The cock-eyed soldiers in the classic French film "Tiger's Mouth", there are not many shots on the scene, and they have not even been able to appear on the cast list. So much so that more than fifty years after the film aired, many viewers who have seen the film still do not know the name of the green leaf actor. In fact, this actor is also a very famous Comedian in France. His name was Michel Modo.
Michelle Mordo
Michel Mordo was born in 1930 in Louis Carpenterra, Vaucluse, France. Michelle Mordor began her comedy career in the mid-1950s. He teamed up with Guy Grosso and became known as the comedy duo Grosso et Modo. They appeared together in many films (especially in the many films of Louis de Finés), notably in the first part of the gendarmerie series, The Gendarmerie of Saint-Tropez (translated as The Police of Saint-Tropez), with Grosso and Mordor playing two gendarmes until 1982's Gendarmes and the Gendarmerie Women (the domestic translation is The Police and the Women).
Group photo of the cast of "The Great Circle Dance", Michelle and Grosso (second and third from the right in the second row)
In 1961, he played a minor role in his first film, La belle américaine, while he met Louis de Finés, the first meeting between the two of whom would soon become good friends.
The following year, Michelle starred in La Grosse Valse, a huge success. Meanwhile, Michelle continued his film career.
In the 1960s, Michelle played Roger, a waiter in films such as The Grand Hotel, and a Cock-Eye German soldier in Tiger's Mouth. Of course, there are also "police (gendarme) series of movies" and "Dark Crossing Chen Cang" as a gendarme. Later, he played Jia Ding in the 1980s "Miserly Ghost".
"The Police in New York"
The Police of Saint-Tropez
《The Grand Hotel》
In the 1970s, he starred in films such as "Fools Make a Big Fuss in the Barracks" and "Going Deep Behind enemy Lines to Cause Earthquakes".
Michel Mordor returned to the theatre stage in 1984 as Pierre Douglas in SOS Homme Seul. In the late 1980s, Michel Mordor turned to dubbing. He voiced several characters in the French version of the animated drama The Simpsons.
In 1990, he had an excellent appearance in the film adaptation of Marcel Pagnole's novel La Gloire de mon père, and later played a major role in Le château de ma mère.
From 1993 to 1997, he played Maurice Lolande in the TV series Highlander, portraying the humorous character of the average Frenchman.
In December 2005, he starred with actor Colette Renard in the TELEVISION series Plus Belle la vie. He plays a wandering philosopher disguised as Santa Claus.
Michel died of cancer on 25 September 2008 in Vail-sur-Marne (Seine-Marne).