Years active 1909- 1962 Name Gaston Modot | Role Actor | |
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Born December 31, 1887 Paris, France Died February 19, 1970, Le Raincy, France Movies Age of Gold, The Grand Illusion, The Rules of the Game, Children of Paradise, Under the Roofs of Paris Similar People Jacques Becker, Jean Durand, Rene Clair, Julien Duvivier, Jean Renoir | ||
Gaston Modot - Biographie
Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of French directors.
Contents
- Gaston Modot Biographie
- Cent dollars mort ou vif 1912 One Hundred Dollars Dead or Alive
- Filmography
- References
Modot lived in Montmartre at the beginning of the 20th century where he met Picasso and Modigliani. In 1909 he started his career with Gaumont and for the following 20 years he covered all silent film genres. In 1917 he was the main actor in Abel Gance's Mater dolorosa. He played in Germaine Dulac and Louis Delluc's avant-garde films La fête espagnole (1919) and Fièvre (1921). With Max Linder, Modot played in Abel Gance's Au secours! (1924). Towards the end of the 1920s he performed in German-French co-productions.
He is still famous for his role of "Manns" in Luis Buñuel's L'Âge d'Or (1930).
He had his first role in a sound film with Rene Clair's Sous les toits de Paris (1930). He and Jean Gabin are main characters in Julien Duvivier's Pépé le Moko (1937). He acted in the Jean Renoir classics La grande illusion and La règle du jeu as well as the three-hour poetic film Les enfants du paradis (1945) for Marcel Carné.
In 1962 Gaston Modot ended his acting career. He had acted in more than 100 films.
Cent dollars mort ou vif (1912) One Hundred Dollars, Dead or Alive
Filmography
Actor
1964
L'amour médecin (TV Movie) as
Macroton
1963
The Sailor's Journey
1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments as
Le grand-père (segment "Un seul Dieu tu adoreras")
1961
Les Menteurs as
Carlotti
1959
Experiment in Evil (TV Movie) as
Blaise - le jardinier
1958
The Lovers as
Coudray
1957
The Gangsters as
Justin Benoit
1956
Elena and Her Men as
Le chef des bohèmiens
1956
This is Called Dawn as
Sandro's new tenant
1956
Rencontre à Paris as
Le concierge du Temple (uncredited)
1955
French Cancan as
Le valet de Danglard (uncredited)
1954
Father, Mother, the Maid and I as
Le mendiant musicien
1953
Poison Ivy as
L'inspecteur #1
1952
Casque d'Or as
Danard
1951
Monsieur Octave
1951
Ce coquin d'Anatole (uncredited)
1951
Victor as
Le patron du café
1950
La belle que voilà as
Le concierge
1950
Beauty and the Devil as
Gypsy
1949
Le parfum de la dame en noir as
Mathieu
1949
Rendezvous in July as
Professeur
1949
Le mystère de la chambre jaune as
Arthur
1949
Passion for Life as
L'examinateur de Français / Physics Examiner
1949
Le point du jour as
Tiberghien
1948
La vie continue (Short)
1948
The Cupboard Was Bare as
Un gangster
1948
Éternel conflit as
Le bonimenteur
1948
Le cavalier de Croix-Mort as
Augustin
1947
Antoine & Antoinette as
Le caissier de la loterie nationale
1947
Dernier refuge as
Marcel
1947
Man About Town as
Gustave - le caméraman (as G. Modot)
1945
Children of Paradise as
Fil de Soie
1944
Le bossu as
Vinto, le muet
1943
Le brigand gentilhomme as
Terriblo
1943
