Michel Modo
Acting
- Born:
- 1937-03-30
- Died:
- 2008-09-24
- Place of birth:
- Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
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
Filmography
Poltergay
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Relic Hunter
Mélissol
Robinson Sucroë
Faites comme chez nous
Highlander: The Series
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
My Mother's Castle
My Father's Glory
A Tale of Two Cities
The Female Executioner
S.O.S homme seul
La Chance aux chansons
Les Planqués du régiment
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Champs-Elysées
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
The Miser
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
We'll Grow Thin Together
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
Les coucous
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Les Patapluches
Police Commissioner Moulin
30 millions d'amis
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Système 2
Operation Lady Marlene
Musidora
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Midi trente
Ubu enchaîné
Herminie
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Samedi soir
Alice au pays des merveilles
The Gendarme Takes Off
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Gendarme Gets Married
Rita the Field Marshal
Shock Troops
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
The Restaurant
La 99ème Minute
At Theatre Tonight
The Gendarme in New York
Killer Spy
Under Your Hat
The Sucker
Les Gorilles
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
La cloche
Bebert and the Train
Gypsy Law
Carom Shots
All the Gold in the World
The American Beauty
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