Acting
Corrado Gaipa
Born 1924-03-13
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Corrado Gaipa
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The Godfather
1972
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A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970
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The Monsters
1963
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Illustrious Corpses
1976
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The Boss
1973
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What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
1974
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Marco Polo
1982
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The Fifth Cord
1971
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The Valdez Horses
1973
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Tony Arzenta
1973
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (46 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 | Don Tmmasino | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Three of Us | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1984 |
 | All for the Moral Majority! | Ministro Euclide (voce) | Movie | 1984 |
 | A School Trip | Voce Fuoricampo | Movie | 1983 |
 | Marco Polo | Consigliere | TV Series | 1982 |
| Words and Blood | padre di rico | Movie | 1982 | |
 | Help Me Dream | Narratore (uncredited) | Movie | 1981 |
 | A Spiral of Mist | Pietro Sangermano | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond | Doctor | Movie | 1977 |
 | Crazy Desires of a Murderer | The Inspector | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Red Nights of the Gestapo | Udo Kassbaum | Movie | 1977 |
 | Illustrious Corpses | Supposed Mafioso | Movie | 1976 |
 | Ritratto di Donna Velata | Il nebbia | TV Series | 1975 |
| I racconti di Ernest Hemingway | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 | |
 | Riot in a Women's Prison | Magistrate | Movie | 1974 |
 | What Have They Done to Your Daughters? | DA | Movie | 1974 |
 | Malombra | Padre Tosi | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine | Honorio de Mendoza, l'Inquisitore | Movie | 1974 |
 | Giordano Bruno | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment | Doctor | Movie | 1973 |
 | Napoleone a Sant'Elena | Lord Liverpool | Movie | 1973 |
| Napoleone a Sant'Elena | Lord Liverpool | TV Series | 1973 |
 | The Valdez Horses | Padre | Movie | 1973 |
 | Tony Arzenta | Arzenta's Father | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Black Hand | Lawyer | Movie | 1973 |
 | 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York | Mob Boss | Movie | 1973 |
 | Family Killer | Don Emilio Grisanti | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Boss | Lawyer Rizzo | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Sicilian Connection | Calogero | Movie | 1972 |
 | Without Family | Giudice | Movie | 1972 |
 | Shadows Unseen | Günther Rosenthal | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Eroticist | Don Gesualdo | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Godfather | Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence | Movie | 1972 |
 | Execution Squad | L'avvocato Armani | Movie | 1972 |
 | My Dear Killer | Head of Insurance Company | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Fifth Cord | Editor | Movie | 1971 |
 | Birth of the Republic | Giovanni Conti | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Man with Icy Eyes | Isaac Thetman | Movie | 1971 |
 | Metello | Badolati | Movie | 1970 |
 | A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) | Presidente del Tribunale | Movie | 1970 |
 | That Splendid November | Alfio | Movie | 1969 |
 | The SuperVips | Il Colonnello (voice) | Movie | 1968 |
 | Perils of Problemina | Puti Puti (voce) | Movie | 1968 |
 | Idea di un'isola | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Monsters | Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited) | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Four Days of Naples | Direttore del riformatorio (voice) | Movie | 1962 |