Corrado Gaipa
Italian actor
- Actor
- voice actor
Corrado Gaipa (13 March 1925 – 21 September 1989) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Gaipa was a well known actor of Italian cinema as well as dubbing voices. However, he was widely known for his role as Don Tommasino in The Godfather.[2]
Biography
Born in Palermo, Gaipa enrolled in the Silvio d'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he studied for three years and performed an adaptation of the play You Can't Take It with You. He then graduated in 1946. In 1948, Gaipa joined a theatre group based in Rome and he began doing radio dramas which were broadcast in many cities across Italy such as Turin, Florence and Milan. He also appeared in many films such as the 1969 film That Splendid November.[3] Internationally, he was well known for having played Don Tommasino in the 1972 film The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
While also active on stage, radio and television, he was mainly active as a voice actor and a dubber. As for Gaipa's activity as a voice actor, he was the Italian voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi (portrayed by Alec Guinness) in the Star Wars original trilogy as well as Bagheera in the Italian-Language version of The Jungle Book. He also dubbed over the voices of Lionel Stander, Eli Wallach, Peter Ustinov, Rod Steiger, Orson Welles, Burt Lancaster and Spencer Tracy. He also assisted with the foundation of a dubbing company in the 1970s alongside Renato Turi, Giancarlo Giannini, Valeria Valeri, Oreste Lionello and other historical dubbers.[4]
Illness and death
In Gaipa's later years, he had serious health problems. He went from using a walking stick to using a wheelchair and he died in Rome on 21 September 1989, at the age of 64.[5] At the time of his death, he had just signed to reprise the role of Don Tommasino in The Godfather Part III. The role was instead passed on to Vittorio Duse.
Filmography
Cinema
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | That Splendid November | Alfio | |
| 1970 | The Pizza Triangle | President of Tribunal | |
| Metello | Badolati | Also dubbing Frank Wolff's role | |
| 1971 | The Man with Icy Eyes | Isaac Thetman | |
| The Fifth Cord | Andrea's Chief | ||
| 1972 | Shadows Unseen | Günther Rosenthal | |
| Execution Squad | Lawyer Armani | ||
| The Sicilian Connection | Don Calogero | ||
| Without Family | Judge | ||
| The Eroticist | Don Gesualdo | Also dubbing Lionel Stander's role | |
| The Godfather | Don Tommasino | Sicilian sequence | |
| My Dear Killer | Head of Insurance Company | ||
| The Pisciotta Case | Direttore del carcere | ||
| 1973 | 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York | Mob Boss | |
| Giordano Bruno | Confessore di Giovanni Mocenigo | ||
| The Boss | Avvocato Rizzo | ||
| The Black Hand | Lawyer | ||
| Chino | Padre | ||
| I Kiss the Hand | Don Emilio Grisanti | ||
| Tony Arzenta | Tony Arzenta’s father | ||
| Secrets of a Call Girl | Doctor | ||
| 1974 | The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine | Father Honorio de Mendoza | |
| What Have They Done to Your Daughters? | Prosecutor | ||
| Prigione di donne | Magistrate | ||
| 1976 | Illustrious Corpses | Supposed Mafioso | |
| 1977 | The Red Nights of the Gestapo | Udo Kassbaum | |
| The Criminals Attack… The Police Respond! | Doctor | ||
| Crazy Desires of a Murderer | Inspector | ||
| A Spiral of Mist | Pietro San Germano |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | La rosa bianca | Kurt Huber | TV film |
| Bernadette Devlin | TV film | ||
| 1972 | Le inchieste del commissario Maigret | Germain Cageot | 1 episode |
| 1973 | Napoleone a Sant'Elena | Lord Liverpool | TV miniseries |
| 1974 | Ho incontrato un'ombra | Buache | TV miniseries |
