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.

Cast

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

(Jules Berlicot)

The Gendarme in New York

(Jules Berlicot)

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

(Jules Berlicot)

The Gendarme Gets Married

(Jules Berlicot)

The Gendarme Takes Off

(Jules Berlicot)

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

(Jules Berlicot)

We'll Grow Thin Together

(Le clerc de notaire)

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

(Cross-Eyed German Soldier)

The Sucker

(un douanier)

The Female Executioner

(Commissioner)

Carom Shots

(Le facteur)

Rita the Field Marshal

(Fritz Vogel's Assistant)

The Smurfs and the Magic Flute

(Pirlouit (voix))

Sadsacks In the Boarding School

(Sergent Michaud)

Les Planqués du régiment

(Adjudant Badubec)

Pétrole ! Pétrole !

(Alain Terrieur)

All the Gold in the World

(Tony)

Herminie

(Jean-Baptise)

Faites comme chez nous

(Georges Despeu)

Bienvenue à Bellefontaine

(Persouard)

Les Gorilles

(A cycling agent)

Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee

(Konrad Zillich)

Poltergay

(Henri "Nanny" Bernier)

The Miser

(La merluche)

The Centipede Is Tap Dancing

(Le gendarme)

Bebert and the Train

(Un gendarme)

Gypsy Law

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

(Le frère Robichon)

Alice au pays des merveilles

La 99ème minute

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques

(Le policier)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

La cloche

My Father's Glory

(Postman)

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire

(Self)

Musidora

(Anatole Biscarlet)

The Seventh Company Has Been Found

(Le soldat allemand 'groupir')

Les Bidasses aux grandes manœuvres

(le sergent Merlin)

Under Your Hat

(Le collègue de François-Joseph)

Les coucous

(Georges Despeu)

S.O.S homme seul

The Restaurant

(Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes)

The American Beauty

(Slovak)

Killer Spy

(L'autre agent à bicyclette qui verbalise)

The Masked Avenger: Lagardere

(Ambassadeur)

Shock Troops

(Le juif torturé)

My Mother's Castle

(Postman)

The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen

(Cavallo (Voice))

Ubu enchaîné

La Chance aux chansons

(Self)

At Theatre Tonight

(Jean-Baptiste)

Relic Hunter

(Hugo Murnau)

Highlander: The Series

(Maurice)

Midi trente

(Self)

Système 2

(Self)

Champs-Elysées

(Self)

Police Commissioner Moulin

(Inspecteur Janin)

Mélissol

(Zanzi)

30 millions d'amis

(Self)

Robinson Sucroë

(M. Floyd)

Samedi soir

(Self)