Michel Modo
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
68
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-03-30 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
Acting

2006

Poltergay as Henri "Nanny" Bernier

2003

The Masked Avenger: Lagardere as Ambassadeur

1999

Relic Hunter as Hugo Murnau

1999

Mélissol as Zanzi

1995

Robinson Sucroë as M. Floyd

1993

Faites comme chez nous as Georges Despeu

1992

Highlander: The Series as Maurice

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

S.O.S homme seul as Not available

1983

Les Planqués du régiment as Adjudant Badubec

1982

Champs-Elysées as Self

1982

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes as Jules Berlicot

1981

Pétrole ! Pétrole ! as Alain Terrieur

1981

Si ma gueule vous plaît... as Not available

1981

Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers as le sergent Merlin

1980

The Miser as La merluche

1979

We'll Grow Thin Together as Le clerc de notaire

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

30 millions d'amis as Self

1976

Police Commissioner Moulin as Inspecteur Janin

1976

The Smurfs and the Magic Flute as Pirlouit (voice)

1975

Système 2 as Self

1975

The Seventh Company Has Been Found as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'

1973

Musidora as Anatole Biscarlet

1972

Midi trente as Self

1971

Samedi soir as Self

1971

Herminie as Jean-Baptise

1971

Ubu enchaîné as Not available

1970

The Gendarme Takes Off as Jules Berlicot

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

At Theatre Tonight as Jean-Baptiste

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

La 99ème Minute as Not available

1965

The Sucker as Customs officer

1965

The Gendarme in New York as Jules Berlicot

1965

Under Your Hat as Le collègue de François-Joseph

1965

Killer Spy as Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets

1964

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez as Jules Berlicot

1964

Les Gorilles as A cycling agent

1964

La cloche as Not available

1963

Carom Shots as Postman (uncredited)

1963

Bebert and the Train as Gendarme

1963

Gypsy Law as Not available

1961

The American Beauty as Slovak

1958

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Pierre Pégoux

1958

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Yves Lacaze
Crew

1978

Les coucous Author

1968

The Little Bather Screenplay