Corrado Gaipa has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actor who has been at it long enough for audiences to grow up watching him. Counting cinema and television together, the tally passes 39 titles. Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence in 'The Godfather' is the role that outgrew the rest. 'A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)' is close behind in visibility.
Corrado Gaipa has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actor who has been at it long enough for audiences to grow up watching him. Counting cinema and television together, the tally passes 39 titles. Don Tommasino - Sicilian Sequence in 'The Godfather' is the role that outgrew the rest. 'A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)' is close behind in visibility.
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.