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Gérard Rinaldi (February 17, 1943 – March 2, 2012) was a French actor, musician, lyricist, artistic director and singer with Les Charlots.


Career


Death

Rinaldi died of lymphoma on March 2, 2012. He was 69. A few days later, holding back his tears Jean Sarrus (Les Charlots) paid homage to his friend and had this to say about him : "Gérard was the soul of Les Charlots. He excelled in everything he did : he had this wonderful singing voice, but mostly as a writer, that's what he liked to do above everything else : writing songs. I admired his great sense of humor and his ability to laugh about everything, all the time. As he was dying, he even made us laugh about his cancer, I saw him on his hospital bed and he just tried to make me laugh in spite of the morphine kicking in. I'm going to miss him a lot." Luis Rego (Les Charlots) also reacted to his friend's death, saying that he was very sad and had a lot of admiration for Gérard Rinaldi : "he was so gifted that he would have had a great career even without Les Charlots". Ten days after Rinaldi's death, the theatre world was reunited at Le
Théâtre de la Michodière The Théâtre de la Michodière () is a theatre building and performing arts venue, located at 4 bis, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built by in 1925 in Art Deco style, it has a tradition of showing boulevard theatre. History On the ...
in Paris for a special homage. Ex-members of Les Charlots Jean Sarrus, Jean-Guy Fechner and Richard Bonnot (Rinaldi's replacement in the group from 1986 to 1992) were present to pay their respects. Actors Gérard Jugnot, Marie-Anne Chazel, Marie-Pierre Casey, Marthe Villalonga and many others paid their respects to their friend. The Théâtre de la Michodière was chosen for the homage, because Rinaldi had appeared there four times in his stage career 1986 ''Double Mixte'', 1992 ''La Puce à L'Oreille'', 1994 ''Bobosse'', 2004 ''Le Canard à l'Orange''.


Partial filmography

* ''La grande java'' (1971) - Philippot * '' Daisy Town'' (1971) * '' Les Bidasses en folie'' (1971) - Gérard * '' Stadium Nuts'' (1972) - Gérard * ''Les Charlots font l'Espagne'' (1972) - Gérard * ''
The Big Store ''The Big Store'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring the Marx Brothers ( Groucho, Harpo and Chico) that takes place in a large department store. Groucho appears as private detective Wolf J. Flywheel (a char ...
'' (1973) - Gérard * ''
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything ''I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything'' () is a 1973 French comedy film directed by Pierre Richard. Plot Pierre Gastié-Leroy (Pierre Richard) is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing (Bernard Blier). Despite ...
'' (1973) - Un soldat (uncredited) * ' (1974) - Planchet * ' (1974) - Planchet * ''Les bidasses s'en vont en guerre'' (1974) - Gérard * ''Trop c'est trop'' (1975) * ''
Bons Baisers de Hong Kong ''Bons Baisers de Hong Kong'' (also known as ''From Hong Kong with Love'') is a 1975 French spy film, spy comedy film directed by Yvan Chiffre. It is a parody and Spin-off (media), spin-off of the Production of the James Bond films, ''James Bond' ...
'' (1975) - Gérard * ''Et vive la liberté!'' (1978) - Gérard * ''Les Charlots en délire'' (1979) - Gérard de * ''Les Charlots contre Dracula'' (1980) - Gérard * ''Le retour des bidasses en folie'' (1983) - Un bidasse * ''Charlots connection'' (1984) - Gérard * ''
Descente aux enfers ''Descent into Hell'' () is a 1986 French psychological thriller film directed by Francis Girod from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jean-Loup Dabadie, based on the 1955 novel ''The Wounded and the Slain'' by David Goodis. The film stars Claude Br ...
'' (1986) - Elvis * ''La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque'' (1986) - Francis Clément * ''Funny Boy'' (1987) - Lambros * ''Feu sur le candidat'' (1990) - Le flic à RTL * ''Al centro dell'area di rigore'' (1996) - Oreste * ''Quelqu'un de bien'' (2002) - Directeur thalasso 1 * ''Après la pluie, le beau temps'' (2003) - José Bretelle


Roles of note

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Watership Down ''Watership Down'' is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Hampshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natur ...
'' - Hazel (French dub) * ''
The Great Mouse Detective ''The Great Mouse Detective'' (released as ''Basil the Great Mouse Detective'' in some countries and ''The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective'' during its 1992 re-release) is a 1986 American animated mystery adventure film produced by W ...
'' - Ratigan (French dub) * ''
An American Tail ''An American Tail'' is a 1986 American animated musical adventure comedy-drama film directed by Don Bluth and written by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss from a story by David Kirschner, Freudberg and Geiss. The film stars the voices of Phi ...
'' - Henri (French dub) * ''
The Little Mermaid (1989 film) ''The Little Mermaid'' is a 1989 American animated musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation in association with Silver Screen Partners IV and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the 183 ...
'' - Chef Louis (French dub) * ''
A Goofy Movie ''A Goofy Movie'' is a 1995 American animated musical comedy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Directed by Kevin Lima, it is based on The Disney Afternoon television series ''Goof Troop'' (1992) created by Robert T ...
'' - Goofy (French dub) * ''
Balto Balto ( – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog bred by musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala. Balto achieved fame when he was reported to have led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen on the final leg of the 1925 serum r ...
'' - Steele (French dub) * ''
Little Shop Of Horrors Little Shop of Horrors may refer to: * '' The Little Shop of Horrors'', a 1960 American film * ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (musical), a 1982 musical based on the 1960 film * ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986 film), a 1986 American film based on th ...
-'' Orin Scrivello (French dub) * ''
An All Dogs Christmas Carol ''An All Dogs Christmas Carol'' (unofficially as ''All Dogs Go To Heaven 3)'' a 1998 direct-to-video animated musical comedy-drama television special based on the 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'' by Charles Dickens. The final installment in the ...
'' - Charlie Barkin (French dub) * ''
Rocko's Modern Life ''Rocko's Modern Life'' is an American Television comedy, comedy animated television series created by Joe Murray (animator), Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic Australian ...
'' - Heffer (French dub) * ''
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'' - Clayton (French dub) * ''
The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a Satire (film and television), satirical depiction of American life ...
'' - Mr. Burns (French dub) * ''
Father of the Pride ''Father of the Pride'' is an American animated sitcom created by Jeffrey Katzenberg and produced by DreamWorks Animation. The series aired on NBC from August 31, 2004 to May 27, 2005. The series was part of a short-lived trend of 3D animated s ...
'' - Larry (French dub)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rinaldi, Gerard 1943 births 2012 deaths Deaths from lymphoma in France French people of Italian descent French male voice actors Male actors from Paris Singers from Paris 20th-century French male singers