Acting
Michel Modo
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.
Filmography
Poltergay
Film · 2006
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Film · 2003
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Film · 2003
Relic Hunter
Series · 1999
Mélissol
Series · 1999
Robinson Sucroë
Series · 1995
Faites comme chez nous
Film · 1993
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Film · 1992
Highlander: The Series
Series · 1992
My Father's Glory
Film · 1990
My Mother's Castle
Film · 1990
A Tale of Two Cities
Series · 1989
The Female Executioner
Film · 1986
S.O.S homme seul
Film · 1984
La Chance aux chansons
Series · 1984
Les Planqués du régiment
Film · 1983
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Film · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Film · 1981
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
Film · 1981
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
Film · 1981
The Miser
Film · 1980
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Film · 1979
We'll Grow Thin Together
Film · 1979
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Film · 1979
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
Film · 1978
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
Film · 1978
Les coucous
Film · 1978
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Film · 1977
Police Commissioner Moulin
Series · 1976
30 millions d'amis
Series · 1976
Les Patapluches
Series · 1976
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Film · 1975
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Film · 1975
Système 2
Series · 1975
Operation Lady Marlene
Film · 1974
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Film · 1973
Musidora
Film · 1973
Midi trente
Series · 1972
Herminie
Film · 1971
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Film · 1971
Ubu enchaîné
Film · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
The Gendarme Takes Off
Film · 1970
Alice au pays des merveilles
Film · 1970
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Film · 1969
The Gendarme Gets Married
Film · 1968
Rita the Field Marshal
Film · 1967
Shock Troops
Film · 1967
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Film · 1966
La 99ème Minute
Film · 1966
The Restaurant
Film · 1966
At Theatre Tonight
Series · 1966
The Gendarme in New York
Film · 1965
The Sucker
Film · 1965
Under Your Hat
Film · 1965
Killer Spy
Film · 1965
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Film · 1964
Les Gorilles
Film · 1964
La cloche
Film · 1964
Carom Shots
Film · 1963
Bebert and the Train
Film · 1963
Gypsy Law
Film · 1963
All the Gold in the World
Film · 1961
The American Beauty
Film · 1961
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Series · 1958
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Series · 1958