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

The Godfather

as Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)

as Presidente del Tribunale

The Monsters

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

Illustrious Corpses

as Sospettato mafioso

What Have They Done to Your Daughters?

as DA

The Boss

as Lawyer Rizzo

The Fifth Cord

as Editor

Death Walks on High Heels

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

Chino

as Padre

Tony Arzenta

as Arzenta's Father