| 1975 | Portrait of a Veiled Woman | Nebbia | TV miniseries |
| Il marsigliese | Tanino Sciacca | TV miniseries | |
| L'invitto | Retana | TV film | |
| 1976 | Dov'è Anna? | Loris | TV miniseries |
| 1977 | La mossa del cavallo | Il maestro | TV miniseries (Segment: "L'ultima notte") |
| The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television | Don Tommasino | TV miniseries | |
| 1978 | Storie della camorra | Onorevole Colajanni | TV miniseries |
| 1979 | La dama dei veleni | Guido Santacroce | TV miniseries |
| 1980 | L'eredità della priora | Don Vincenzo | TV miniseries |
| Sam & Sally | Dr. Jesse | 1 episode | |
| 1982 | Il fascino dell'insolito | L'uomo dei manichini | 1 episode |
| Marco Polo | Senator | 1 episode |
Documentaries
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Giuseppe Fava: Siciliano come me |
Voice work
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | West and Soda | Additional voices | Animated film |
| 1968 | VIP my Brother Superman | Colonel | Animated film |
| 1983 | Help Me Dream | Narrator | Uncredited |
| A School Outing | Narrator | Uncredited |
Dubbing
Films (animation, Italian dub)
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Jungle Book | Bagheera | [6] |
| Asterix the Gaul | Abraracourcix | ||
| 1968 | Asterix and Cleopatra | Obelix | |
| Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day | Owl | ||
| 1970 | The Aristocats | Scat Cat | [7] |
Films (Live action, Italian dub)
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | South Wind | Marquis Macri | Annibale Ninchi | |
| 1960 | Everybody Go Home | Quintino Fornaciari | Martin Balsam | |
| 1963 | The Leopard | Don Fabrizio Corbera | Burt Lancaster | |
| The Eye of the Needle | Don Salvatore | Ernesto Calindri | ||
| 1966 | Chimes at Midnight | John Falstaff | Orson Welles | |
| 1967 | Operation St. Peter's | Joe Ventura | Edward G. Robinson | |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Matt Drayton | Spencer Tracy | ||
| In the Heat of the Night | Bill Gillespie | Rod Steiger | ||
| The Dirty Dozen | Archer J. Maggot | Telly Savalas | ||
| Attack on the Iron Coast | Frederick Grafton | Maurice Denham | ||
| 1968 | The Shoes of the Fisherman | Cardinal Leone | Leo McKern | |
| House of Cards | Charles Leschenhaut | Orson Welles | ||
| The Day of the Owl | Don Mariano Arena | Lee J. Cobb | ||
| Never a Dull Moment | Leo Joseph Smooth | Edward G. Robinson | ||
| Once Upon a Time in the West | Brett McBain | Frank Wolff | ||
| The Ruthless Four | Sam Cooper | Van Heflin | ||
| Krakatoa, East of Java | Harry Connerly | Brian Keith | ||
| Blackbeard's Ghost | Captain Blackbeard | Peter Ustinov | ||
| Hang 'Em High | Adam Fenton | Pat Hingle | ||
| The Lion in Winter | Captain William Marshall | Nigel Stock | ||
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Frank Poole's father | Alan Gifford | ||
| Will Penny | Alex | Ben Johnson | ||
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Lord Scrumptious | James Robertson Justice | ||
| Rosemary's Baby | Roman Castevet | Sidney Blackmer | ||
| Pistol for a Hundred Coffins | J. Texas Corbett | Piero Lulli | ||
| May God Forgive You... But I Won't | Stuart | Luigi Pavese | ||
| 1969 | Tepepa | Colonel Cascorro | Orson Welles | |
| The Big Bounce | Sam Mirakian | Van Heflin | ||
| The Brain | Frankie Scannapieco | Eli Wallach | ||
| The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Italo Bombolini | Anthony Quinn | ||
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service | M | Bernard Lee | ||
| Battle of Britain | Sir David Kelly | Ralph Richardson | ||
| Fellini Satyricon | Trimalchio | Mario Romagnoli | ||
| Simón Bolívar | Mr. Hernandez | Julio Peña | ||
| 1970 | Metello | Betto Lampredi | Frank Wolff | |
| When Women Had Tails | Grr | |||
