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Michel Modo

1937–2008 · 17 titles in the catalogue

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.

Their work

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  1. Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!1966as Cross-eyed Soldier
  2. Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez1964as Jules Berlicot
  3. The Sucker1965as Un douanier
  4. The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space1979as Jules Berlicot
  5. The Gendarme Gets Married1968as Jules Berlicot
  6. The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes1982as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
  7. The Gendarme in New York1965as Jules Berlicot
  8. The Restaurant1966as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
  9. The Gendarme Takes Off1970as Jules Berlicot
  10. The Miser1980as La merluche
  11. Highlander: The Series1992as Maurice
  12. The Little Bather1968Screenplay
  13. My Father's Glory1990as Postman
  14. The Seventh Company Has Been Found1975as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
  15. My Mother's Castle1990as Postman
  16. Relic Hunter1999as Hugo Murnau
  17. The Smurfs and the Magic Flute1975as Pirlouit (voice)