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name: "Gaston Modot"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gaston-modot"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 December 1887"
died: "19 February 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:46:43.019202+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gaston Modot

Actor. Born 31 December 1887 in Paris, France. Died 19 February 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 December 1887, Paris, France
- **Died:** 19 February 1970

## Biography

Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 19 February 1970) was a French actor. Born in Paris, he began his career in 1909 with Gaumont and appeared in more than 100 films over five decades, working with directors including Abel Gance, René Clair, Luis Buñuel, Jean Renoir, Julien Duvivier and Marcel Carné.

He is known for roles in *L'Âge d'or* (1930), *Grand Illusion* (1937), *Pépé le Moko* (1937), *The Rules of the Game* (1939) as Edouard Schumacher, le garde-chasse, and *Children of Paradise* (1945). Modot also directed a short film and contributed to screenplays.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Rules of the Game* (1939), Fi1m 91, as Edouard Schumacher, le garde-chasse — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rules-of-the-game.md)

## Also known for

- *Grand Illusion* (1937), Engineer
- *Children of Paradise* (1945), Fil de Soie
- *L'Âge d'or* (1930), The Man
- *Casque d'Or* (1952)
- *Pépé le Moko* (1937), Jimmy
- *The Lovers* (1958), Coudray
- *French Cancan* (1955), Le valet de Danglard (uncredited)
- *The Beauty of the Devil* (1950), Gypsy

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