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.
Filmography
all 65
Movies 53
TV Shows 12
self 7
Writer 2
Voice 1
Poltergay (2006)
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere (2003)
Relic Hunter (1999)
Mélissol (1999)
Robinson Sucroë (1995)
Faites comme chez nous (1993)
The Female Executioner (1986)
Les Planqués du régiment (1983)
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982)
Les Bidasses aux grandes manœuvres (1981)
Pétrole ! Pétrole ! (1981)
The Miser (1980)
We'll Grow Thin Together (1979)
Les coucous (1978)
Sadsacks In the Boarding School (1978)
Impressions d'Afrique (1977)
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing (1977)
Police Commissioner Moulin (1976)
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975)
Musidora (1973)
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (1973)
Herminie (1971)
The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)
The Gendarme Gets Married (1968)
Rita the Field Marshal (1967)
Shock Troops (1967)
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
The Restaurant (1966)
La 99ème minute (1966)
At Theatre Tonight (1966)
The Gendarme in New York (1965)
Killer Spy (1965)
Under Your Hat (1965)
The Sucker (1965)
Les Gorilles (1964)
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964)
Bebert and the Train (1963)
Carom Shots (1963)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1937-03-30
Deathday2008-09-25 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceCarpentras, France
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsModo, Michel Goi
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