Michel Modo
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.
Acted in
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
Relic Hunter
1999
as Hugo Murnau
Mélissol
1999
as Zanzi
Robinson Sucroë
1995
as M. Floyd
Faites comme chez nous
1993
as Georges Despeu
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Maurice
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
La Chance aux chansons
1984
as Self
Les Planqués du régiment
1983
as Adjudant Badubec
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Jules Berlicot
Les Bidasses aux grandes manœuvres
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
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
1978
as Sergent Michaud
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977
as Le gendarme
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
as Inspecteur Janin
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1976
as Pirlouit (voice)
30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975
as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Système 2
1975
as Self
Musidora
1973
as Anatole Biscarlet
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
as Brother Robichon
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Ubu enchaîné
1971
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
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
as Jules Berlicot
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 German machine gunner
The Restaurant
1966
as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
La 99ème Minute
1966
At Theatre Tonight
1966
as Jean-Baptiste
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 Customs officer
Les Gorilles
1964
as A cycling agent
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
as Jules Berlicot
La cloche
1964
Bebert and the Train
1963
as Gendarme
Gypsy Law
1963
Carom Shots
1963
as Postman (uncredited)
All the Gold in the World
1961
as Tony
The American Beauty
1961
as Slovak