L'Homme de Londres as
Teddy Baxter
1942
À vos ordres, Madame as
Le garçon d'étage
1942
The Trump Card as
Toni Amanito
1942
Patrouille blanche as
Wong
1941
Montmartre sur Seine as
Le maître d'hôtel
1940
Une idée à l'eau as
Le troisième scénariste
1939
The Rules of the Game as
Edouard Schumacher, le garde-chasse
1939
La fin du jour as
Monsieur Martin - Le patron du bistrot
1939
Coral Reefs as
Le colonel mexicain
1938
Accord final as
Le policier (uncredited)
1938
Sirocco as
Le soutier
1938
Le joueur d'échecs as
Major Nicolaieff (uncredited)
1938
Ceux de demain as
Raymond
1938
La Marseillaise as
Un volontaire
1938
Le temps des cerises as
Gaston Ravaux
1937
The Grand Illusion as
L'ingénieur (as Modot)
1937
Street of Shadows as
Le patron du café
1937
Les réprouvés as
Le patron
1937
Cargaison blanche as
Álvarez
1937
Pépé le Moko as
Jimmy
1936
Life Is Ours as
Philippe - le neveu des Lecocq
1936
Les gaîtés de la finance as
Le chef des gangsters
1935
Lucrezia Borgia as
Fracassa
1935
La bandera as
Le légionnaire Muller
1935
Crime d'amour (Short)
1935
Le mystère Imberger as
Le domestique
1935
Le clown Bux as
Benson
1935
Torture (Short)
1935
Le billet de mille as
Le bookmaker
1934
Les chaînes
1934
Taxi de minuit (Short) as
Jeff, l'imprésario
1934
L'auberge du Petit-Dragon as
L'imprésario
1934
Crainquebille as
L'agent Matra
1933
Quelqu'un a tué...
1933
Plein aux as
1933
Colomba as
Brando Savelli
1933
La mille et deuxième nuit
1933
July 14 (uncredited)
1932
Pan!... Pan!... (Short) as
Le maître d'armes
1932
Coup de feu à l'aube as
Sandegg
1932
Fantômas as
Firmin - le valet de la marquise
1932
Sous le casque de cuir as
Le capitaine Simianoff
1931
L'ensorcellement de Séville
1931
Autour d'une enquête as
Baumann, le détective
1931
The Threepenny Opera as
Peachum
1930
Conte cruel
1930
The Golden Age as
The Man
1930
Under the Roofs of Paris as
Fred
1930
Freiheit in Fesseln as
Paul Kummer
1930
Der Erzieher meiner Tochter as
Schiffskapitän
1929
Phantome des Glücks as
Dupont
1929
Das grüne Monokel as
McCornick
1929
The Ship of Lost Men as
Der Sträfling Morains - Morain - the Escaped Convict
1929
Monte Cristo as
Fernand Mondego / Comte de Morcerf
1929
La merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d'Arc as
Lord Glasdall
1928
Secrets of the Orient as
Prince Hussein
1928
Le chauffeur de Mademoiselle
1928
Mon coeur au ralenti as
Chapinsky
1927
La ville des mille joies
1927
Sous le ciel d'Orient
1927
Die Stadt der tausend Freuden as
Jetsam
1926
Face aux loups
1926
Carmen as
García 'El Tuerto'
1926
La châtelaine du Liban as
Ahmed Said
1925
Naples au baiser de feu as
Le mendiant Pinatucchio
1925
Les élus de la mer as
Pascal Lagadec
1925
Veille d'armes as
Lieutenant de vaisseau Brambourg
1924
Miracle of the Wolves as
Le comte du Lau, sire de Châteauneuf
1924
Más allá de la muerte as
Docteur Belphégor
1924
Âme d'artiste
1924
Help! (Short)
1924
Le cousin Pons as
Fraisier
1924
Nène as
Jean Cuirassier
1924
La mendiante de Saint-Sulpice as
Grancet Depréty
1923
À l'horizon du sud as
Arahim
1923
Petit hôtel à louer as
Baptiste
1923
La bouquetière des innocents as
Ravaillac
1922
Marie, la femme au singe as
L'incendiaire
1922
Le sang d'Allah as
Henry Anverson
1922
Les mystères de Paris as
Martial
1922
