Corrado Gaipa
Acting·March 13, 1924·† September 21, 1989 — 65 years old·Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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
The Godfather
1972·8.7
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970·7.2
The Monsters
1963·7.4
Illustrious Corpses
1976·6.8
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
1974·7.1
The Boss
1973·6.9
The Fifth Cord
1971·6.6
The Valdez Horses
1973·5.6
Tony Arzenta
1973·6.2
Giordano Bruno
1973·6.4
The Four Days of Naples
1962·7.5
My Dear Killer
1972·6.4
Filmography · 45
2016The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959Don Tmmasino1984The Three of UsNarrator (voice)1984All for the Moral Majority!Ministro Euclide (voce)1983A School TripVoce Fuoricampo1982Marco PoloTVConsigliere1982Words and Bloodpadre di rico1981Help Me DreamNarratore (uncredited)1977A Spiral of MistPietro Sangermano1977The Criminals Attack. The Police RespondDoctor1977Crazy Desires of a MurdererThe Inspector1977The Red Nights of the GestapoUdo Kassbaum1976Illustrious CorpsesSupposed Mafioso1975Ritratto di Donna VelataTVIl nebbia1974Riot in a Women's PrisonMagistrate1974What Have They Done to Your Daughters?DA1974MalombraTVPadre Tosi1974The Sinful Nuns of Saint ValentineHonorio de Mendoza, l'Inquisitore1973Giordano Bruno1973Anna: the Pleasure, the TormentDoctor1973Napoleone a Sant'ElenaLord Liverpool1973Napoleone a Sant'ElenaTVLord Liverpool1973The Valdez HorsesPadre1973Tony ArzentaArzenta's Father1973The Black HandLawyer19731931: Once Upon a Time in New YorkMob Boss1973Family KillerDon Emilio Grisanti1973The BossLawyer Rizzo1972The Sicilian ConnectionCalogero1972Without FamilyGiudice1972Shadows UnseenGünther Rosenthal1972The EroticistDon Gesualdo1972The GodfatherDon Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence1972Execution SquadL'avvocato Armani1972My Dear KillerHead of Insurance Company1971The Fifth CordEditor1971Birth of the RepublicTVGiovanni Conti1971The Man with Icy EyesIsaac Thetman1970MetelloBadolati1970A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)Presidente del Tribunale1969That Splendid NovemberAlfio1968The SuperVipsIl Colonnello (voice)1968Perils of ProbleminaPuti Puti (voce)1967Idea di un'isolaNarrator (voice)1963The MonstersBatachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)1962The Four Days of NaplesDirettore del riformatorio (voice)