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Michel Modo

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Michel Modo

Born March 30, 1937 in Carpentras, Vaucluse, FranceDied September 24, 200850 films

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).

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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.

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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! posterFirst watchDon't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!19667.9as Cross-eyed SoldierDuring World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Sucker poster7.4The Sucker1965Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez poster7.0Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez1964The Restaurant poster6.8The Restaurant1966My Father's Glory poster7.3My Father's Glory1990The Seventh Company Has Been Found poster7.3The Seventh Company Has Been Found1975The Gendarme Gets Married poster6.5The Gendarme Gets Married1968My Mother's Castle poster7.2My Mother's Castle1990The Gendarme Takes Off poster6.3The Gendarme Takes Off1970

Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. 2006PoltergayHenri "Nanny" Bernier
  2. 2003The Masked Avenger: LagardereAmbassadeur
  3. 1993Faites comme chez nousGeorges Despeu
  4. 1992Bienvenue à BellefontainePersouard
  5. 1990My Mother's CastlePostman
  6. 1990My Father's GloryPostman
  7. 1986The Female ExecutionerCommissioner
  8. 1984S.O.S homme seul
  9. 1983Les Planqués du régimentAdjudant Badubec
  10. 1982The Gendarme and the GendarmettesMaréchal des Logis Berlicot
  11. 1981Si ma gueule vous plaît...Sex shop seller
  12. 1981Rookie Soldiers on Maneuversle sergent Merlin
  13. 1981Pétrole ! Pétrole !Alain Terrieur
  14. 1980The MiserLa merluche
  15. 1979The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron MunchausenCavallo (Voice)
  16. 1979We'll Grow Thin TogetherLe clerc de notaire
  17. 1979The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer SpaceJules Berlicot
  18. 1978Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom KönigsseeKonrad Zillich
  19. 1978Les coucousGeorges Despeu
  20. 1978Sadsacks In the Boarding SchoolSergent Michaud
  21. 1977The Centipede Is Tap DancingLe gendarme
  22. 1975The Smurfs and the Magic FlutePirlouit (voice)
  23. 1975The Seventh Company Has Been FoundLe soldat allemand 'groupir'
  24. 1974Operation Lady MarleneSansonnet
  25. 1973MusidoraAnatole Biscarlet
  26. 1973The Edifying and Joyous Story of ColinotBrother Robichon
  27. 1971Ubu enchaîné
  28. 1971HerminieJean-Baptise
  29. 1971Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonquesPoliceman
  30. 1970Alice au pays des merveillesDormouse
  31. 1970The Gendarme Takes OffJules Berlicot
  32. 1969A Midsummer Night's DreamLaflûte
  33. 1968The Gendarme Gets MarriedJules Berlicot
  34. 1967Rita the Field MarshalFritz Vogel's Assistant
  35. 1967Shock TroopsLe juif torturé
  36. 1966Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!Cross-eyed Soldier
  37. 1966The RestaurantPetit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
  38. 1966La 99ème Minute
  39. 1965The Gendarme in New YorkJules Berlicot
  40. 1965Killer SpyOther officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
  41. 1965Under Your HatLe collègue de François-Joseph
  42. 1965The SuckerUn douanier
  43. 1964Les GorillesA cycling agent
  44. 1964Le Gendarme de Saint-TropezJules Berlicot
  45. 1964La cloche
  46. 1963Bebert and the TrainGendarme
  47. 1963Gypsy LawGuard of Pilate (uncredited)
  48. 1963Carom ShotsLe Facteur (uncredited)
  49. 1961All the Gold in the WorldTony
  50. 1961The American BeautySlovak