Marie chez les fauves (Short)
1922
La terre du diable as
Ascanio
1922
Marie chez les loups (Short)
1921
Fièvre (Short) as
Topinelli
1921
Mathias Sandorf as
Carpéna
1920
Marie la gaieté
1920
Impéria
1920
Le chevalier de Gaby as
Gaston Mériel
1920
La fête espagnole as
Réal
1919
La sultane de l'amour as
Kadjar
1919
Un ours as
Sophie
1918
Elle (Short)
1918
L'âme de Pierre
1918
Serpentin et son modèle (Short)
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo - Episode 14: Villefort's Punishment (Short) as
Bertuccio
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo - Episode 13: The Last Exploits of Caderousse (Short) as
Bertuccio
1917
L'épave
1917
La danseuse voilée
1917
The Zone of Death
1917
The Torture of Silence as
Le messager (uncredited)
1915
Les poilus de la neuvième (Short)
1914
Ceux de la terre (Short)
1914
Fauves et bandits (Short)
1914
Ginette (Short)
1914
L'aventure de Monsieur Smith (Short)
1914
L'enfant et la bouteille (Short)
1914
L'enfant et le chien (Short)
1914
La chasse à l'homme (Short)
1914
La pipe de Master Pouitte (Short)
1914
Le jockey est en retard (Short)
1914
Le mariage du frotteur (Short)
1914
Les doigts qui étranglent (Short)
1914
Le système du docteur Bitume (Short)
1914
Le voeu d'Onésime (Short)
1914
Monsieur Pelche fait l'ouverture (Short)
1914
Onésime, si j'étais roi (Short)
1914
Onésime assassiné (Short)
1914
Onésime en promenade (Short)
1914
Onésime et l'infirmière (Short)
1914
Onésime et le lâche anonyme (Short)
1914
Onésime et le policier (Short)
1914
Onésime et les titres (Short)
1914
Onésime et le voisin gênant (Short)
1914
Onésime fait des crêpes (Short)
1914
Onésime fait des économies (Short)
1914
Onésime marchand de moutons (Short)
1914
A Peculiar Inheritance (Short)
1914
Under the Lion's Paws (Short)
1914
Batty Bill Almost Married (Short)
1914
Onésime et le clubman (Short)
1914
Batty Bill's Pertinacity (Short) as
Un spectateur
1914
Batty Bill Wins a Baby (Short)
1914
Batty Bill's Home Rough-Housed (Short)
1914
One on Batty Bill (Short)
1914
Judgment of the Jungle (Short)
1914
La Mariquita (Short) as
Un des deux mineurs au Cap
1913
Cent francs pour deux sous (Short)
1913
La disparition d'Onésime (Short) as
Charles Haucome
1913
Le mal d'Onésime (Short)
1913
Le Noël d'Onésime (Short)
1913
Le placier de demain (Short)
1913
Onésime aime les bêtes (Short)
1913
Onésime aime trop sa belle-mère (Short)
1913
Onésime douanier (Short)
1913
Onésime dresseur d'hommes et de chevaux (Short)
1913
Onésime en bonne fortune (Short)
1913
Onésime est myope (Short)
1913
Onésime et Kiki (Short)
1913
Onésime et l'affaire du Tocquard-Palace (Short)
1913
Onésime et l'oeuvre d'art (Short)
1913
Onésime et la maison hantée (Short)
1913
Onésime et la panthère de Calino (Short)
1913
Onésime et la symphonie inachevée (Short)
1913
Onésime et le coeur du tzigane (Short)
1913
Onésime et les diamants du rajah (Short)
1913
Onésime et son âne (Short)
1913
Onésime maître chez lui (Short)
1913
Onésime se marie, Calino aussi (Short)
1913
Onésime sur le sentier de guerre (Short) as
Rivale
1913
Prédictions pour 1914 (Short)
1913
Simple Simon's Honeymoon (Short)
1913
Simple Simon's Grizzly Hug (Short)
1913
Léonce cinématographiste (Short)
1913
