Michel Modo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 30, 1937
- Died
- September 24, 2008
- Birthplace
- Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
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.
Filmography
Poltergay 2006
as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere 2003
as Ambassadeur
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire 2003
as Self
Faites comme chez nous 1993
as Georges Despeu, Author
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine 1992
as Persouard
My Mother's Castle 1990
as Postman
My Father's Glory 1990
as Postman
The Female Executioner 1986
as Commissioner
S.O.S homme seul 1984
Actor
Les Planqués du régiment 1983
as Adjudant Badubec
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes 1982
as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
Si ma gueule vous plaît... 1981
as Sex shop seller
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers 1981
as le sergent Merlin
Pétrole ! Pétrole ! 1981
as Alain Terrieur
The Miser 1980
as La merluche
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen 1979
as Cavallo (Voice)
We'll Grow Thin Together 1979
as Le clerc de notaire
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space 1979
as Jules Berlicot
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee 1978
as Konrad Zillich
Les coucous 1978
as Georges Despeu, Author
Sadsacks In the Boarding School 1978
as Sergent Michaud
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing 1977
as Le gendarme
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute 1975
as Pirlouit (voice)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found 1975
as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Operation Lady Marlene 1974
as Sansonnet
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World 1974
Writer
Musidora 1973
as Anatole Biscarlet
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot 1973
as Brother Robichon
Ubu enchaîné 1971
Actor
Herminie 1971
as Jean-Baptise
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques 1971
as Policeman
Alice au pays des merveilles 1970
as Dormouse
The Gendarme Takes Off 1970
as Jules Berlicot
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1969
as Laflûte
The Gendarme Gets Married 1968
as Jules Berlicot
The Little Bather 1968
Screenplay
Rita the Field Marshal 1967
as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
Shock Troops 1967
as Le juif torturé
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! 1966
as Cross-eyed Soldier
The Restaurant 1966
as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
La 99ème Minute 1966
Actor
The Gendarme in New York 1965
as Jules Berlicot
Killer Spy 1965
as Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
Under Your Hat 1965
as Le collègue de François-Joseph
The Sucker 1965
as Un douanier
Les Gorilles 1964
as A cycling agent
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez 1964
as Jules Berlicot
- La cloche
La cloche 1964
Actor
Bebert and the Train 1963
as Gendarme
Gypsy Law 1963
as Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
Carom Shots 1963
as Le Facteur (uncredited)
All the Gold in the World 1961
as Tony
The American Beauty 1961
as Slovak
Credits from TMDB.