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Michel Modo is a Actor and Scriptwriter French born on 30 march 1937 at Carpentras (France)

Michel Modo

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Birth name Michel Henri Louis Goi
Nationality France
Birth 30 march 1937 at Carpentras (France)
Death 24 september 2008 (at 71 years) at Vaires-sur-Marne (France)

Michel Modo, de son vrai nom Michel Goi, est un acteur et fantaisiste français, né le 30 mars 1937 à Carpentras (Vaucluse) et mort d'un cancer le 25 septembre 2008 à Vaires-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne).

Il est surtout connu en France pour avoir constitué dès la fin des années 1950 un duo comique : Grosso et Modo avec l'acteur Guy Grosso, aux côtés duquel il apparaît dans de nombreux films avec Louis de Funès, dont la série du Gendarme, dans laquelle il tient le rôle du gendarme Berlicot.

Il s'illustre également dans le domaine du doublage, notamment sur la série Les Simpson, pour laquelle il double une quinzaine de personnages importants.

Biography

Il est surtout connu en France pour avoir constitué dès la fin des années 1950 un duo comique, Grosso et Modo, avec l'acteur Guy Grosso. Ce duo apparaîtra dans de nombreux films avec Louis de Funès, dont la série du Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, où ils interpréteront les rôles des gendarmes Tricard et Berlicot aux côtés de Michel Galabru, Jean Lefebvre et Christian Marin. Ils sont aussi Lecoing et Laflûte dans Le Songe d'une nuit d'été de Jean-Christophe Averty qui les dirigera à maintes reprises dans ses téléfilms et "shows" musicaux aux côtés d'un autre duo comique constitué de Michel Muller et Jacques Ferrière.

Entre 1993 et 1997, il est un acteur récurrent de la série télévisée Highlander : Maurice, personnage humoristique caractérisant le Français moyen.

En décembre 2005, il joue dans le feuilleton télévisé Plus belle la vie aux côtés de Colette Renard. Il y incarne un clochard philosophe déguisé en Père Noël.

Il a doublé également plusieurs personnages récurrents dans la version française de la série animée Les Simpson. À sa mort brutale en 2008 à l'âge de 71 ans, lors du doublage des derniers épisodes de la saison 19, il est remplacé au pied-levé par Gérard Rinaldi qui meurt à son tour d'un lymphome le 2 mars 2012.

Best films

All the Gold in the World (1961)
(Actor)
The Little Bather (1968)
(Scriptwriter)
Pétrole ! Pétrole ! (1981)
(Actor)
Sadsacks In the Boarding School (1978)
(Actor)

Usually with

Guy Grosso
Guy Grosso
(20 films)
Jean Girault
Jean Girault
(9 films)
Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès
(13 films)
Michel Galabru
Michel Galabru
(13 films)
Jean Lefebvre
Jean Lefebvre
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Michel Modo (53 films)

