Michel Modo

Acting

Michel Modo

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Mar 30, 1937 (88 years old)
Death date
Sep 24, 2008

Michel Modo

Known For

Poltergay
1h 33m
Movie 2006

Poltergay

Marc and Emma move into a new house but have...

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
0h 52m
Movie 2003

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire

A documentary on Louis de Funès based on unseen archives...

Mélissol
0h 52m
TV Show 1999

Mélissol

Robinson Sucroë
TV Show 1995

Robinson Sucroë

Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
1h 30m
Movie 1992

Bienvenue à Bellefontaine

Sentenced to ten years in prison for a murder he...

My Mother's Castle
1h 39m
Movie 1990

My Mother's Castle

To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move...

My Father's Glory
1h 45m
Movie 1990

My Father's Glory

Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress...

Biography

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.