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 VairessurMarne SeineetMarne 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 JeanChristophe 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
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