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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

45

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-03-13

Day of Death

1989-09-21 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Also Known As

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

Acting

A Spiral of Mist

1977

A Spiral of Mist

as

Pietro Sangermano

The Eroticist

1972

The Eroticist

as

Don Gesualdo

Words and Blood

1982

Words and Blood

as

padre di rico

Death Walks on High Heels

1971

Death Walks on High Heels

as

Captain Lenny (voice) (dub: Italian version) (uncredited)

The Fifth Cord

1971

The Fifth Cord

as

Editor

My Dear Killer

1972

My Dear Killer

as

Head of Insurance Company

Chino

1973

Chino

as

Padre

The Boss

1973

The Boss

as

Lawyer Rizzo

The Godfather

1972

The Godfather

as

Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence

Execution Squad

1972

Execution Squad

as

L'avvocato Armani

The Man with Icy Eyes

1971

The Man with Icy Eyes

as

Isaac Thetman

Riot in a Women's Prison

1974

Riot in a Women's Prison

as

Magistrate

Metello

1970

Metello

as

Badolati

Crazy Desires of a Murderer

1977

Crazy Desires of a Murderer

as

The Inspector

The Black Hand

1973

The Black Hand

as

Lawyer

Malombra

1974

Malombra

as

Padre Tosi

The SuperVips

1968

The SuperVips

as

The Colonel (voice)

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine

1974

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine

as

Honorio de Mendoza, l'Inquisitore

Idea di un'isola

1967

Idea di un'isola

as

Narrator (voice)

Shadows Unseen

1972

Shadows Unseen

as

Günther Rosenthal

Family Killer

1973

Family Killer

as

Don Emilio Grisanti

Tony Arzenta

1973

Tony Arzenta

as

Arzenta's Father

A School Trip

1983

A School Trip

as

Voce Fuoricampo

All for the Moral Majority!

1984

All for the Moral Majority!

as

Ministro Euclide (voce)

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)

1970

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)

as

Presidente del Tribunale

The Four Days of Naples

1962

The Four Days of Naples

as

Direttore del riformatorio (voice)

The Monsters

1963

The Monsters

as

Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Without Family

1972

Without Family

as

Giudice

Illustrious Corpses

1976

Illustrious Corpses

as

Sospettato mafioso

Perils of Problemina

1968

Perils of Problemina

as

Puti Puti (voce)

The Three of Us

1984

The Three of Us

as

Narrator (voice)

Help Me Dream

1981

Help Me Dream

as

Narratore (uncredited)

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

as

Consigliere

Malombra

Malombra

as

Padre Tosi

Birth of the Republic

Birth of the Republic

as

Giovanni Conti

Production

Crew

Directing