Batty Bill's Love Affair (Short)
1913
Onésime champion de boxe (Short)
1913
Batty Billy and His Pal's Legacy (Short)
1912
Calino courtier en paratonnerres (Short)
1912
Calino dompteur par amour (Short)
1912
Calino fait l'omelette (Short)
1912
Calino gardien de prison (Short)
1912
Calino père nourricier (Short)
1912
Calino s'endurcit la figure (Short)
1912
Calino veut se faire renvoyer (Short)
1912
Chauffeur par amour (Short)
1912
Coeur-Ardent (Short) as
Un Indien
1912
L'idylle d'Onésime (Short)
1912
La calomnie punie (Short)
1912
La course à l'amour (Short)
1912
La fausse information (Short)
1912
La mort du milliardaire (Short)
1912
La pommade aspirante (Short)
1912
Le cadeau d'Onésime (Short)
1912
Le cheval vertueux (Short)
1912
Le collier vivant (Short)
1912
Le révolver matrimonial (Short) as
Mister Baker
1912
Les papiers du mort (Short)
1912
Onésime, l'amour vous appelle (Short)
1912
Onésime a un duel à l'américaine (Short)
1912
Onésime aux enfers (Short)
1912
Onésime contre Onésime (Short) as
Le client du restaurant
1912
Onésime et l'éléphant détective (Short)
1912
Onésime et l'étudiante (Short) as
L'infirmier hilare
1912
Onésime et la grève des mineurs (Short)
1912
Onésime et la toilette de Mademoiselle Badinois (Short)
1912
Onésime et le chien bienfaisant (Short)
1912
Onésime et le physicien (Short)
1912
Onésime garçon costumier (Short)
1912
Onésime gentleman détective (Short)
1912
Oxford contre Martigues (Short)
1912
Qui perd gagne (Short)
1912
Sous la griffe (Short)
1912
The Railway of Death (Short) as
Passager du train
1912
Un bienfait n'est jamais perdu (Short)
1912
Zigoto et l'affaire de la patte de bretelles et du bouton de culotte (Short)
1912
Zigoto et la blanchisseuse (Short)
1912
Zigoto et le château mystérieux (Short)
1912
Zigoto et le narcotique (Short)
1912
Zigoto et le petit oiseau des îles (Short)
1912
Zigoto gardien de grand magasin (Short)
1912
Zigoto promène ses amis (Short)
1912
The Man with the Pull (Short)
1912
Zigoto as a Station Master (Short)
1912
Batty Bill's Bustle Makes Everyone Hustle (Short)
1912
Zigoto Has a Good Heart (Short)
1912
Calino Marries a Suffragette (Short)
1912
Zigoto Drives a Locomotive (Short)
1912
Main de fer contre la bande aux gants blancs (Short) as
Un Apache
1912
Onésime et le nourrisson de la nourrice indigne (Short)
1912
Zigoto et l'écuyère (Short)
1912
Onésime est trop timide (Short)
1912
La maison des lions (Short)
1912
Dans la brousse (Short)
1912
Quieting the Neighbors (Short)
1912
La fiancée du toréador (Short)
1911
Calino and His Boarder (Short)
1911
Calino as Mason (Short)
1911
Calino cocher (Short)
1911
Calino devient enragé (Short)
1911
Calino et la voyante (Short)
1911
Calino et le petit restaurant très bien (Short)
1911
Calino et les deux candidats (Short)
1911
Calino et son âne (Short)
1911
Calino guide-interprète (Short)
1911
Calino inspecteur du travail (Short)
1911
Calino médecin par amour (Short)
1911
Calino polygame (Short)
1911
Calino prend le train de plaisir (Short)
1911
Calino souffleur (Short)
1911
Calino sourcier (Short)
1911
Capture gênante (Short)
1911
Carmen (Short)
1911
Cent dollars mort ou vif (Short)
1911
Cyprien est neurasthénique (Short)
1911
En Camargue (Short)
1911
Faust et Marguerite (Short)
