Michel Modo
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-03-30
Day of Death
2008-09-24 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
Michel Modo
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.
Known For
Acting
(2006)
Poltergay
as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
(2003)
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
as Ambassadeur
(2003)
(1993)
Faites comme chez nous
as Georges Despeu
(1992)
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
as Persouard
(1990)
My Mother's Castle
as Postman
(1990)
My Father's Glory
as Postman
(1986)
The Female Executioner
as Commissioner
(1984)
(1983)
Les Planqués du régiment
as Adjudant Badubec
(1982)
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Jules Berlicot
(1981)
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
as le sergent Merlin
(1981)
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
as Alain Terrieur
(1981)
(1980)
The Miser
as La merluche
(1979)
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Jules Berlicot
(1979)
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
as Cavallo (Voice)
(1979)
We'll Grow Thin Together
as Le clerc de notaire
(1978)
(1978)
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
as Sergent Michaud
(1978)
Les coucous
as Georges Despeu
(1977)
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
as Le gendarme
(1976)
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
as Pirlouit (voice)
(1975)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
(1973)
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Robichon
(1973)
Musidora
as Anatole Biscarlet
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
Herminie
as Jean-Baptise
(1970)
The Gendarme Takes Off
as Jules Berlicot
(1970)
Alice au pays des merveilles
as Dormouse
(1969)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Laflûte
(1968)
The Gendarme Gets Married
as Jules Berlicot
(1967)
Shock Troops
as Le juif torturé
(1967)
Rita the Field Marshal
as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
(1966)
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Cross-eyed German machine gunner
(1966)
The Restaurant
as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
(1966)
(1965)
The Sucker
as Customs officer
(1965)
The Gendarme in New York
as Jules Berlicot
(1965)
Killer Spy
as Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
(1965)
Under Your Hat
as Le collègue de François-Joseph
(1964)
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
as Jules Berlicot
(1964)
Les Gorilles
as A cycling agent
(1964)
(1963)
Carom Shots
as Postman (uncredited)
(1963)
Bebert and the Train
as Gendarme
(1963)
Gypsy Law
as Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
(1961)
The American Beauty
as Slovak
(1961)
All the Gold in the World
as Tony
Crew
(1993)
Faites comme chez nous
Author
(1978)
Les coucous
Author
(1974)
(1968)
The Little Bather
Screenplay