Michel Modo

Michel Modo

1937-03-30 – 2008-09-24 (age 71) Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
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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.

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Known For

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

1966

as Cross-eyed Soldier

The Gendarme Takes Off
The Gendarme Takes Off

1970

as Jules Berlicot

The Sucker
The Sucker

1965

as Un douanier

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

1964

as Jules Berlicot

The Gendarme Gets Married
The Gendarme Gets Married

1968

as Jules Berlicot

The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
The Restaurant
The Restaurant

1966

as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

1982

as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot

The Gendarme in New York
The Gendarme in New York

1965

as Jules Berlicot

My Mother's Castle
My Mother's Castle

1990

as Postman

Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Pétrole ! Pétrole !

1981

as Alain Terrieur

Poltergay
Poltergay

2006

as Henri "Nanny" Bernier

The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute

1975

as Pirlouit (voice)

My Father's Glory
My Father's Glory

1990

as Postman

The Miser
The Miser

1980

as La merluche

The Seventh Company Has Been Found
The Seventh Company Has Been Found

1975

as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'

Carom Shots
Carom Shots

1963

as Le Facteur (uncredited)

Rita the Field Marshal
Rita the Field Marshal

1967

as Fritz Vogel's Assistant