Corrado Gaipa
Acting
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.
Born: March 13, 1924
Place of Birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Known For
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television," released to video in 1981. Unlike the miniseries, which was presented in four segments (each with opening and closing credits), the Epic is presented as a single segment. In January 2016, HBO aired the Epic in its uncut and uncensored format, later making it available on its streaming platforms. The HBO showing contained most of the known deleted scenes, thereby lengthening the runtime of the Epic from its video release to 423 minutes.
The Godfather
Spanning 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 life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
The Four Days of Naples
September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in control — and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, civilians rise up en masse against the invaders — and overwhelming odds.
Help Me Dream
In 1943, during the war, Francesca, widowed, moves with her three daughters to her country house, to get away from the bombing of Bologna. In the villa she finds her childhood friends and her old love Guido, who has not forgotten her. Francesca has a passion for everything that comes from America, like music and cinema. She even tells her daughters that her husband who died in the war would actually leave for the USA, where he would live.
The SuperVips
A satire of modern society or perhaps just a funny tale for children, depending on your age, mood or liking. Recounting the adventures of the last in a line of Supermen, the film pokes fun at the processes that lie behind advertising, politics and our consumer society.
Without Family
Released from the orphanage at the age of thirty, a man dreams of finding his mother.
The Monsters
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often goes to communist rallies, and enjoys the filthy beaches of Ostia. Will the hostile environment pave a way to jealousy?
A School Trip
Italy, 1914. Two teachers take their pupils for a school outing from Bologna to Florence.
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage drop-out but he is later released due to lack of evidence. The investigation, conducted by Inspector Silvestri and the assistant public prosecutor Vittoria Stori, focuses on the girl's parents. Conspiracies and horrors pile up, as do the body parts.
Filmography
as Narrator (voice)
as Ministro Euclide (voce)
as Voce Fuoricampo
as Consigliere
as Narratore (uncredited)
as Don Tmmasino
as Pietro Sangermano
as The Inspector
as Udo Kassbaum
as Sospettato mafioso
as Il nebbia
as Magistrate
as Padre Tosi
as Padre Tosi
as Honorio de Mendoza, l'Inquisitore
as Doctor
as Lord Liverpool
as Lord Liverpool
as Padre
as Arzenta's Father
as Lawyer
as Mob Boss
as Don Emilio Grisanti
as Lawyer Rizzo
as Calogero
as Giudice
as Günther Rosenthal
as Don Gesualdo
as Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence
as L'avvocato Armani
as Head of Insurance Company
as Editor
as Giovanni Conti
as Isaac Thetman
as Badolati
as Presidente del Tribunale
as Alfio
as Il Colonnello (voice)
as Puti Puti (voce)
as Narrator (voice)
as Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)
as Direttore del riformatorio (voice)