Michel Modo

Michel Modo (actually Michel Henri Louis Goi ; born March 30, 1937 in Carpentras , † September 25, 2008 in Vaires-sur-Marne ) was a French actor , comedian , voice actor and screenwriter .

Life

Together with Guy Grosso , Modo formed the very popular comedian duo Grosso et Modo in France as early as the late 1950s . In Germany he was best known for the role of Berlicot, alongside Louis de Funès , Michel Galabru and Jean Lefebvre , in the Gendarme films. His work as an actor includes more than 90 film and television productions.

As a voice actor, he lent his voice in the French version of the Simpsons Krusty the Clown, Mr. Burns and Chief Wiggum.

Filmography (selection)

• 1961: The Great American (La belle Américaine)
• 1961: All the gold in the world (Tout l'or du monde)
• 1964: The gendarme of Saint Tropez (Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez)
• 1965: Hot things for Monsieur (Le corniaud)
• 1965: The gendarme from Broadway (Le gendarme à New York)
• 1966: Three break pilots in Paris (La grande vadrouille)
• 1967: One man too many (Un homme de trop)
• 1967: Stage pigs (La feldmarescialla)
• 1968: Baldwin, the grouchy marriage (Le gendarme se marie)
• 1969: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Le songe d'une nuit d'été)
• 1970: Baldwin, the Terror of Saint-Tropez (Le gendarme en balade)
• 1979: Louis' uncanny encounter with the aliens (Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres)
• 1979: The Baron von Münchhausen (as speaker of a role)
• 1980: Louis the Miser (L'Avare)
• 1982: Louis and his crazy policewomen (Le gendarme et les gendarmettes)
• 1990: My Father's Fame (La gloire de mon père)
• 1990: My mother's castle (Le château de ma mère)
• 1994–1997: Highlander (TV series)
• 1998: Love at the sixth sight (Bimboland)

Screenplay (selection)

• 1968: Baldwin, the dry swimmer ( Le Petit baigneur )
• 1974: The bangers of St. Tropez ( La Grande nouba )

Web links

• Michel Modo in the Internet Movie Database (English)