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.
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Midi trente
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30 millions d'amis
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Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Pierre Pégoux
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Yves Lacaze
At Theatre Tonight
Jean-Baptiste
Highlander: The Series
Maurice
Police Commissioner Moulin
Inspecteur Janin
Relic Hunter
Hugo Murnau
La Chance aux chansons
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Système 2
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Robinson Sucroë
M. Floyd
Mélissol
Zanzi
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Cross-eyed German machine gunner
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme Gets Married
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme in New York
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme Takes Off
Jules Berlicot
The Sucker
Customs officer
The Restaurant
Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
My Mother's Castle
Postman
My Father's Glory
Postman
The Miser
La merluche
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Pirlouit (voice)
The Female Executioner
Commissioner
The American Beauty
Slovak
Shock Troops
Le juif torturé
Carom Shots
Postman (uncredited)
All the Gold in the World
Tony
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Rita the Field Marshal
Fritz Vogel's Assistant
Poltergay
Henri "Nanny" Bernier
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Ambassadeur
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Cavallo (Voice)
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Brother Robichon
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
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Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Alain Terrieur
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Policeman
Les Gorilles
A cycling agent
Bebert and the Train
Gendarme
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
le sergent Merlin
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
Sex shop seller
Under Your Hat
Le collègue de François-Joseph
We'll Grow Thin Together
Le clerc de notaire
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Laflûte
Killer Spy
Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
Konrad Zillich
Champs-Elysées
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The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Le gendarme
Musidora
Anatole Biscarlet
La 99ème Minute
Alice au pays des merveilles
Dormouse
Gypsy Law
Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
Herminie
Jean-Baptise
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
Sergent Michaud
Faites comme chez nous
Georges Despeu
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Persouard
S.O.S homme seul
Les Planqués du régiment
Adjudant Badubec
Les coucous
Georges Despeu
Ubu enchaîné
La cloche
Samedi soir
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