Michel Modo

Michel Modo

Birthday: 1937-03-30

Deathday: 2008-09-24

Place of birth: Carpentras, Vaucluse, France

Also known as: Modo, Michel Goi, Michel Henri Luis Goi

imdb_id: nm0595317

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Score: 10.0

La 99ème Minute

Score: 8.0

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

Score: 7.9

The Masked Avenger: Lagardere

Score: 7.4

The Sucker

Score: 7.4

My Father's Glory

Score: 7.3

The Seventh Company Has Been Found

Score: 7.3

My Mother's Castle

Score: 7.2

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

Score: 7.0

The Restaurant

Score: 6.8

Shock Troops

Score: 6.7

The Smurfs and the Magic Flute

Score: 6.5

The Gendarme Gets Married

Score: 6.5

The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen

Score: 6.4

The Gendarme Takes Off

Score: 6.4

Bebert and the Train

Score: 6.3

The Miser

Score: 6.3

All the Gold in the World

Score: 6.3

The Gendarme in New York

Score: 6.3

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire

Score: 6.1

Carom Shots

Score: 6.1

Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee

Score: 6.0

Herminie

Score: 6.0

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

Score: 6.0

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

Score: 6.0

The American Beauty

Score: 6.0

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques

Score: 5.9

Alice au pays des merveilles

Score: 5.7

Les Gorilles

Score: 5.5

Les Planqués du régiment

Score: 5.3

Poltergay

Score: 5.2

Rita the Field Marshal

Score: 5.2

The Centipede Is Tap Dancing

Score: 5.1

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

Score: 5.1

Killer Spy

Score: 5.0

La cloche

Score: 5.0

Pétrole ! Pétrole !

Score: 4.6

Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers

Score: 4.2

The Female Executioner

Score: 4.2

S.O.S homme seul

Score: 4.0

Under Your Hat

Score: 3.6

Sadsacks In the Boarding School

Score: 2.8

Si ma gueule vous plaît...

Score: 2.2

We'll Grow Thin Together

Score: 1.0

Ubu enchaîné

Score: 0.0

Les coucous

Score: 0.0

Musidora

Score: 0.0

Gypsy Law

Score: 0.0

Bienvenue à Bellefontaine

Score: 0.0

Faites comme chez nous

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Mélissol

Score: 10.0

Highlander: The Series

Score: 7.4

Relic Hunter

Score: 6.7

At Theatre Tonight

Score: 6.7

Champs-Elysées

Score: 6.3

Samedi soir

Score: 6.0

Midi trente

Score: 6.0

30 millions d'amis

Score: 5.8

Police Commissioner Moulin

Score: 5.8

A Tale of Two Cities

Score: 5.0

La Chance aux chansons

Score: 4.0

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

Score: 0.0

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

Score: 0.0

Robinson Sucroë

Score: 0.0

Système 2

Score: 0.0