Cast & creator
Michel Modo
Best known for Champs-Elysées, Highlander: The Series, Relic Hunter
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.
Also known as: Modo, Michel Goi, Michel Henri Luis Goi
55
film credits
16
television credits
67
1958–2006 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (71)
Showing 71 of 71 credits
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Highlander: The Series
Maurice
1992
Relic Hunter
Hugo Murnau
1999
Midi trente
Self
1972Samedi soir
Self
1971
Police Commissioner Moulin
Inspecteur Janin
1976
La Chance aux chansons
Self
1984
At Theatre Tonight
Jean-Baptiste
1966
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Pierre Pégoux
1958Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Yves Lacaze
1958
30 millions d'amis
Self
1976Système 2
Self
1975
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Cross-eyed Soldier
1966
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Jules Berlicot
1964
The Gendarme Gets Married
Jules Berlicot
1968
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Jules Berlicot
1979
The Gendarme in New York
Jules Berlicot
1965
The Gendarme Takes Off
Jules Berlicot
1970
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
1982
The Miser
La merluche
1980
The Sucker
Un douanier
1965
A Tale of Two Cities
Guard Officer
1989
The Little Bather
Screenplay
1968
The Restaurant
Petit-Roger, le serveur lèche-bottes
1966
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Pirlouit (voice)
1975
My Mother's Castle
Postman
1990
My Father's Glory
Postman
1990
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Le soldat allemand 'groupir'
1975
Robinson Sucroë
M. Floyd
1995
Carom Shots
Le Facteur (uncredited)
1963
The Female Executioner
Commissioner
1986
All the Gold in the World
Tony
1961
Shock Troops
Le juif torturé
1967
Bebert and the Train
Gendarme
1963
Les Gorilles
A cycling agent
1964
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Self
2003
Herminie
Jean-Baptise
1971
Poltergay
Henri "Nanny" Bernier
2006
Under Your Hat
Le collègue de François-Joseph
1965
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Policeman
1971
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
le sergent Merlin
1981
Rita the Field Marshal
Fritz Vogel's Assistant
1967
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Brother Robichon
1973
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Cavallo (Voice)
1979
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Alain Terrieur
1981Mélissol
Zanzi
1999
The American Beauty
Slovak
1961
Les Patapluches
Pataclou
1976
Les Planqués du régiment
Adjudant Badubec
1983
Killer Spy
Other officer on the bicycle who issues tickets
1965
Sadsacks In the Boarding School
Sergent Michaud
1978La cloche
1964
Ubu enchaîné
1971
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
Le gendarme
1977
Faites comme chez nous
Georges Despeu
1993Faites comme chez nous
Author
1993
Les coucous
Georges Despeu
1978Les coucous
Author
1978
Operation Lady Marlene
Sansonnet
1974
La 99ème Minute
1966
Alice au pays des merveilles
Dormouse
1970
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Laflûte
1969
We'll Grow Thin Together
Le clerc de notaire
1979
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Ambassadeur
2003
Gypsy Law
Guard of Pilate (uncredited)
1963
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee
Konrad Zillich
1978
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
Sex shop seller
1981
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Persouard
1992
The Funny Guys in a Crazy World
Writer
1974
Musidora
Anatole Biscarlet
1973