
Michel Modo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 30, 1937, Carpentras, Vaucluse, France
- Died
- September 24, 2008
- Movies
- 53
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.
Best-Known Movies

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964

The Sucker
1965

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979

The Gendarme Gets Married
1968

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982

The Gendarme in New York
1965

The Restaurant
1966

The Gendarme Takes Off
1970

The Miser
1980
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1974 | The Funny Guys in a Crazy World | Writer |
| 1968 | The Little Bather | Screenplay |
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