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Corrado Gaipa
Acting
Born: March 13, 1924
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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

Chino
as Padre

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
as Don Tmmasino

The Eroticist
as Don Gesualdo

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
as Presidente del Tribunale

All for the Moral Majority!
as Ministro Euclide (voce)

That Splendid November
as Alfio

What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
as DA

The Boss
as Lawyer Rizzo

Death Walks on High Heels
as Captain Lenny (voice) (dub: Italian version) (uncredited)