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Actor

The Fox and the Hound 2, 1h9
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Films about foxes, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jeff Bennett, Reba McEntire, Patrick Swayze, Jim Cummings, Jonah Bobo, Grey DeLisle
Roles Amos Slade
Rating53% 2.6940252.6940252.6940252.6940252.694025
The film opens with Tod and Copper chasing a cricket together. They see a line of trucks bringing the county fair to town, and Copper is mesmerized by the sound of dogs singing together in an old school bus with "The Singin' Strays" painted on the side. The pair are eager to go see the fair, but when Copper's clumsy tracking skills disappoint his master Amos Slade yet again, the pup is tied up in the yard while Slade and Chief go to the fair without him. Tod arrives and pulls Copper's collar off, and the pair head to the fair.
Poltergay
Poltergay (2006)
, 1h33
Directed by Éric Lavaine
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Ghost films, Musical films, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu, Lionel Abelanski, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, Michel Duchaussoy, Philippe Duquesne
Roles Henri "Nanny" Bernier
Rating53% 2.6998352.6998352.6998352.6998352.699835
Emma and Marc, two young lovers, move into a house which has been uninhabited for thirty years. What they don't know is that in 1979, in a cave under the house, there was a gay disco, which burned down when a foam machine short-circuited, and five bodies were never found. Today, the house is haunted by five gay ghosts. However, only Marc is able to see them, and his visions drive Emma away. The ghosts, touched by Marc's problems, do everything in their power to help him get his girl back.
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Directed by Henri Helman
Origin France
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Julien Guiomar, Bruno Wolkowitch, Frédéric van den Driessche, Florence Pernel, Yvon Back, Michel Modo
Roles Ambassadeur
Rating69% 3.480573.480573.480573.480573.48057
En France, au début du XVIIIe siècle. Lagardère, l'une des plus fines lames du royaume, provoque en duel le duc de Nevers, dans le seul but de découvrir le secret de sa botte. Il perd, mais Nevers, amusé par ce preux chevalier, rusé, drôle et charmeur, le prend à son service. Nevers et Inès se marient en secret de Caylus, père de la jeune femme. Mais Caylus a d'autres projets pour Inès : il désire la marier à Gonzague. Ce dernier, apprenant la nouvelle, décide de se débarrasser de Nevers et de sa fille, Aurore, qu'Inès vient de mettre au monde. Accompagné de plusieurs mercenaires, Gonzague tend un piège à Nevers et l'assassine lâchement. Henri de Lagardère ne peut empêcher l'assassinat de son ami le duc de Nevers. Il jure de venger sa mort et de protéger sa fille Aurore. Il l'élève en lui cachant cette sombre histoire. Pendant vingt ans Lagardère recherche l'auteur du meurtre. Il croise la route de Gonzague, le cousin et meurtrier de Nevers. Une lutte acharnée commence alors.
The Emperor's New Groove, 1h15
Directed by Mark L. Dindal
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors David Spade, John Goodman, Michael Herbig, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick
Roles Le chef cuisinier du restaurant (voix française)
Rating74% 3.702153.702153.702153.702153.70215
The film opens with narration from Kuzco, a teenage Inca emperor who has been transformed into a llama. He tells the story of how his life as a ruler used to be and how it was ruined "for no reason". However, in his flashback he is shown to have been rude and narcisissitic, albeit charismatic. He even goes so far as insulting the appearances of potential brides and throwing an old man out the window for "throwing off his groove." After Kuzko fires his conniving advisor, Yzma, for abusing her power, she comes up with a scheme to usurp the throne with the help of Kronk, her dim-witted but jovial henchman. Meanwhile, Kuzco meets with Pacha, a kind peasant and village leader, and tells him that he wants to demolish his hilltop family home to build himself a lavish summer home called "Kuzcotopia". Pacha protests, but is dismissed.
Bimboland
Bimboland (1998)
, 1h30
Directed by Ariel Zeitoun
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Judith Godrèche, Aure Atika, Gérard Depardieu, Dany Boon, Sophie Forte, Armelle
Roles Aristide Roumestan
Rating46% 2.3077152.3077152.3077152.3077152.307715
Cécile, très sérieuse étudiante en ethnologie à l'université de Nice, termine sa thèse sur le dernier peuple primitif existant de nos jours. Mais la jeune femme, ainsi que le département d'ethnologie dans lequel elle est doctorante, sont humiliés par la modernisation de ce peuple qui se retrouve en Une de toute la presse. Afin d'effacer cet échec, Cécile n'a pas d'autre choix que de faire profil bas et de devenir l'assistante de son directeur de thèse qui rédige un livre sur la culture Maori.
Thumbelina
Thumbelina (1994)
, 1h22
Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Gary Goldman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jodi Benson, Gary Imhoff, Barbara Cook, Carol Channing, Charo, Gino Conforti
Roles M. Miro
Rating62% 3.1024053.1024053.1024053.1024053.102405
A lonely old woman longs for a child, and is given a seed by a good witch. When planted, the seed grows into a flower, and inside the blossom is a tiny girl the size of the old woman's thumb. The old woman names the girl Thumbelina and raises her as her own.
Pétain
Pétain (1993)
, 2h12
Directed by Jean Marbœuf
Origin France
Genres War, Historical
Themes Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Jacques Dufilho, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Antoinette Moya, Clovis Cornillac
Roles Pierre Pucheu
Rating60% 3.0010553.0010553.0010553.0010553.001055
Ce film retrace la vie du maréchal Pétain, à partir de 1940, jusqu'à son dernier entretien avec Pierre Laval à Sigmaringen.
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation, 1h13
Directed by Paul Dini, Tom Ruegger, Kent Butterworth, Rich Arons
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about children, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Joe Alaskey, Charles Adler, Tress MacNeille, Don Messick, Rob Paulsen, Cree Summer
Roles Dizzy
Rating80% 4.0209554.0209554.0209554.0209554.020955
The Tiny Toon Adventures characters leave for their summer vacations after their term at Acme Looniversity ends. Babs and Buster Bunny have a water pistol fight, which eventually escalates into their flooding Acme Acres. The bunnies, along with Byron Basset, float from flooded Acme Acres down to the southern United States, where they continuously avoid getting eaten by the river's residents.
Bienvenue à Bellefontaine
Directed by Gérard Louvin
Actors Jean Lefebvre, Annie Jouzier, Daniel Prévost, Patrick Messe, Jeanne Savary, Michel Modo
Roles Persouard

