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Michel Modo

Michel Modo

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 30, 1937
Died Sep 24, 2008 (71)
Birthplace Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Jul 23, 2025
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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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My Father's Glory

My Father's Glory

1990

as Postman

The Gendarme Takes Off

The Gendarme Takes Off

1970

as Jules Berlicot

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

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

1966

as Cross-eyed German machine gunner

The Sucker

The Sucker

1965

as Customs officer

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Television Credits

Robinson Sucroë

as M. Floyd

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Jan 16, 1995

Highlander: The Series

as Maurice

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 03, 1992

Mélissol

as Zanzi

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

At Theatre Tonight

as Jean-Baptiste

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 21, 1966

Relic Hunter

as Hugo Murnau

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1999

Police Commissioner Moulin

as Inspecteur Janin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 04, 1976

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

as Pierre Pégoux

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1958

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

as Yves Lacaze

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1958

Samedi soir

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 09, 1971

La Chance aux chansons

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 26, 1984

Midi trente

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 06, 1972

Système 2

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1975

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

30 millions d'amis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1976

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