 millions d'amis
1976 · Series
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1975 · Movie
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975 · Movie
Système 2
1975 · Series
Operation Lady Marlene
1974 · Movie
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
1974 · Movie
Musidora
1973 · Movie
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973 · Movie
Midi trente
1972 · Series
Ubu enchaîné
1971 · Movie
Herminie
1971 · Movie
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971 · Movie
Samedi soir
1971 · Series
Alice au pays des merveilles
1970 · Movie
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970 · Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1969 · Movie
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968 · Movie
The Little Bather
1968 · Movie
Rita the Field Marshal
1967 · Movie
Shock Troops
1967 · Movie
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966 · Movie
The Restaurant
1966 · Movie
La 99ème Minute
1966 · Movie
At Theatre Tonight
1966 · Series
The Gendarme in New York
1965 · Movie
Killer Spy
1965 · Movie
Under Your Hat
1965 · Movie
The Sucker
1965 · Movie
Les Gorilles
1964 · Movie
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964 · Movie
La cloche
1964 · Movie
Bebert and the Train
1963 · Movie
Gypsy Law
1963 · Movie
Carom Shots
1963 · Movie
All the Gold in the World
1961 · Movie
The American Beauty
1961 · Movie
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958 · Series