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Michel Modo
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 Septembe…
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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 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.
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2006
Poltergay
Movie Henri "Nanny" Bernier
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2003
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Movie Ambassadeur
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2003
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Movie Self
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1999
Relic Hunter
TV show Hugo Murnau
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1999
Mélissol
TV show Zanzi
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1995
Robinson Sucroë
TV show M. Floyd
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1993
Faites comme chez nous
Movie Georges Despeu
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1992
Highlander: The Series
TV show Maurice
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1992
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Movie Persouard
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1990
My Mother's Castle
Movie Postman
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1990
My Father's Glory
Movie Postman
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1989
A Tale of Two Cities
TV show Guard Officer
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1986
The Female Executioner
Movie Commissioner
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1984
S.O.S homme seul
Movie
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1984
La Chance aux chansons
TV show Self
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1983
Les Planqués du régiment
Movie Adjudant Badubec
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1982
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Movie Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1981
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
Movie Sex shop seller
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1981
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
Movie le sergent Merlin
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1981
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Movie Alain Terrieur
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1980
The Miser
Movie La merluche
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1979
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Movie Cavallo (Voice)
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1979
We'll Grow Thin Together
Movie Le clerc de notaire
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1979
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Movie Jules Berlicot
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1978
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
Movie Konrad Zillich
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1978
Les coucous
Movie Georges Despeu
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1978
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
Movie Sergent Michaud
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1977
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Movie Le gendarme
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1976
Les Patapluches
TV show Pataclou
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1976
Police Commissioner Moulin
TV show Inspecteur Janin
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1976
30 millions d'amis
TV show Self
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1975
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Movie Pirlouit (voice)
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1975
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Movie Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
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1975
Système 2
TV show Self
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1974
Operation Lady Marlene
Movie Sansonnet
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1974
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
Movie Writer
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1973
Musidora
Movie Anatole Biscarlet
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1973
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Movie Brother Robichon
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1972
Midi trente
TV show Self
