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Corrado Gaipa

Actor

Corrado Gaipa

Born March 13, 1924 in Palermo, Sicily, ItalyDied September 21, 198938 films

Corrado Gaipa was an Italian actor and voice actor.

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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.

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The Godfather posterFirst watchThe Godfather19728.7as Don Tommasino - Sicilian SequenceSpanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his…View film

Essential films

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The Monsters poster7.4The Monsters1963A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) poster7.2A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)1970What Have They Done to Your Daughters? poster7.1What Have They Done to Your Daughters?1974Illustrious Corpses poster6.8Illustrious Corpses1976The Four Days of Naples poster7.6The Four Days of Naples1962The Boss poster6.8The Boss1973The Fifth Cord poster6.6The Fifth Cord1971Tony Arzenta poster6.1Tony Arzenta1973

Filmography

38 films as actor
  1. 1984The Three of UsNarrator (voice)
  2. 1984All for the Moral Majority!Ministro Euclide (voce)
  3. 1983A School TripVoce Fuoricampo
  4. 1982Words and Bloodpadre di rico
  5. 1981Help Me DreamNarratore (uncredited)
  6. 1977A Spiral of MistPietro Sangermano
  7. 1977The Criminals Attack. The Police RespondDoctor
  8. 1977Crazy Desires of a MurdererThe Inspector
  9. 1977The Red Nights of the GestapoUdo Kassbaum
  10. 1976Illustrious CorpsesSupposed Mafioso
  11. 1974Riot in a Women's PrisonMagistrate
  12. 1974What Have They Done to Your Daughters?DA
  13. 1974The Sinful Nuns of Saint ValentineHonorio de Mendoza, l'Inquisitore
  14. 1973Giordano Bruno
  15. 1973Anna: the Pleasure, the TormentDoctor
  16. 1973Napoleone a Sant'ElenaLord Liverpool
  17. 1973The Valdez HorsesPadre
  18. 1973Tony ArzentaArzenta's Father
  19. 1973The Black HandLawyer
  20. 19731931: Once Upon a Time in New YorkMob Boss
  21. 1973Family KillerDon Emilio Grisanti
  22. 1973The BossLawyer Rizzo
  23. 1972The Sicilian ConnectionCalogero
  24. 1972Without FamilyGiudice
  25. 1972Shadows UnseenGünther Rosenthal
  26. 1972The EroticistDon Gesualdo
  27. 1972The GodfatherDon Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence
  28. 1972Execution SquadL'avvocato Armani
  29. 1972My Dear KillerHead of Insurance Company
  30. 1971The Fifth CordEditor
  31. 1971The Man with Icy EyesIsaac Thetman
  32. 1970MetelloBadolati
  33. 1970A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)Presidente del Tribunale
  34. 1969That Splendid NovemberAlfio
  35. 1968The SuperVipsIl Colonnello (voice)
  36. 1968Perils of ProbleminaPuti Puti (voce)
  37. 1963The MonstersBatachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
  38. 1962The Four Days of NaplesDirettore del riformatorio (voice)