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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 FunÚs, 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 recuâŠ
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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 FunÚs, 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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Poltergay
as Henri "Nanny" Bernier
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
as Ambassadeur
Louis de FunĂšs ou le pouvoir de faire rire
as Self
Faites comme chez nous
as Georges Despeu
Bienvenue Ă Bellefontaine
as Persouard
My Mother's Castle
as Postman
My Father's Glory
as Postman
The Female Executioner
as Commissioner
S.O.S homme seul
Les Planqués du régiment
as Adjudant Badubec
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
Si ma gueule vous plaĂźt...
as Sex shop seller
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
as le sergent Merlin
PĂ©trole ! PĂ©trole !
as Alain Terrieur
The Miser
as La merluche
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
as Cavallo (Voice)
We'll Grow Thin Together
as Le clerc de notaire
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Jules Berlicot
LiebesgrĂŒĂe aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
as Konrad Zillich
Les coucous
as Georges Despeu
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
as Sergent Michaud
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
as Le gendarme
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
as Pirlouit (voice)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
as Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Operation Lady Marlene
as Sansonnet
Musidora
as Anatole Biscarlet
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Robichon
Ubu enchaßné
Herminie
as Jean-Baptise
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Policeman
Alice au pays des merveilles
as Dormouse
The Gendarme Takes Off
as Jules Berlicot
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Laflûte
The Gendarme Gets Married
as Jules Berlicot
Rita the Field Marshal
as Fritz Vogel's Assistant
Shock Troops
as Le juif torturé
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Cross-eyed Soldier
The Restaurant
as Petit-Roger, le serveur lĂšche-bottes
La 99Ăšme Minute
The Gendarme in New York
as Jules Berlicot
Killer Spy
as Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
Under Your Hat
as Le collÚgue de François-Joseph
The Sucker
as Un douanier
Les Gorilles
as A cycling agent
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
as Jules Berlicot
No Poster
La cloche
Bebert and the Train
as Gendarme
Gypsy Law
as Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
Carom Shots
as Le Facteur (uncredited)
All the Gold in the World
as Tony
The American Beauty
as Slovak