Gérard Rinaldi

Gérard Rinaldi (b. 1943) is a French comedian, musician, and voice actor. He has voiced Clifford in the French dub of Muppets Tonight, Johnny Fiama in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, Gulliver in Gulliver's Travels, Squealer in Animal Farm, and It in Cinq Enfants et Moi (the French dub of Five Children and It).

Rinaldi began his career as a member of the band/comedy troupe Les Charlots, with whom he performed and composed music in a number of films. Rinaldi subsequently starred on the television series Marc et Sophie. His voice resume includes several Disney assignments, including Goofy, Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective. Live dub credits include Dennis Franz in NYPD Blue, Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors, John Malkovich in Mary Reilly, and Bob Peck in Jurassic Park.