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Michel Modo
Actor, Writer
Died September 24, 2008 (71 years)
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
| 2006 | Poltergay · as Henri "Nanny" Bernier |
| 2004 | Plus Belle La Vie (TV Series) · as Noel |
| 2003 | Lagardère (TV Series) · as Ambassadeur |
| 2002 | SOS 18 (TV Series) · as Martial |
| 2001 | The New Adventures of Lucky Luke (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2001 | Night Squad (TV Series) · as Concierge lycée |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter (TV Series) · as Hugo Murnau |
| 1998 | Bimboland · as Aristide Roumestan |
| 1996 | Les vacances de l'amour (TV Series) · as Monsieur Martin |
| 1994 | Highlander The Series - Counterfeit · as Maurice (credit only) |
| 1993 | Pétain · as Pucheu |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series (TV Series) · as Maurice |
| 1991 | Maigret (1991) (TV Series) · as Patron du bougnat |
| 1990 | My Father's Glory · as Postman |
| 1990 | My Mother's Castle · as Postman |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two Cities (1989) (TV Series) · as Guard Officer |
| 1988 | King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage · as Clarke-Flores |
| 1987 | The Big Bang · as Conseillé |
| 1987 | French in Action (TV Series) · as Oncle Victor |
| 1986 | The Female Executioner · as Commissioner |
| 1984 | S.O.S homme seul · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Le braconnier de Dieu · as Le président du bureau de vote |
| 1982 | Le gendarme et les gendarmettes · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1981 | Pétrole! Pétrole! · as Alain Terrieur |
| 1981 | Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent · as Norbert |
| 1981 | Si ma gueule vous plaît... · as Le vendeur du sex-shop |
| 1980 | The Miser · as La merluche |
| 1979 | Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1979 | Les fabuleuses aventures du légendaire Baron de Munchausen · as Cavallo (Voice) |
| 1979 | We'll Grow Thin Together · as Le clerc de notaire |
| 1978 | Les bidasses au pensionnat · as Sergent Michaud |
| 1978 | Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose, 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee · as Konrad Zillich |
| 1977 | Le mille-pattes fait des claquettes · as Le gendarme |
| 1976 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute · as Pirlouit (voice) |
| 1976 | Commissaire Moulin (TV Series) · as Inspecteur Janin |
| 1975 | Operation Lady Marlene · as Sansonnet |
| 1975 | The Seventh Company Has Been Found · as Le soldat allemand 'groupir' |
| 1973 | The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot · as Le frère Robichon |
| 1971 | Cry of the Cormoran · as Le policier |
| 1970 | Le gendarme en balade · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1968 | The Gendarme gets married · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1967 | La feldmarescialla · as Fritz Vogel's Assistant |
| 1966 | La Grande Vadrouille · as The cross-eyed German soldier |
| 1966 | The Restaurant · as Petit Roger, un serveur |
| 1966 | La 99ème minute · as Mornas et Marius |
| 1965 | Le gendarme à New York · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1965 | The Sucker · as Customs officer |
| 1965 | La tête du client · as Le collègue de François-Joseph |
| 1964 | Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1964 | Les gorilles · as A cycling agent |
| 1963 | Bebert and the Train · as Un gendarme (sous le nom Modo) |
| 1963 | Carom Shots · as Le facteur |
| 1961 | The American Beauty · as Slovak |
| 1961 | Tout l'or du monde · as Tony |