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Michel Modo
Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born March 30, 1937Died 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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2007 | Louis de Funès intime · as Maréchal Des Logis Berlicot |
| 2006 | Poltergay · as Henri "nanny" Bernier |
| 2004 | Plus Belle La Vie (TV Series) · as Noël |
| 2003 | The Masked Avenger: Lagardere · as Ambassadeur |
| 2002 | SOS 18 (TV Series) · as Martial |
| 2001 | The New Adventures of Lucky Luke (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 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 |
| 1993 | Pétain · as Pucheu |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series (TV Series) · as Maurice |
| 1992 | Runaway Bay (TV Series) · as Professor Laroche |
| 1991 | Maigret (1991) (TV Series) · as Patron Du Bougnat |
| 1990 | My Mother's Castle · as Postman |
| 1990 | My Father's Glory · 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 |
| 1988 | Hemingway (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1987 | French in Action (TV Series) · as Oncle Victor |
| 1987 | The Big Bang · as Conseillé |
| 1986 | The Murders in the Rue Morgue · as Witness |
| 1986 | Monte Carlo (TV Series) · as Roadblock Policeman |
| 1986 | The Female Executioner · as Commissioner |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | Le braconnier de Dieu · as Le Président Du Bureau De Vote |
| 1982 | The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1981 | Si ma gueule vous plaît... · as Le Vendeur Du Sex-Shop |
| 1981 | Les bidasses aux grandes manoeuvres · as Le Sergent Merlin |
| 1981 | Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent · as Norbert |
| 1981 | Pétrole! Pétrole! · as Alain Terrieur |
| 1980 | The Miser · as La Merluche |
| 1979 | Les fabuleuses aventures du légendaire Baron de Munchausen · as Cavallo (voice) |
| 1979 | We'll Grow Thin Together · as Le Clerc De Notaire |
| 1979 | The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1978 | Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose, 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee · as Konrad Zillich |
| 1978 | Les bidasses au pensionnat · as Sergent Michaud |
| 1977 | Le mille-pattes fait des claquettes · as Le Gendarme |
| 1977 | Impressions d'Afrique · as Carmichael |
| 1976 | Commissaire Moulin (TV Series) · as Inspecteur Janin |
| 1975 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute · as Pirlouit (voice) |
| 1975 | The Seventh Company Has Been Found · as Le Soldat Allemand 'groupir' |
| 1975 | L'inspecteur mène l'enquête (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1975 | Operation Lady Marlene · as Sansonnet |
| 1975 | Le péril bleu · as Tiburce |
| 1973 | Musidora · as Anatole Biscarlet |
| 1973 | The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot · as Brother Robichon |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Herminie · as Jean-Baptise |
| 1971 | Cry of the Cormoran · as Policeman |
| 1970 | The Gendarme Takes Off · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Fragson, un roi du caf'conc' · as Cast |
| 1968 | The Gendarme Gets Married · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1967 | La feldmarescialla · as Fritz Vogel's Assistant |
| 1967 | Shock Troops · as Le Juif Torturé |
| 1966 | Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! · as Cross-Eyed German Machine Gunner |
| 1966 | What's Cooking in Paris · as Petit-Roger, Le Serveur Lèche-Bottes |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Jean-Baptiste |
| 1965 | The Gendarme in New York · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1965 | Killer Spy · as Other Officer On The Bicycle Who Issues Tickets |
| 1965 | La tête du client · as Le Collègue De François-Joseph |
| 1965 | The Sucker · as Customs Officer |
| 1964 | Les gorilles · as A Cycling Agent |
| 1964 | The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez · as Jules Berlicot |
| 1963 | Bebert and the Train · as Gendarme |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Carom Shots · as Postman (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Tout l'or du monde · as Tony |
| 1961 | The American Beauty · as Slovak |
| 1958 | The Last Five Minutes (TV Series) · as Pierre Pégoux |