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- Birth nameGino Corrado Liserani
- Gino Corrado is best known as the waiter in most of the films from Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in such popular and beloved films as Casablanca, Citizen Kane, and Gone with the Wind. With over 1,000 appearances (mostly uncredited roles as a bit player or an extra from 1916 until 1956) he has one of the largest filmographies of any actor in the film industry. Three Stooges fans recognized him from his appearances in several memorable Three Stooges shorts, and it was the Three Stooges Fan Club that eventually bought him his gravestone. Corrado's earliest film roles included DW Griffith's Intolerance (1916), Sunrise (1927) and his biggest role as one of the Three Musketeers (Aramis) opposite Douglas Fairbanks in The Iron Mask (1929). Italian-born Gino Corrado's real name was Gino Liserani and his two brothers were also actors. Lawrence Liserani worked mostly as an extra, and Louis (Luigi) Liserani had a few bit roles in the 1920s under the name Louis Dumar.
Corrado was mainly uncredited after the silent era ended and typecast as a waiter or chef. He, incredibly, entered the restaurant business in the late 1940s where he served the motion picture crowd much like on-screen. Kirby Pringle is writing a book about Gino Corrado titled "Waiting on Hollywood: The Tale of an Italian Bit Player," with University Press of Mississippi, due out in early 2022.- IMDb mini biography by: Kirby Pringle
- SpousesMartha Ann Hartford(December 29, 1948 - December 23, 1982) (his death, 1 child)Zella Sorensen Colligan(1940 - December 27, 1943) (her death)Bernice Wolcott Askin(December 1922 - ?) (divorced)
- Appeared uncredited as a waiter in both Citizen Kane (1941) and in Casablanca (1942), the only actor to appear in both films. He also appeared in three other legendary films: L'extravagant Mr. Deeds (1936), Autant en emporte le vent (1939) and Mr. Smith au sénat (1939).
- He appeared in three Best Picture Academy Award winners, the first two of which were in consecutive years: Autant en emporte le vent (1939), Rebecca (1940) and Casablanca (1942). He also appeared in L'aurore (1927), which won for Best Picture (Unique and Artistic Production) in 1927, as well as 15 other Best Picture nominees: L'Adieu au drapeau (1932), Viva Villa! (1934), Une nuit d'amour (1934), Le Danseur du dessus (1935), L'extravagant Mr. Deeds (1936), Jeunesse perdue (1936), Mr. Smith au sénat (1939), Les Raisins de la colère (1940), Correspondant 17 (1940), Le dictateur (1940), Kitty Foyle (1940), Citizen Kane (1941), La justice des hommes (1942), Wilson (1944) and La fontaine des amours (1954).
- Probably best known as the hot-tempered Italian opera singer who gets his revenge on The Three Stooges in Micro-Phonies (1945).
- Bore a strong resemblance to Billy Gilbert.
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