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 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.
★7.9
MOVIE1966
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Cross-eyed Soldier
MOVIE1978
Les coucous
as Georges Despeu
★6.1
MOVIE1979
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Jules Berlicot
★6.4
MOVIE1964
Les Gorilles
as A cycling agent
★7.0
MOVIE1964
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
as Jules Berlicot
★6.5
MOVIE1968
The Gendarme Gets Married
as Jules Berlicot
★6.0
MOVIE1983
Les Planqués du régiment
as Adjudant Badubec
★7.2
MOVIE1990
My Mother's Castle
as Postman
★6.3
MOVIE1980
The Miser
as La merluche
★4.3
MOVIE1986
The Female Executioner
as Commissioner
★5.3
MOVIE2006
Poltergay
as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
★6.3
MOVIE1970
The Gendarme Takes Off
as Jules Berlicot
★7.4
MOVIE1965
The Sucker
as Un douanier
★6.3
MOVIE1965
The Gendarme in New York
as Jules Berlicot
★6.0
MOVIE1982
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
★6.8
MOVIE1966
The Restaurant
as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
★7.3
MOVIE1990
My Father's Glory
as Postman
★6.5
MOVIE1961
All the Gold in the World
as Tony
★6.1
MOVIE1963
Carom Shots
as Le Facteur (uncredited)
MOVIE1971
Ubu enchaîné
★10.0
MOVIE1963
Gypsy Law
as Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1981
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
as Alain Terrieur
★6.5
MOVIE1964
La cloche
★6.0
MOVIE1971
Herminie
as Jean-Baptise
★6.5
MOVIE1975
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
as Pirlouit (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1961
The American Beauty
as Slovak
★6.0
MOVIE1965
Killer Spy
as Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
★5.9
MOVIE1971
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Policeman
★8.0
MOVIE1966
La 99ème Minute
MOVIE1993
Faites comme chez nous
as Georges Despeu
★7.3
MOVIE1975
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
★9.0
MOVIE1992
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
as Persouard
★9.0
MOVIE1973
Musidora
as Anatole Biscarlet
★6.7
MOVIE1967
Shock Troops
as Le juif torturé
★6.5
MOVIE1979
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
as Cavallo (Voice)
★5.7
MOVIE1979
We'll Grow Thin Together
as Le clerc de notaire
★5.2
MOVIE1967
Rita the Field Marshal
as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
★5.1
MOVIE1974
Operation Lady Marlene
as Sansonnet
★7.2
MOVIE2003
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
as Ambassadeur
★4.9
MOVIE1973
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Robichon
★6.4
MOVIE1963
Bebert and the Train
as Gendarme
★4.0
MOVIE1965
Under Your Hat
as Le collègue de François-Joseph
★3.3
MOVIE1981
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
as Sex shop seller
★10.0
MOVIE1969
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Laflûte
★4.9
MOVIE1981
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
as le sergent Merlin
★6.3
MOVIE1970
Alice au pays des merveilles
as Dormouse
★3.1
MOVIE1978
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
as Sergent Michaud
★5.5
MOVIE1977
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
as Le gendarme
★4.2
MOVIE1978
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
as Konrad Zillich
★6.1
MOVIE2003
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE1984