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Michel Modo

Michel Modo

Birthday: 1937-03-30 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1995
Robinson Sucroë

as    M. Floyd

1993
Faites comme chez nous

as    Georges Despeu

1991
My Father's Glory

as    Postman

1986
The Female Executioner

as    Commissioner

1983
Les Planqués du régiment

as    Adjudant Badubec

1983
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute

as    Pirlouit (voice)

1982
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

as    Jules Berlicot

1981
Pétrole ! Pétrole !

as    Alain Terrieur

1981
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers

as    le sergent Merlin

1980
The Miser

as    La merluche

1979
1979
We'll Grow Thin Together

as    Le clerc de notaire

1978
Les coucous

as    Georges Despeu

1977
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing

as    Le gendarme

1971
Herminie

as    Jean-Baptise

1970
Alice au pays des merveilles

as    Dormouse

1970
The Gendarme Takes Off

as    Jules Berlicot

1968
The Gendarme Gets Married

as    Jules Berlicot