| The Kremlin Letter | Bresnavitch | Orson Welles | ||
| Between Miracles | Oreste Micheli | Lionel Stander | ||
| Too Late the Hero | Captain Hornsby | Denholm Elliott | ||
| La Horse | Auguste Maroilleur | Jean Gabin | ||
| The McMasters | McMasters | Burl Ives | ||
| Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Plumber | Salvo Randone | ||
| 1971 | Ten Days' Wonder | Théo Van Horn | Orson Welles | |
| Lawman | Vincent Bronson | Lee J. Cobb | ||
| Scandalous John | John McCanless | Brian Keith | ||
| A Clockwork Orange | Tramp | Paul Farrell | ||
| Bananas | Sanchez | David Ortiz | ||
| 1972 | The Eroticist | Cardinal Maravidi | Lionel Stander | |
| Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi | Peppone | |||
| Treasure Island | Long John Silver | Orson Welles | ||
| Duck Soup | Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania (1972 dubbing) | Louis Calhern | ||
| Roma | Roman Eating in Terrace | Mimmo Poli | ||
| Music Hall Compere | Galliano Sbarra | |||
| Trattoria Waiter | Nino Terzo | |||
| Cinema Spectator with Family | Dante Cleri | |||
| 1973 | The Exorcist | William F. Kinderman | Lee J. Cobb | |
| The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing | Harvey Lapchance | |||
| Soylent Green | Solomon Roth | Edward G. Robinson | ||
| Scorpio | Sergei Zharkov | Paul Scofield | ||
| Ludwig | Father Hoffmann | Gert Fröbe | ||
| Amarcord | Aurelio Biondi | Armando Brancia | ||
| 1974 | The Sensual Man | Baron Castorini | Lionel Stander | |
| Innocence and Desire | Salvatore Niscemi | |||
| 1975 | Russian Roulette | Commander Petapiece | Denholm Elliott | |
| Barry Lyndon | Captain Grogan | Godfrey Quigley | ||
| The Hindenburg | Emilio Pajetta | Burgess Meredith | ||
| My Friends | Niccolò Righi | Bernard Blier | ||
| Deep Red | Rodi | Furio Meniconi | ||
| The Big Sleep | General Sternwood (1975 redub) | Charles Waldron | ||
| 1976 | The Omen | Carl Bugenhagen | Leo McKern | |
| The Inheritance | Gregorio Ferramonti | Anthony Quinn | ||
| Dog's Heart | Police Chief | Enzo Robutti | ||
| 1977 | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Alec Guinness | [8] |
| The Greatest | Angelo Dundee | Ernest Borgnine | ||
| The Deep | Adam Coffin | Eli Wallach | ||
| Wifemistress | Head Doctor | Armando Brancia | ||
| Julia | Dashiell Hammett | Jason Robards | ||
| 1978 | Damien - Omen II | Carl Bugenhagen | Leo McKern | |
| Convoy | Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace | Ernest Borgnine | ||
| 1979 | 1941 | Angelo Scioli | Lionel Stander | |
| 1980 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Alec Guinness | [9] |
| Private Benjamin | Colonel Clay Thornbush | Robert Webber | ||
| 1981 | Great White | Ron Hamer | Vic Morrow | |
| 1983 | Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Alec Guinness | [10] |
| Zeder | Professor Chesi | John Stacy | ||
| 1986 | Ginger and Fred | Admiral Aulenti | Friedrich von Ledebur | |
| 1987 | Il mistero del panino assassino | Arno dei conti Vicini | Francisco Rabal | |
| 1989 | New York Stories | Psychiatrist | Marvin Chatinover |
References
- ^ "Corrado Gaipa's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Corrado Gaipa - actor". italyonthisday.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Corrado Gaipa". MYmovies. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
- ^ "E' morto Corrado Gaipa". La Repubblica. September 23, 1989. p. 37. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "The Jungle Book Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "The Aristocats Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
External links
Media related to Corrado Gaipa at Wikimedia Commons
- Corrado Gaipa at IMDb
- Corrado Gaipa at AllMovie
- Corrado Gaipa at Behind The Voice Actors
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