Michel Modo
Born March 30, 1937 (Age: 89)
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Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Faites comme chez nous
1993
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as Georges Despeu
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Age: 56
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
1992
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as Persouard
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Age: 54
My Mother's Castle
1990
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as Postman
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Age: 53
My Father's Glory
1990
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as Postman
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Age: 53
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
1981
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as Sex shop seller
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Age: 44
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981
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as le sergent Merlin
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Age: 44
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981
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as Alain Terrieur
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Age: 43
The Miser
1980
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as La merluche
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Age: 42
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
1978
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as Konrad Zillich
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Age: 41
Les coucous
1978
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as Georges Despeu
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Age: 41
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
1978
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as Sergent Michaud
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Age: 41
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1975
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as Pirlouit (voice)
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Age: 38
Operation Lady Marlene
1974
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as Sansonnet
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Age: 37
Musidora
1973
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as Anatole Biscarlet
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Age: 36
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
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as Brother Robichon
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Age: 36
Ubu enchaîné
1971
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as
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Age: 34
Herminie
1971
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as Jean-Baptise
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Age: 34
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1969
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as Laflûte
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Age: 32
The Gendarme in New York
1965
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as Jules Berlicot
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Age: 28
Killer Spy
1965
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as Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
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Age: 28
Under Your Hat
1965
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as Le collègue de François-Joseph
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Age: 28
The Sucker
1965
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as Un douanier
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Age: 27
Les Gorilles
1964
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as A cycling agent
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Age: 27
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
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as Jules Berlicot
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Age: 27
No Image
La cloche
1964
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as
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Age: 26
Bebert and the Train
1963
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as Gendarme
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Age: 26
Gypsy Law
1963
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as Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
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Age: 26
Carom Shots
1963
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as Le Facteur (uncredited)
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Age: 26
All the Gold in the World
1961
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as Tony
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Age: 24
The American Beauty
1961
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as Slovak
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Age: 24