Corrado Gaipa
Corrado Gaipa | |
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 Gaipa in 1959 | |
| Born | 13 March 1925 |
| Died | 21 September 1989 (aged 64) |
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| Years active | 1946–1989 |
Corrado Gaipa (13 March 1925 – 21 September 1989) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
A well known actor of Italian cinema, he was internationally known for his role as Don Tommasino in The Godfather, while his popularity in Italy was also connected to his activity as a voice dubber.[2]
Biography
[edit]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 began acting in radio dramas which were broadcast in many cities across Italy such as Turin, Florence and Milan. He also appeared in many films, beginning with That Splendid November (1969).[3] He became well known worldwide playing Don Tommasino in the 1972 film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
While also active on stage, radio and television, he was heavily active as a voice actor and especially as a dubber: he provided 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. Gaipa assisted with the foundation of a dubbing company in the 1970s alongside Renato Turi, Giancarlo Giannini, Valeria Valeri, Oreste Lionello and other historical Italian dubbers.[4]
Illness and death
[edit]In Gaipa's later years, he developed serious health problems and went from using a walking stick to a wheelchair, ultimately dying 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, which was instead passed on to Vittorio Duse.
Filmography
[edit]Cinema
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Giuseppe Fava: Siciliano come me |
Voice work
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | West and Soda | Additional voices | Animated film |
| 1968 | VIP my Brother Superman | Colonel | |
| 1978 | Jazz Band[6] | Narrator | Uncredited |
| 1983 | Help Me Dream | ||
| A School Outing | |||
| 1988 | Sposi[1] |
Dubbing
[edit]Films (Animation, Italian dub)
[edit]| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Jungle Book | Bagheera | [7] |
| Asterix the Gaul | Abraracourcix | ||
| 1968 | Asterix and Cleopatra | Obelix | |
| Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day | Owl | ||
| 1970 | The Aristocats | Scat Cat | [8] |
Films (Live action, Italian dub)
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Corrado Gaipa's voice acting and 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.
- ^ "JAZZ BAND". cinematografo.it (in Italian).
- ^ "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
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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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