03/30/1937
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.
Poltergay (2006) Henri "Nanny" Bernier |
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The Masked Avenger: Lagardere (2003) Ambassadeur |
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Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire (2003) Self |
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Highlander: The Series - Counterfeit (1994) Maurice (credit only) |
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Faites comme chez nous (1993) |
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Bienvenue à Bellefontaine (1992) Persouard |
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My Mother's Castle (1990) Postman |
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My Father's Glory (1990) Postman |
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The Female Executioner (1986) Commissioner |
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S.O.S homme seul (1984) |
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Les Planqués du régiment (1983) Adjudant Badubec |
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The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982) Jules Berlicot |
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Les Bidasses aux grandes manœuvres (1981) le sergent Merlin |
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Pétrole ! Pétrole ! (1981) Alain Terrieur |
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The Miser (1980) La merluche |
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The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen (1979) Cavallo (Voice) |
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We'll Grow Thin Together (1979) Le clerc de notaire |
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The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (1979) Jules Berlicot |
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Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee (1978) Konrad Zillich |
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Les coucous (1978) Georges Despeu |
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Sadsacks In the Boarding School (1978) Sergent Michaud |
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The Centipede Is Tap Dancing (1977) Le gendarme |
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The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976) Pirlouit (voix) |
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The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975) Le soldat allemand 'groupir' |
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Musidora (1973) Anatole Biscarlet |
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Ubu enchaîné (1971) |
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Herminie (1971) Jean-Baptise |
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The Gendarme Takes Off (1970) Jules Berlicot |
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The Gendarme Gets Married (1968) Jules Berlicot |
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Rita the Field Marshal (1967) Fritz Vogel's Assistant |
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Shock Troops (1967) Le juif torturé |
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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966) Cross-Eyed German Soldier |
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The Restaurant (1966) Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes |
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The Gendarme in New York (1965) Jules Berlicot |
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Killer Spy (1965) L'autre agent à bicyclette qui verbalise |
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Under Your Hat (1965) Le collègue de François-Joseph |
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The Sucker (1965) un douanier |
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Les Gorilles (1964) A cycling agent |
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Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964) Jules Berlicot |
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La cloche (1964) |
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Bébert et l'omnibus (1963) Un gendarme (sous le nom Modo) |
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Carom Shots (1963) Le facteur |
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All the Gold in the World (1961) Tony |
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The American Beauty (1961) Slovak |
Faites comme chez nous (1993) Author |
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Les coucous (1978) Author |
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The Funny Guys in a Crazy World (1974) Writer |
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The Little Bather (1968) Screenplay |