1972Winner
Best Performance
The Godfather
Corrado Gaipa
Actor
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
March 13, 1924
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1963Nominee
Best Performance
The Monsters
2016Winner
Best Performance
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Career Highlights
1972Highlight
Best Performance
The Eroticist
1973Highlight
Best Performance
Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment
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The Godfather
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
The Boss