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)
Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence
Chino
(1973)
Padre
The Monsters
(1963)
Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
Tony Arzenta
(1973)
Arzenta's Father
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
(1974)
DA
Death Walks on High Heels
(1971)
Captain Lenny (voice) (dub: Italian version) (uncredited)
The Boss
(1973)
Lawyer Rizzo
Giordano Bruno
(1973)
Illustrious Corpses
(1976)
Sospettato mafioso
Full Filmography
Acting
The Four Days of Naples
(1962)
Direttore del riformatorio (voice)
The Monsters
(1963)
Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
Idea di un'isola
(1967)
Narrator (voice)
Perils of Problemina
(1968)
Puti Puti (voce)
The SuperVips
(1968)
The Colonel (voice)
That Splendid November
(1969)
Alfio
Metello
(1970)
Badolati
A Drama of Jealousy (and Other Things)
(1970)
Presidente del Tribunale
The Man with Icy Eyes
(1971)
Isaac Thetman
The Fifth Cord
(1971)
Editor
Death Walks on High Heels
(1971)
Captain Lenny (voice) (dub: Italian version) (uncredited)
Execution Squad
(1972)
L'avvocato Armani
Without Family
(1972)
Giudice
The Sicilian Connection
(1972)
Calogero
My Dear Killer
(1972)
Head of Insurance Company
The Eroticist
(1972)
Don Gesualdo
The Godfather
(1972)
Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence
Shadows Unseen
(1972)
Günther Rosenthal
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
(1973)
Mob Boss
The Boss
(1973)
Lawyer Rizzo
Giordano Bruno
(1973)
Family Killer
(1973)
Don Emilio Grisanti
Tony Arzenta
(1973)
Arzenta's Father
Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment
(1973)
Doctor
The Black Hand
(1973)
Lawyer
Chino
(1973)
Padre
The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine
(1974)
Honorio de Mendoza, l'Inquisitore
Riot in a Women's Prison
(1974)
Magistrate
Malombra
(1974)
Padre Tosi
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
(1974)
DA
Illustrious Corpses
(1976)
Sospettato mafioso
Crazy Desires of a Murderer
(1977)
The Inspector
The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond
(1977)
The Doctor
The Red Nights of the Gestapo
(1977)
Udo Kassbaum
A Spiral of Mist
(1977)
Pietro Sangermano
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
(1981)
Don Tmmasino
Parole e sangue
(1982)
padre di rico
A School Trip
(1983)
Voce Fuoricampo
All for the Moral Majority!
(1984)
Ministro Euclide (voce)