Corrado Gaipa
Known For
Acting
Born
1924-03-13 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died
1989-09-21
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.
Most Known For
The Godfather
as Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence
The Monsters
as Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
Marco Polo
as Consigliere
Metello
as Badolati
Ritratto di Donna Velata
as Il nebbia
Birth of the Republic
as Giovanni Conti
Illustrious Corpses
as Sospettato mafioso
The Valdez Horses
as Padre
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
as Don Tmmasino
Tony Arzenta
as Arzenta's Father
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
as Presidente del Tribunale
The Eroticist
as Don Gesualdo
Execution Squad
as L'avvocato Armani
The Boss
as Lawyer Rizzo
That Splendid November
as Alfio
The Four Days of Naples
as Direttore del riformatorio (voice)
Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment
as Doctor
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
as DA
The SuperVips
as Il Colonnello (voice)
The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine
as Honorio de Mendoza, l'Inquisitore