Corrado Gaipa

Corrado Gaipa
Born	(1924-03-13)March 13, 1924 Palermo, Sicily
Died	September 21, 1989(1989-09-21) (aged 65)
Occupation	actor
Years active	1969-84

Corrado Gaipa (March 13, 1924 - September 21, 1989) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Born in Palermo, Sicily, Gaipa enrolled the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1946.^[1] He appeared in many Italian films, notably playing Don Tommasino in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.^[1] Also active on stage, radio and television, he was mainly active as a voice actor and a dubber.^[1] At the time of his death, he had just signed to reprise the role of Don Tommasino in The Godfather Part III.^[1]

Selected filmography

• The Leopard (1963)
• Un bellissimo novembre (1969)
• Metello (1970)
• The Man with Icy Eyes (1971)
• The Godfather (1972)
• 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York (1972)
• The Fifth Cord (1971)
• The Eroticist (1972)
• Shadows Unseen (1972)
• Execution Squad (1972)
• The Sicilian Connection (1972)
• Chino (1973)
• Tony Arzenta (1973)
• Il Boss (1973)
• I Kiss the Hand (1973)
• The Black Hand (The Birth of the Mafia) (1973)
• Giordano Bruno (1973)
• The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974)
• What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
• Ritratto di donna velata (1975)
• Illustrious Corpses (1976)
• A Spiral of Mist (1977)
• La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde! (1977)

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