Cast
Michel Modo
Acting
Cast
Michel Modo
Known for
Acting
Born
1937-03-30
From
Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
Died
2008-09-24
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 FunÚs, 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.
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Cross-eyed Soldier
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
as Ambassadeur
The Gendarme Gets Married
as Jules Berlicot
The Sucker
as Un douanier
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
as Jules Berlicot
The Restaurant
as Petit-Roger, le serveur lĂšche-bottes
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme in New York
as Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme Takes Off
as Jules Berlicot
PĂ©trole ! PĂ©trole !
as Alain Terrieur
My Mother's Castle
as Postman
My Father's Glory
as Postman
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
as Pirlouit (voice)
Poltergay
as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
The Miser
as La merluche
The American Beauty
as Slovak
Carom Shots
as Le Facteur (uncredited)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Policeman
The Female Executioner
as Commissioner
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Robichon
All the Gold in the World
as Tony
Rita the Field Marshal
as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
Bienvenue Ă Bellefontaine
as Persouard
La 99Ăšme Minute
We'll Grow Thin Together
as Le clerc de notaire
Shock Troops
as Le juif torturé
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
as Cavallo (Voice)
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
as le sergent Merlin
Les Gorilles
as A cycling agent
Killer Spy
as Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
Si ma gueule vous plaĂźt...
as Sex shop seller
Bebert and the Train
as Gendarme
Louis de FunĂšs ou le pouvoir de faire rire
as Self
Operation Lady Marlene
as Sansonnet
S.O.S homme seul
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Laflûte
Les Planqués du régiment
as Adjudant Badubec
Ubu enchaßné
LiebesgrĂŒĂe aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
as Konrad Zillich
Faites comme chez nous
as Georges Despeu
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
as Sergent Michaud
Gypsy Law
as Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
as Le gendarme
Alice au pays des merveilles
as Dormouse
Herminie
as Jean-Baptise
Musidora
as Anatole Biscarlet
Les coucous
as Georges Despeu
Under Your Hat
as Le collÚgue de François-Joseph
