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.

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

7.9

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

7.0

The Sucker

7.4

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

6.1

The Gendarme Gets Married

6.5

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

6.0

The Gendarme in New York

6.3

The Gendarme Takes Off

6.4

The Restaurant

6.8

The Miser

6.3

Highlander: The Series

7.4

My Father's Glory

7.4

The Seventh Company Has Been Found

7.3

My Mother's Castle

7.2

Relic Hunter

6.7

The Smurfs and the Magic Flute

6.5

Poltergay

5.1

The American Beauty

6.0

Carom Shots

6.1

Shock Troops

6.7

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

5.9

The Masked Avenger: Lagardere

7.4

All the Gold in the World

6.3

Pétrole ! Pétrole !

4.6

The Female Executioner

4.0

Bebert and the Train

6.3

Rita the Field Marshal

5.2

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

5.1

The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen

6.2

Sadsacks In the Boarding School

2.7

The Centipede Is Tap Dancing

5.1

Police Commissioner Moulin

5.8

Les Bidasses aux grandes manœuvres

4.2

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire

6.1

Under Your Hat

3.6

Champs-Elysées

6.2

Les Gorilles

5.5

Alice au pays des merveilles

5.7

Les Planqués du régiment

4.0

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

6.0

At Theatre Tonight

7.5

30 millions d'amis

5.8

We'll Grow Thin Together

1.0

Herminie

6.0

La 99ème Minute

8.0

A Midsummer Night's Dream

10.0

La cloche

5.0

S.O.S homme seul

4.0

Killer Spy

5.0

La Chance aux chansons

4.0

Midi trente

6.0

Mélissol

10.0

Robinson Sucroë

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Samedi soir

6.0

Faites comme chez nous

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Bienvenue à Bellefontaine

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Gypsy Law

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Musidora

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Les coucous

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Ubu enchaîné

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Système 2

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Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

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