Michel Modo
Acting
Born 1937-03-30
Died 2008-09-24
Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
55 credits
Highlander: The Series
Relic Hunter
Champs-Elysées
Midi trente
Samedi soir
At Theatre Tonight
Police Commissioner Moulin
30 millions d'amis
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
La Chance aux chansons
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Système 2
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
The Sucker
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Robinson Sucroë
Les coucous
The Miser
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
The Gendarme Gets Married
The Gendarme in New York
My Mother's Castle
My Father's Glory
The Gendarme Takes Off
The Restaurant
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
A Tale of Two Cities
The Female Executioner
Carom Shots
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Les Patapluches
Poltergay
Les Gorilles
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Mélissol
Les Planqués du régiment
Herminie
Shock Troops
The American Beauty
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
All the Gold in the World
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Gypsy Law
Musidora
Rita the Field Marshal
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Killer Spy
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Bebert and the Train
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
We'll Grow Thin Together
Under Your Hat
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Operation Lady Marlene
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Writing
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