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Aliases: Modo , Michel Goi , Michel Henri Luis Goi

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Carpentras, Vaucluse, France

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Movie Involvements: 15

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Highlander: The Series
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7

Highlander: The Series

(1992) Maurice
Midi trente
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6

Midi trente

(1972) Self
30 millions d'amis
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6

30 millions d'amis

(1976) Self
La Chance aux chansons
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0
Relic Hunter
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7

Relic Hunter

(1999) Hugo Murnau
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
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Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

(1958) Yves Lacaze
Police Commissioner Moulin
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6

Police Commissioner Moulin

(1976) Inspecteur Janin
Système 2
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Système 2

(1975) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2006 Henri "Nanny" Bernier
2003 Ambassadeur
Self
1999 Hugo Murnau
Zanzi
1995 M. Floyd
1993 Georges Despeu
1992 Maurice
Persouard
1990 Postman
Postman
1986 Commissioner
1984 N/A
Self
1983 Adjudant Badubec
1982 Jules Berlicot
Self
1981 Sex shop seller
le sergent Merlin
Alain Terrieur
1980 La merluche
1979 Cavallo (Voice)
Le clerc de notaire
Jules Berlicot
1978 Konrad Zillich
Georges Despeu
Sergent Michaud
1977 Le gendarme
1976 Inspecteur Janin
Pirlouit (voice)
Self
1975 Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
Self
1973 Anatole Biscarlet
Brother Robichon
1972 Self
1971 N/A
Jean-Baptise
Policeman
Self
1970 Dormouse
Jules Berlicot
1969 Laflûte
1968 Jules Berlicot
1967 Fritz Vogel's Assistant
Le juif torturé
1966 Cross-eyed German machine gunner
Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
N/A
Jean-Baptiste
1965 Jules Berlicot
Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
Le collègue de François-Joseph
Customs officer
1964 A cycling agent
Jules Berlicot
N/A
1963 Gendarme
Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
Postman (uncredited)
1961 Tony
Slovak
1958 Pierre Pégoux
Yves Lacaze
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing


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