Michel Modo
Mar 30, 1937 — Sep 24, 2008 (71 years)
Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
44 Movies
8 Series
A career spanning 65+ years and 52+ titles makes Michel Modo one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Cross-eyed Soldier in 'Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Comedy has been his most frequent territory.
71R.I.P.
44Movies
8Series
Michel Modo
44 Movies
8 Series
A career spanning 65+ years and 52+ titles makes Michel Modo one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Cross-eyed Soldier in 'Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Comedy has been his most frequent territory.
71 R.I.P.
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44
Movies
8
Series
Movies
Les coucous
1978
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
The Miser
1980
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
The Sucker
1965
My Mother's Castle
1990
The Female Executioner
1986
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
Les Gorilles
1964
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
The Gendarme in New York
1965
Les Planqués du régiment
1983
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1975
Carom Shots
1963
Poltergay
2006
All the Gold in the World
1961
The Restaurant
1966
My Father's Glory
1990
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
Bebert and the Train
1963
Rita the Field Marshal
1967
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975
We'll Grow Thin Together
1979
Operation Lady Marlene
1974
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
1979
The American Beauty
1961
Shock Troops
1967
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
1978
Under Your Hat
1965
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
2003
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
1981
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
1978
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Poltergay
Henri "Nanny" Bernier
2006
Film
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Ambassadeur
2003
Film
Relic Hunter
Hugo Murnau
1999–2000
TV
Robinson Sucroë
M. Floyd
1995–
TV
Faites comme chez nous
Georges Despeu
1993
Film
Highlander: The Series
Maurice
1993–1997
TV
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Persouard
1992
Film
My Mother's Castle
Postman
1990
Film
My Father's Glory
Postman
1990
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Michel Modo still alive?
Michel Modo passed away on September 24, 2008 at age 71.
What are the most famous roles of Michel Modo?
Michel Modo is best known for roles in Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!, Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, The Sucker.
How many movies has Michel Modo been in?
Over a 47-year career (since 1961), Michel Modo has appeared in 51 movies and 15 TV shows.
What was Michel Modo's first movie?
The career of Michel Modo began with The American Beauty (1961).
What is Michel Modo's most recent movie or series?
Michel Modo's most recent release is Poltergay, which premiered on October 25, 2006.
What TV shows has Michel Modo appeared in?
On television, Michel Modo has appeared in Highlander: The Series, Relic Hunter, Champs-Elysées, Police Commissioner Moulin.
Michel Modo
1937-03-30 · 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.
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.