1911
L'inoubliable berceuse (Short)
1911
L'opérateur tenace (Short)
1911
La conquête de Don Juan (Short)
1911
La cure d'Anatole (Short)
1911
La lettre chargée (Short)
1911
La nostalgie de la purée (Short)
1911
La télémécanique (Short)
1911
Le chemineau Rinkeur (Short)
1911
Le dernier mot (Short)
1911
Le feu à la prairie (Short)
1911
Le maillot à pointes d'acier (Short)
1911
Le mariage de l'apothicaire (Short)
1911
Le mariage de Miss Maud (Short)
1911
Le rôle d'un oeuf (Short)
1911
Les aventures de trois peaux-rouges à Paris (Short)
1911
Les cheveux de l'aimée (Short)
1911
Le suicidé malgré lui (Short)
1911
Le triomphe d'un lutteur (Short)
1911
Le truc d'Anatole (Short)
1911
Ma tante fait de la peinture (Short)
1911
Mignonne (Short)
1911
Non! Tu ne sortiras pas sans moi! (Short)
1911
Un monsieur qui a la tête lourde (Short)
1911
Vers l'immortalité (Short)
1911
Zigoto à la fête (Short)
1911
Zigoto plombier d'occasion (Short)
1911
Zigoto policier trouve une corde (Short)
1911
The Burglar's Hard Luck (Short)
1911
Bébé pratique le jiu-jitsu (Short) as
Le gardien de la paix
1911
Le voyage de l'oncle Jules (Short)
1911
The Stolen Diamond (Short)
1911
Va promener Azor! (Short)
1911
Le frère de lait (Short)
1911
L'homme qui ressemble au président (Short)
1910
Amitié de cow-boy (Short)
1910
À travers la plaine (Short)
1910
Bornéo Bill (Short)
1910
Calino à la chasse (Short)
1910
Jiggers Buys a Watch Dog (Short)
1910
Jim Crow (Short)
1910
L'amour du ranch (Short)
1910
La main coupée (Short)
1910
Le baptême de Calino (Short)
1910
Le pari de Lord Robert (Short)
1910
Le Rembrandt de la rue Lepic (Short) as
Le rapin
1910
Les amoureux de la caissière (Short)
1910
Les aventures d'un cow-boy à Paris (Short)
1910
Pendaison à Jefferson City (Short)
1910
Reconnaissance d'Indien (Short)
1910
Un drame sur une locomotive (Short)
1910
Outlaws Foiled (Short)
1909
L'enfant du chercheur d'or (Short)
1909
Les papas de Francine (Short)
1909
Sur le sentier de la guerre (Short)
1909
The Horseshoe (Short)
1909
Les chasseurs de fourrures (Short)
Writer
1947
Kvarterets olycksfågel
1946
Leçon de conduite (story)
1941
Nous les gosses (screenplay)
1919
Un ours (writer)
Director
1930
Conte cruel
Self
1959
Des logis et des hommes (Documentary short) as
Le propriétaire (uncredited)
1959
École des vedettes (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 March 1959 (1959) - Self
1958
Le palais idéal (Short documentary) as
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
1952
L'invention du monde (Documentary short)(voice)
1937
La vie d'un homme (Documentary short) as
Commentator
Archive Footage
-
CondenadX (Documentary short) (post-production) as
The Man (L'âge d'or)
-
Maurice Tourneur, tisseur de rêve (Documentary) (post-production)
2019
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression La Môme Vert-de-Gris de Bernard Borderie (2024)
- Compression L'Âge d'Or de Luis Buñuel (2019)
2017
Quand Jean devint Renoir (TV Movie documentary) as
Le valet de Danglard
2017
Un Français nommé Gabin (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2009
Jean Durand 1882-1946 (Video documentary short)
1969
Dieu a choisi Paris as
Self
References
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