10.0
10.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1969
as Laflûte
Michel Modo
Acting
Born:March 30, 1937
Died:September 24, 2008(aged 71)
Birthplace:Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
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CommunityBiography
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 (47 movies)
8.0
8.0
La 99ème Minute
1966
7.9
7.9
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
as Cross-eyed German machine gunner
7.4
7.4
The Sucker
1965
as Customs officer
7.3
7.3
My Father's Glory
1990
as Postman
7.2
7.2
My Mother's Castle
1990
as Postman
7.1
7.1
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
2003
as Ambassadeur
6.8
6.8
The Restaurant
1966
as Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
6.6
6.6
The Little Bather
1968
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1975
as Pirlouit (voice)
6.5
6.5
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
as Jules Berlicot
6.4
6.4
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
1979
as Cavallo (Voice)
6.3
6.3
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
as Jules Berlicot
6.3
6.3
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Jules Berlicot
6.3
6.3
The Miser
1980
as La merluche
6.3
6.3
Bebert and the Train
1963
as Gendarme
6.3
6.3
All the Gold in the World
1961
as Tony
6.1
6.1
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
as Self
6.1
6.1
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
as Jules Berlicot
6.0
6.0
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Sergeant Berlicot
6.0
6.0
Herminie
1971
as Jean-Baptise
5.9
5.9
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
as Policeman
5.7
5.7
Alice au pays des merveilles
1970
as Dormouse
5.5
5.5
Les Gorilles
1964
as A cycling agent
5.3
5.3
Les Planqués du régiment
1983
as Adjudant Badubec
5.2
5.2
Rita the Field Marshal
1967
as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
5.1
5.1
Poltergay
2006
as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
5.0
5.0
La cloche
1964
5.0
5.0
Killer Spy
1965
as Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
4.8
4.8
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
as Brother Robichon
4.8
4.8
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977
as Le gendarme
4.7
4.7
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
1978
as Konrad Zillich
4.6
4.6
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981
as Alain Terrieur
4.5
4.5
We'll Grow Thin Together
1979
as Le clerc de notaire
4.2
4.2
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981
as le sergent Merlin
4.0
4.0
The Female Executioner
1986
as Commissioner
4.0
4.0
S.O.S homme seul
1984
3.8
3.8
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
1974
Writer
3.3
3.3
Under Your Hat
1965
as Le collègue de François-Joseph
2.8
2.8
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
1978
as Sergent Michaud
2.0
2.0
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
1981
as Sex shop seller
Ubu enchaîné
1971
Faites comme chez nous
1993
as Georges Despeu
Musidora
1973
as Anatole Biscarlet
Les coucous
1978
as Georges Despeu
Gypsy Law
1963
as Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
1992
as Persouard
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