Condamné à dix ans de prison pour un meurtre qu'il n'a pas commis, Gaëtan Lantier vient d'être innocenté grâce aux aveux que le vrai criminel a fait avant de mourir. De retour à Bellefontaine, son village, le brave homme est l'hôte d'une fête organisée en son honneur. En cadeau, le maire et les habitants lui offrent un magnifique fusil de chasse. D'abord décontenancé, Gaëtan se ressaisit et lance à l'assistance que ses années de détention lui donnent le droit de tuer le plus salaud du village. La plupart des habitants a quelque chose à se reprocher et craint d'être pris pour la silhouette, celui qui a assisté au meurtre mais qui ne s'est jamais fait connaître alors que son témoignage aurait innocenté Gaëtan. La peur envahit Bellefontaine et chacun tente d'amadouer Gaëtan par des attentions et des cadeaux.
My Father's Glory, 1h45
Directed by Yves Robert
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Films about families, La provence
Actors Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Thérèse Liotard, Didier Pain, Julien Ciamaca, Victorien Delamare
Roles Postman
Rating75% 3.794183.794183.794183.794183.79418
This film is set in the period between 1900 and the First World War in 1914.
My Mother's Castle, 1h38
Directed by Yves Robert
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about families, La provence
Actors Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Thérèse Liotard, Didier Pain, Julien Ciamaca, Victorien Delamare
Roles Postman
Rating75% 3.7888353.7888353.7888353.7888353.788835
This film, together with La gloire de mon père, is set in the period between 1900 and the First World War in 1914.
All Dogs Go to Heaven, 1h25
Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Gary Goldman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about religion, Films about dogs, Films about angels, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Judith Barsi, Vic Tayback, Melba Moore, Charles Nelson Reilly
Roles chien couronné
Rating66% 3.349873.349873.349873.349873.34987
In 1939 New Orleans, a roguish German Shepherd named Charlie B. Barkin escapes from a dog pound with the help of his friend, a dachshund named Itchy Itchiford. They return to a casino riverboat on the bayou, which is formerly run by Charlie with his partner, a bulldog named Carface Caruthers. Not wanting to share the profits with Charlie, Carface persuades him to leave town with 50% of the casino's earnings. Charlie agrees, but is later intoxicated and murdered by Carface. He is sent to Heaven where a whippet angel named Annabelle (who was named in the sequel) tells him that a gold watch representing his life has stopped. He steals and winds it, sending Charlie back to Earth, but is told that if he dies again, he will go to Hell. After reuniting with Itchy, they discover that Carface is holding an orphan girl named Anne-Marie (presumably kidnapped from the orphanage by Carface), who has the ability to talk to animals and gain knowledge of a race's results beforehand, allowing Carface to rig the odds on the rat races and become rich. They rescue her, intending to use her abilities to get revenge on Carface, though Charlie tells her that they plan to give their winnings to the poor and help her find parents.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1h44
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about films, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, Joanna Cassidy, Lou Hirsch
Roles R. K. Maroon
Rating76% 3.847773.847773.847773.847773.84777
In 1947, cartoon characters are commonly referred to as "toons" and most work as paid actors in Hollywood. They frequently interact with humans and animals, and dwell in the animated district of Toontown, owned by businessman Marvin Acme. Amongst the toon stars is Roger Rabbit, who does comedy shorts with Baby Herman, but as of late his performances are poor. Meanwhile, R.K. Maroon, Roger’s employer and head of Maroon Studios, hires private detective Eddie Valiant to investigate rumors that Roger’s wife Jessica Rabbit is having an extramarital affair. Eddie himself is an alcoholic, following the murder of his brother Teddy at the hands of a toon. Going to the Ink & Paint Club, Eddie at first believes that Jessica is a rabbit (due to her last name), but surprised when he sees that she's a very attractive woman. He later attempts and manages to snap photographs of Marvin Acme playing patty cake with Jessica, showing them to Maroon and a distraught Roger who vows he and his wife will be happy, before running off.
The Female Executioner
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Brigitte Lahaie, Michel Modo, Jean-Hugues Lime, Philippe Gasté, Gilbert Servien, Pierre Woodman
Roles Commissioner
Rating45% 2.280442.280442.280442.280442.28044
Martine, inspectrice de la brigade des stup', traque Madame Wenders, célèbre proxénète qui a assassiné sa soeur. Ce combat l'amènera dans les bas fonds d'une ville corrompue , elle le mènera en justicière implacable...
Le Braconnier de Dieu, 1h38
Directed by Jean-Pierre Darras
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Pierre Mondy, Annie Cordy, Jean Lefebvre, Michel Galabru, Daniel Ceccaldi, Jean-Pierre Darras
Roles Le président du bureau de vote
Rating42% 2.1007752.1007752.1007752.1007752.100775
Moine depuis trente-sept ans, Frère Grégoire ne résiste pas à la tentation. Sorti pour la première fois du monastère pour remplir son devoir d'électeur, il rattrape son retard en matière de pastis et de femme... Les portes d'une nouvelle existence s'ouvrent à lui. Rendu à la vie civile, Grégoire trouve refuge dans une ferme où il rencontre un vicomte dégénéré, une bigote nymphomane, un allemand, oublié là depuis la dernière guerre, et une joyeuse bande de poivrots qu'il détourne de la bouteille grâce à une eau miraculeuse en provenance de Lourdes...