Michel Modo
52 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 30, 1937
- Died
- Sep 24, 2008 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
- Also known as
- Modo · Michel Goi · Michel Henri Luis Goi
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.9 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966 · Film
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★ 7.0 Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964 · Film
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★ 7.4 The Sucker
1965 · Film
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★ 6.1 The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979 · Film
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★ 6.5 The Gendarme Gets Married
1968 · Film
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★ 6.0 The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982 · Film
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★ 6.3 The Gendarme in New York
1965 · Film
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★ 6.8 The Restaurant
1966 · Film
Michel Modo: movies and TV shows
Acting (59)
- 2006 Poltergay
as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
- 2003 The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
as Ambassadeur
- 1999
- 1999
- 1995
- 1993 Faites comme chez nous
as Georges Despeu
- 1992
- 1992 Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
as Persouard
- 1990 My Mother's Castle
as Postman
- 1990 My Father's Glory
as Postman
- 1989
- 1986 The Female Executioner
as Commissioner
- 1984
- 1983 Les Planqués du régiment
as Adjudant Badubec
- 1982 The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
- 1981 Si ma gueule vous plaît...
as Sex shop seller
- 1981 Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
as le sergent Merlin
- 1981 Pétrole ! Pétrole !
as Alain Terrieur
- 1980 The Miser
as La merluche
- 1979 The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
as Cavallo (Voice)
- 1979 We'll Grow Thin Together
as Le clerc de notaire
- 1979 The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Jules Berlicot
- 1978 Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
as Konrad Zillich
- 1978 Les coucous
as Georges Despeu
- 1978 Sadsacks In the Boarding School
as Sergent Michaud
- 1977 The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
as Le gendarme
- 1976
- 1976
- 1975 The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
as Pirlouit (voice)
- 1975 The Seventh Company Has Been Found
as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
- 1974 Operation Lady Marlene
as Sansonnet
- 1973 Musidora
as Anatole Biscarlet
- 1973 The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Robichon
- 1971
- 1971 Herminie
as Jean-Baptise
- 1971 Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Policeman
- 1970 Alice au pays des merveilles
as Dormouse
- 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 Rita the Field Marshal
as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
- 1967 Shock Troops
as Le juif torturé
- 1966 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Cross-eyed Soldier
- 1966 The Restaurant
as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
- 1966
- 1966
- 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
- 1965 The Sucker
as Un douanier
- 1964 Les Gorilles
as A cycling agent
- 1964 Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
as Jules Berlicot
- 1964
- 1963 Bebert and the Train
as Gendarme
- 1963 Gypsy Law
as Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
- 1963 Carom Shots
as Le Facteur (uncredited)
- 1961 All the Gold in the World
as Tony
- 1961 The American Beauty
as Slovak
- 1958
Behind the camera (4)
- 1993 Faites comme chez nous
Author
- 1978 Les coucous
Author
- 1974
- 1968 The Little Bather
Screenplay
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2003
- 1984 La Chance aux chansons
2 episodes
- 1982 Champs-Elysées
1 episode
- 1976 30 millions d'amis
1 episode
- 1975 Système 2
1 episode
- 1972 Midi trente
1 episode
- 1971 Samedi soir
6 episodes