Michel Modo
1937-03-30 ( 88 years old ) in Carpentras, Vaucluse, France

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.

Movies

Poltergay 2006-10-25
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere 2003-12-25
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire 2003-01-01
Faites comme chez nous 1993-05-20
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine 1992-01-01
My Mother's Castle 1990-10-26
My Father's Glory 1990-08-29
The Female Executioner 1986-01-15
S.O.S homme seul 1984-06-07
Les Planqués du régiment 1983-06-15
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes 1982-10-03
Si ma gueule vous plaît... 1981-12-23
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers 1981-10-28
Pétrole ! Pétrole ! 1981-01-01
The Miser 1980-03-05
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen 1979-10-24
We'll Grow Thin Together 1979-08-15
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space 1979-01-31
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee 1978-12-23
Les coucous 1978-10-27
Sadsacks In the Boarding School 1978-05-17
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing 1977-09-25
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute 1976-01-21
The Seventh Company Has Been Found 1975-12-10
Musidora 1973-12-29
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot 1973-10-24
Ubu enchaîné 1971-10-02
Herminie 1971-09-09
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques 1971-02-10
Alice au pays des merveilles 1970-12-22
The Gendarme Takes Off 1970-10-28
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1969-12-25
The Gendarme Gets Married 1968-10-30
Rita the Field Marshal 1967-12-21
Shock Troops 1967-04-05
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! 1966-12-08
The Restaurant 1966-09-09
La 99ème Minute 1966-08-23
The Gendarme in New York 1965-10-28
Killer Spy 1965-09-23
Under Your Hat 1965-09-03
The Sucker 1965-03-24
Les Gorilles 1964-12-23
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez 1964-09-08
La cloche 1964-01-01
Bebert and the Train 1963-12-03
Gypsy Law 1963-05-24
Carom Shots 1963-05-17
All the Gold in the World 1961-11-01
The American Beauty 1961-09-29

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