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Michel Modo
Actor · Crew· Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Cross-eyed Soldier · 1966
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Jules Berlicot · 1964
The Sucker
Un douanier · 1965
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Jules Berlicot · 1979
The Gendarme Gets Married
Jules Berlicot · 1968
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Maréchal des Logis Berlicot · 1982
The Gendarme in New York
Jules Berlicot · 1965
The Restaurant
Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes · 1966
Filmography
35 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Poltergay | Henri "Nanny" Bernier | Film |
| 2003 | The Masked Avenger: Lagardere | Ambassadeur | Film |
| 1993 | Faites comme chez nous | Georges Despeu | Film |
| 1990 | My Mother's Castle | Postman | Film |
| 1990 | My Father's Glory | Postman | Film |
| 1986 | The Female Executioner | Commissioner | Film |
| 1983 | Les Planqués du régiment | Adjudant Badubec | Film |
| 1982 | The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes | Maréchal des Logis Berlicot | Film |
| 1981 | Pétrole ! Pétrole ! | Alain Terrieur | Film |
| 1980 | The Miser | La merluche | Film |
| 1979 | The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen | Cavallo (Voice) | Film |
| 1979 | The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space | Jules Berlicot | Film |
| 1978 | Sadsacks In the Boarding School | Sergent Michaud | Film |
| 1976 | Les Patapluches | Pataclou | TV |
| 1975 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | Pirlouit (voice) | Film |
| 1975 | The Seventh Company Has Been Found | Le soldat allemand 'groupir' | Film |
| 1974 | Operation Lady Marlene | Sansonnet | Film |
| 1973 | The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot | Brother Robichon | Film |
| 1971 | Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques | Policeman | Film |
| 1971 | Ubu enchaîné | Film | |
| 1970 | The Gendarme Takes Off | Jules Berlicot | Film |
| 1969 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Laflûte | Film |
| 1968 | The Gendarme Gets Married | Jules Berlicot | Film |
| 1967 | Rita the Field Marshal | Fritz Vogel's Assistant | Film |
| 1966 | The Restaurant | Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes | Film |
| 1966 | Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! | Cross-eyed Soldier | Film |
| 1965 | Killer Spy | Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets | Film |
| 1965 | The Gendarme in New York | Jules Berlicot | Film |
| 1965 | The Sucker | Un douanier | Film |
| 1965 | Under Your Hat | Le collègue de François-Joseph | Film |
| 1964 | Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez | Jules Berlicot | Film |
| 1964 | Les Gorilles | A cycling agent | Film |
| 1963 | Carom Shots | Le Facteur (uncredited) | Film |
| 1963 | Bebert and the Train | Gendarme | Film |
| 1961 | All the Gold in the World | Tony | Film |
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