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Michel Modo

Acting
Known For

71 Years Old

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.

Born

Carpentras, Vaucluse, France on 30th March 1937

Died

24th September 2008

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