Michel Modo
Date of birth: 1937-03-30
Place of birth: Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Modo, Michel Goi, Michel Henri Luis Goi
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.
Movie Credits
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979-01-31
The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oi
The Gendarme in New York
1965-10-28
Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmer
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964-09-08
The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968-10-30
The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970-10-28
The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her cast
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982-10-03
Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but als
We'll Grow Thin Together
1979-08-15
Victor is a screenwriter whose last work about the Marechal Pétain is refused by his producer. To ad
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966-12-08
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cro
The Sucker
1965-03-24
In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a cras
The Female Executioner
1986-01-15
Martine is a tough female cop trying to solve the kidnapping of young Caroline by a gang of pornogra
Carom Shots
1963-05-17
Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy t
Rita the Field Marshal
1967-12-21
A waitress helps a scientist flee the Nazis.
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1975-12-24
The evil knight Torchesac, who is at the service of the sinister lord of La Mortaille, gets a very p
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
1978-05-17
1978, France. Young recruits are secretly digging an underground tunnel to get to the boarding schoo
Les Planqués du régiment
1983-06-15
A young engineer, inventor of a dangerous ping-pong ball, which makes him pursued by the American an
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981-01-01
Le PDG d'une importante société pétrolière voit ses manoeuvres illicites déjouées par un jeune concu
All the Gold in the World
1961-11-01
Businessman Victor Hardy wants to buy the entire area around the small village of Cabosse. He claims
Herminie
1971-09-09
Faites comme chez nous
1993-05-20
Georges Despeu, an employee without stature or fortune, is about to receive his daughter Barbara who
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
1992-01-01
Sentenced to ten years in prison for a murder he did not commit, Gaëtan Lantier has just been cleare
Les Gorilles
1964-12-23
A confused pair of airport luggage carriers get involved in the disappearance of some suitcases.
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
1978-12-23
Sepp and Willy inherit a remote mountain farm. When they find an old biplane in the barn, they come
Poltergay
2006-10-25
Marc and Emma move into a new house but have no idea that their basement was a gay nightclub. To mak
The Miser
1980-03-05
The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven’t spok
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977-09-25
When they get wind that Herman Goering wants the Venus de Milo statue removed from the Louvre and ad
Bebert and the Train
1963-12-03
The Martin family is shopping in a department store. Tiennot is responsible for looking after his li
Gypsy Law
1963-05-24
The idyllic life of a beautiful gypsy girl is shattered when she runs away from a pre-arranged marri
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973-10-24
Colinot's world is turned upside down when his fiancee is kidnapped.
Alice au pays des merveilles
1970-12-22
Alice sets off in pursuit of a mysterious white rabbit in a hurry. After a dizzying fall into a deep
La 99ème Minute
1966-08-23
Death live! In the middle of filming a detective drama, the main actor Gérard Gérard dies from a gun
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971-02-10
Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the obje
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1969-12-25
Shakespeare wrote this fantastic comedy in 1594. It features Lysander and Hermia, whose love is thwa
La cloche
1964-01-01
The misfortune of a young man who tries to keep a rendezvous and finds himself a prisoner in a bell.
My Father's Glory
1990-08-29
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel g
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003-01-01
A documentary on Louis de Funès based on unseen archives and film extracts, interviews from close fr
Musidora
1973-12-29
Jean-Christophe Averty, a French television director and video artist pioneeer, retraces here the li
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975-12-10
The second part of the Seventh Company adventures.
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981-10-28
Five young conscripts lead a peaceful life in the barracks of a small town. Their officer is an ecce
Under Your Hat
1965-09-03
An illegal gambling den where players can lose millions... and the owners make their fortune.
Les coucous
1978-10-27
S.O.S homme seul
1984-06-07
The Restaurant
1966-09-09
A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime, is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of
The American Beauty
1961-09-29
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable ca
Killer Spy
1965-09-23
The most secret agent Stanislas Dubois, tired of saving the world alone decides to retire and to sta
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
2003-12-25
France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is tre
Shock Troops
1967-04-05
A French resistance group frees twelve captured soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently t
My Mother's Castle
1990-10-26
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
1979-10-24
The Fabulous Adventures of the legendary Baron Munchausen is a French animated feature from Jean Ima
Ubu enchaîné
1971-10-02
Father Ubu, grotesque king and symbol of the tyranny of power in Ubu king, decides to become a slave
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
1981-12-23
A French satirical comedy that examines society’s obsession with appearance. A man with unconvention