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.

Фільмографія

• 2006Poltergay — Henri "Nanny" Bernier
• 2003The Masked Avenger: Lagardere — Ambassadeur
• Mélissol — Zanzi
• Мисливці за старовиною — Hugo Murnau
• Robinson Sucroë — M. Floyd
• 1993Faites comme chez nous — Georges Despeu, Author
• 1992Bienvenue à Bellefontaine — Persouard
• Горець — Maurice
• 1990My Father's Glory — Postman
• 1990My Mother's Castle — Postman
• A Tale of Two Cities — Guard Officer
• 1986The Female Executioner — Commissioner
• 1984S.O.S homme seul
• 1983Les Planqués du régiment — Adjudant Badubec
• 1982The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes — Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
• 1981Pétrole ! Pétrole ! — Alain Terrieur
• 1981Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers — le sergent Merlin
• 1981Si ma gueule vous plaît... — Sex shop seller
• 1980Скупий — La merluche
• 1979The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen — Cavallo (Voice)
• 1979The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space — Jules Berlicot
• 1979We'll Grow Thin Together — Le clerc de notaire
• 1978Les coucous — Georges Despeu, Author
• 1978Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee — Konrad Zillich
• 1978Sadsacks In the Boarding School — Sergent Michaud
• 1977The Centipede Is Tap Dancing — Le gendarme
• Les Patapluches — Pataclou
• Police Commissioner Moulin — Inspecteur Janin
• 1975The Seventh Company Has Been Found — Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
• 1975The Smurfs and the Magic Flute — Pirlouit (voice)
• 1974Operation Lady Marlene — Sansonnet
• 1974The Funny Guys in a Crazy World — Writer
• 1973Musidora — Anatole Biscarlet
• 1973The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot — Brother Robichon
• 1971Herminie — Jean-Baptise
• 1971Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques — Policeman
• 1971Ubu enchaîné
• 1970Alice au pays des merveilles — Dormouse
• 1970Жандарм на відпочинку — Jules Berlicot
• 1969A Midsummer Night's Dream — Laflûte
• 1968The Little Bather — Screenplay
• 1968Жандарм одружується — Jules Berlicot
• 1967Rita the Field Marshal — Fritz Vogel's Assistant
• 1967Shock Troops — Le juif torturé
• At Theatre Tonight — Jean-Baptiste
• 1966La 99ème Minute
• 1966The Restaurant — Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
• 1966Велика прогулянка — Cross-eyed Soldier
• 1965Killer Spy — Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
• 1965Under Your Hat — Le collègue de François-Joseph
• 1965Жандарм у Нью-Йорку — Jules Berlicot
• 1965Роззява — Un douanier
• 1964La cloche
• 1964Les Gorilles — A cycling agent
• 1964Жандарм із Сен-Тропе — Jules Berlicot
• 1963Bebert and the Train — Gendarme
• 1963Carom Shots — Le Facteur (uncredited)
• 1963Gypsy Law — Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
• 1961All the Gold in the World — Tony
• 1961The American Beauty — Slovak
• Les Cinq Dernières Minutes — Pierre Pégoux, Yves Lacaze

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (7)

• 2003Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire — Self
• La Chance aux chansons — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• 30 millions d'amis — Self
• Système 2 — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• Samedi soir — Self