Acting · Carpentras, Vaucluse, France · Born March 30, 1937
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.
MoviePoltergay
2006
as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
MovieThe Masked Avenger: Lagardere
2003
as Ambassadeur
MovieLouis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
as Self
TVRelic Hunter
1999
as Hugo Murnau
Mélissol
1999
as Zanzi
TVRobinson Sucroë
1995
as M. Floyd
MovieFaites comme chez nous
1993
as Georges Despeu
TVHighlander: The Series
1992
as Maurice
MovieBienvenue à Bellefontaine
1992
as Persouard
MovieMy Mother's Castle
1990
as Postman
MovieMy Father's Glory
1990
as Postman
TVA Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Guard Officer
MovieThe Female Executioner
1986
as Commissioner
MovieS.O.S homme seul
1984
TVLa Chance aux chansons
1984
as Self
MovieLes Planqués du régiment
1983
as Adjudant Badubec
MovieThe Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
MovieSi ma gueule vous plaît...
1981
as Sex shop seller
MovieRookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981
as le sergent Merlin
MoviePétrole ! Pétrole !
1981
as Alain Terrieur
MovieThe Miser
1980
as La merluche
MovieThe Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
1979
as Cavallo (Voice)
MovieWe'll Grow Thin Together
1979
as Le clerc de notaire
MovieThe Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
as Jules Berlicot
MovieLiebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
1978
as Konrad Zillich
MovieLes coucous
1978
as Georges Despeu
MovieSadsacks In the Boarding School
1978
as Sergent Michaud
MovieThe Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977
as Le gendarme
TVLes Patapluches
1976
as Pataclou
TVPolice Commissioner Moulin
1976
as Inspecteur Janin
TV30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
MovieThe Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1975
as Pirlouit (voice)
MovieThe Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975
as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Système 2
1975
as Self
MovieOperation Lady Marlene
1974
as Sansonnet
MovieMusidora
1973
as Anatole Biscarlet
MovieThe Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
as Brother Robichon
TVMidi trente
1972
as Self
MovieUbu enchaîné
1971
MovieHerminie
1971
as Jean-Baptise
MovieLe Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
as Policeman
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
MovieAlice au pays des merveilles
1970
as Dormouse
MovieThe Gendarme Takes Off
1970
as Jules Berlicot
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1969
as Laflûte
MovieThe Gendarme Gets Married
1968
as Jules Berlicot
MovieRita the Field Marshal
1967
as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
MovieShock Troops
1967
as Le juif torturé
MovieDon't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
as Cross-eyed Soldier
MovieThe Restaurant
1966
as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
MovieLa 99ème Minute
1966
TVAt Theatre Tonight
1966
as Jean-Baptiste
MovieThe Gendarme in New York
1965
as Jules Berlicot
MovieKiller Spy
1965
as Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
MovieUnder Your Hat
1965
as Le collègue de François-Joseph
MovieThe Sucker
1965
as Un douanier
MovieLes Gorilles
1964
as A cycling agent
MovieLe Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
as Jules Berlicot
La cloche
1964
MovieBebert and the Train
1963
as Gendarme
MovieGypsy Law
1963
as Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
MovieCarom Shots
1963
as Le Facteur (uncredited)
MovieAll the Gold in the World
1961
as Tony
MovieThe American Beauty
1961
as Slovak
TVLes Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
as Pierre Pégoux
