
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