Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 13, 1924
Place of Birth:
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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Corrado Gaipa
Biography
Corrado Gaipa was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Born in Palermo, Sicily, Gaipa enrolled in the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1946. He appeared in many Italian films, notably playing Don Tommasino in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.
Also active on stage, radio and television, he was mainly active as a voice actor and a dubber. He was in a wheelchair. At the time of his death, he had just signed to reprise the role of Don Tommasino in The Godfather Part III.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | All for the Moral Majority! | Ministro Euclide (voce) |
| 1984 | The Three of Us | Narrator (voice) |
| 1983 | A School Trip | Voce Fuoricampo |
| 1982 | Words and Blood | padre di rico |
| 1981 | The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic | Don Tmmasino |
| 1977 | A Spiral of Mist | Pietro Sangermano |
| 1977 | The Red Nights of the Gestapo | Udo Kassbaum |
| 1977 | Crazy Desires of a Murderer | The Inspector |
| 1977 | The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond | Doctor |
| 1976 | Illustrious Corpses | Sospettato mafioso |
| 1974 | Riot in a Women's Prison | Magistrate |
| 1974 | Malombra | Padre Tosi |
| 1974 | The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine | Honorio de Mendoza, l'Inquisitore |
| 1974 | What Have They Done to Your Daughters? | DA |
| 1973 | Chino | Padre |
| 1973 | The Boss | Lawyer Rizzo |
| 1973 | The Black Hand | Lawyer |
| 1973 | 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York | Mob Boss |
| 1973 | Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment | Doctor |
| 1973 | Giordano Bruno | |
| 1973 | Family Killer | Don Emilio Grisanti |
| 1973 | Tony Arzenta | Arzenta's Father |
| 1972 | The Eroticist | Don Gesualdo |
| 1972 | My Dear Killer | Head of Insurance Company |
| 1972 | The Godfather | Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence |
| 1972 | Execution Squad | L'avvocato Armani |
| 1972 | Shadows Unseen | Günther Rosenthal |
| 1972 | The Sicilian Connection | Calogero |
| 1972 | Without Family | Giudice |
| 1971 | Death Walks on High Heels | Captain Lenny (voice) (dub: Italian version) (uncredited) |
| 1971 | The Fifth Cord | Editor |
| 1971 | The Man with Icy Eyes | Isaac Thetman |
| 1970 | Metello | Badolati |
| 1970 | A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) | Presidente del Tribunale |
| 1969 | That Splendid November | Alfio |
| 1968 | The SuperVips | The Colonel (voice) |
| 1968 | Perils of Problemina | Puti Puti (voce) |
| 1967 | Idea di un'isola | Narrator (voice) |
| 1963 | The Monsters | Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Four Days of Naples | Direttore del riformatorio (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Marco Polo | Consigliere |
| 1975 | Ritratto di Donna Velata | Il nebbia |
| 1974 | Malombra | Padre Tosi |
| 1971 | Birth of the Republic | Giovanni Conti |