Michel Modo
Known for
Michel Modo counts as a veteran of both film and television known to audiences from a long list of titles rather than from one. 'Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Cross-eyed Soldier. 'Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography. The early stretch of the career is the part least seen today. Most of the work sits in comedy. Measured end to end, the working life on screen runs about 65 years.
Michel Modo
44 Movies
8 Series
Michel Modo counts as a veteran of both film and television known to audiences from a long list of titles rather than from one. 'Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Cross-eyed Soldier. 'Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography. The early stretch of the career is the part least seen today. Most of the work sits in comedy. Measured end to end, the working life on screen runs about 65 years.
Movies
Plays Cross-eyed Soldier
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
Plays Jules Berlicot
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
Plays Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
Plays Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
Plays La merluche
The Miser
1980
Plays Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
Plays Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
Plays Un douanier
The Sucker
1965
Plays Jules Berlicot
The Gendarme in New York
1965
Plays Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
The Restaurant
1966
Plays Postman
My Mother's Castle
1990
Plays Pirlouit (voice)
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1975
Plays Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975
Plays Postman
My Father's Glory
1990
Plays Henri "Nanny" Bernier
Poltergay
2006
Plays Commissioner
The Female Executioner
1986
Plays Tony
All the Gold in the World
1961
Plays Le juif torturé
Shock Troops
1967
Plays Adjudant Badubec
Les Planqués du régiment
1983
Plays Alain Terrieur
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
1981
Plays A cycling agent
Les Gorilles
1964
Plays Le gendarme
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977
Plays Le clerc de notaire
We'll Grow Thin Together
1979
Plays Fritz Vogel's Assistant
Rita the Field Marshal
1967
Plays Brother Robichon
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
Plays Slovak
The American Beauty
1961
Plays le sergent Merlin
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981
Plays Ambassadeur
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
2003
Plays Policeman
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
Plays Cavallo (Voice)
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
1979
Plays Gendarme
Bebert and the Train
1963
Plays Le collègue de François-Joseph
Under Your Hat
1965
Plays Sex shop seller
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
1981
Plays Sansonnet
Operation Lady Marlene
1974
Plays Sergent Michaud
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
1978
Plays Konrad Zillich
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
1978
TV Shows
Plays M. Floyd
Robinson Sucroë
1995
Plays Pataclou
Les Patapluches
1976
Plays Maurice
Highlander: The Series
1992
Plays Pierre Pégoux
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
Plays Guard Officer
A Tale of Two Cities
1989
Plays Jean-Baptiste
At Theatre Tonight
1966
Plays Hugo Murnau
Relic Hunter
1999
Plays Inspecteur Janin
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
Latest Trailers
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Poltergay
Full Filmography
Poltergay
Henri "Nanny" Bernier
2006
Film
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Ambassadeur
2003
Film
Relic Hunter
Hugo Murnau · 1 episode
1999–
TV
Robinson Sucroë
M. Floyd · 26 episodes
1995–
TV
Faites comme chez nous
Georges Despeu
1993
Film
Highlander: The Series
Maurice · 10 episodes
1992–
TV
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Persouard
1992
Film
My Mother's Castle
Postman
1990
Film
My Father's Glory
Postman
1990
Film
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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 44 movies and 8 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.