Michel Modo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 30, 1937
- Died
- Sep 24, 2008 (aged 71)
- Place of birth
- Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
- Credits
- 66
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
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966Movie
Cross-eyed Soldier
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964Movie
Jules Berlicot
The Sucker
1965Movie
Un douanier
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979Movie
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968Movie
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982Movie
Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
Filmography
Poltergay
2006Movie
Henri "Nanny" Bernier
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
2003Movie
Ambassadeur
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003Movie
Self
Relic Hunter
1999TV
Hugo Murnau
Mélissol
1999TV
Zanzi
Robinson Sucroë
1995TV
M. Floyd
Faites comme chez nous
1993Movie
Georges Despeu
Highlander: The Series
1992TV
Maurice
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
1992Movie
Persouard
My Mother's Castle
1990Movie
Postman
My Father's Glory
1990Movie
Postman
A Tale of Two Cities
1989TV
Guard Officer
The Female Executioner
1986Movie
Commissioner
S.O.S homme seul
1984Movie
La Chance aux chansons
1984TV
Self
Les Planqués du régiment
1983Movie
Adjudant Badubec
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982Movie
Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
1981Movie
Sex shop seller
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981Movie
le sergent Merlin
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981Movie
Alain Terrieur
The Miser
1980Movie
La merluche
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
1979Movie
Cavallo (Voice)
We'll Grow Thin Together
1979Movie
Le clerc de notaire
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979Movie
Jules Berlicot
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
1978Movie
Konrad Zillich
Les coucous
1978Movie
Georges Despeu
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
1978Movie
Sergent Michaud
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977Movie
Le gendarme
Les Patapluches
1976TV
Pataclou
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976TV
Inspecteur Janin
30 millions d'amis
1976TV
Self
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1975Movie
Pirlouit (voice)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975Movie
Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Système 2
1975TV
Self
Operation Lady Marlene
1974Movie
Sansonnet
Musidora
1973Movie
Anatole Biscarlet
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973Movie
Brother Robichon
Midi trente
1972TV
Self
Ubu enchaîné
1971Movie
Herminie
1971Movie
Jean-Baptise
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971Movie
Policeman
Samedi soir
1971TV
Self
Alice au pays des merveilles
1970Movie
Dormouse
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970Movie
Jules Berlicot
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1969Movie
Laflûte
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968Movie
Jules Berlicot
Rita the Field Marshal
1967Movie
Fritz Vogel's Assistant
Shock Troops
1967Movie
Le juif torturé
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966Movie
Cross-eyed Soldier
The Restaurant
1966Movie
Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
La 99ème Minute
1966Movie
At Theatre Tonight
1966TV
Jean-Baptiste
The Gendarme in New York
1965Movie
Jules Berlicot
Killer Spy
1965Movie
Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
Under Your Hat
1965Movie
Le collègue de François-Joseph
The Sucker
1965Movie
Un douanier
Les Gorilles
1964Movie
A cycling agent
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964Movie
Jules Berlicot
La cloche
1964Movie
Bebert and the Train
1963Movie
Gendarme
Gypsy Law
1963Movie
Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
Carom Shots
1963Movie
Le Facteur (uncredited)
All the Gold in the World
1961Movie
Tony
The American Beauty
1961Movie
Slovak
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958TV
Pierre Pégoux, Yves Lacaze