Career
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 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 was one of the recurring actors in the television series '' Highlander''. He played Maurice Lolande, a 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 asFilmography
*'' La Belle Américaine'' (1961) as Slovak * '' All the Gold in the World '' (1961) as Tony *'' Carom Shots'' (1963) as Le facteur (uncredited) *''Kriss Romani'' (1963) as Le garde de Pilate (uncredited) *'' Bebert and the Train'' (1963) as Un gendarme *'' Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez'' (1964) as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot *'' Les gorilles'' (1964) as Un agent cycliste *'' The Sucker'' (1965) as Un douanier *''La tête du client'' (1965) as Le collègue de François-Joseph *'' Killer Spy'' (1965) as L'agent à la bicyclette qui verbalise #2 *''The Gendarme in New York'' (1965) as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot *''What's Cooking in Paris'' (1966) as Petit Roger, un serveur *'' Don't Look Now, We're Being Shot At'' (1966) as cross-eyed German soldier *'' Un homme de trop'' (1967) as Le juif torturé *'' La feldmarescialla'' (1967) as Fritz, Vogel's Assistant *'' Le Gendarme se marie'' (1968) as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot *'' Le Gendarme en balade'' (1970) as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot *''Cry of the Cormoran'' (1970) as Le policier *'' The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot'' (1973) as Le frère Robichon *''Operation Lady Marlene'' (1975) as Sansonnet *' (1975) as Le soldat 'groupir' *'' The Smurfs and the Magic Flute'' (1976) as Peewit (voice) *''Ne me touchez pas...'' (1977) as Albert *''Le mille-pattes fait des claquettes'' (1977) as Le gendarme *''Les Bidasses au pensionnat'' (1978) as Sergeant Michaud *''Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose, 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee'' (1978) as Konrad Zillich *'' Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres'' (1979) as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot *' (1979) as Le clerc de notaire *''Les fabuleuses aventures du légendaire Baron de Munchausen'' (1979) (voice) *'' L'avare'' (1980) as La merluche *''Pétrole! Pétrole!'' (1981) as Alain Terrieur *''Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent'' (1981) as Norbert *' (1981) as Sergent Merlin *' (1981) as Le vendeur du sex-shop *'' Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes'' (1982) as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot *'' Le Braconnier de Dieu'' (1983) as The president of the polling station *''Les Planqués du régiment'' (1983) as Adjudant Badubec *''L'Exécutrice'' (1986) as Le commissaire *'' The Big Bang'' (1987) as Conseillé (voice) *'' My Father's Glory'' (1990) as le facteur *'' My Mother's Castle'' (1990) as Le facteur *''Pétain'' (1993) as Pucheu *'' Bimboland'' (1998) as Aristide Roumestan *'' Poltergay'' (2006) as Henri 'Nanny' Bernier - le patron du barExternal links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Modo, Michel 1937 births 2008 deaths Deaths from cancer in France French humorists French male television actors French male voice actors French male writers People from Carpentras Male actors from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 20th-century French male writers French male comedians Comedians from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur