Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#15481
of 909177 performers
Top 5%
Gino Corrado works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Gino Corrado appears in 26 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Gino. Casablanca is the clearest case: a film rated 8.1 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for romance, comedy, music. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Vincente Minnelli, Jules Dassin, Norman Z. McLeod and others, Gino Corrado helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Casablanca (1943) as Waiter at Rick's (uncredited) · The Great Dictator (1940) as Sculptor (uncredited) · Citizen Kane (1941) as Gino (uncredited)
Career snapshot
Ranked #15481 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
26
1932–1951
Career length
19 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.1
Casablanca
Average Nutevio score
7.1
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.3
The Great Dictator
Most frequent director
Alfred Hitchcock
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Alfred Hitchcock
Most common genre
Romance
12 titles
Average runtime
1h 49m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.2
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.7
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
1940s
7.2 average MV
The 1940s are where the work and the material meet. Brute Force, Road to Rio, The Killers — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
1940s
7.2
Across 12 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
1940s
7.4
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1930s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Beau Geste, Another Thin Man, Gone with the Wind.
Most productive era
1930s
13 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 7.17 films | 7.65 films | — |
| Action | 7.11 film | 6.82 films | — |
| Thriller | 7.02 films | 6.93 films | — |
| Comedy | 7.08 films | 7.13 films | 6.81 film |
| Crime | 6.94 films | 7.02 films | — |
| Romance | 6.96 films | 7.15 films | 6.81 film |
| Horror | — | 6.21 film | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Venetian (uncredited).
Highest rated performance · Career peak
8.1 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
The current state of the argument, as Cafe Patron (uncredited).
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
26 of 26 films
as Waiter at Rick's (uncredited)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
as Gino (uncredited)
Directed by Orson Welles
as Sculptor (uncredited)
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Directed by Victor Fleming
as Manager of Princesse Hotel (uncredited)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Waiter at Rick's (uncredited)
Casablanca (1943)
Performance score7.8
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Waiter at Rick's (uncredited) gives Gino Corrado a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Gino (uncredited)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Performance score7.8
Citizen Kane asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Gino (uncredited) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Sculptor (uncredited)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Performance score7.8
The Great Dictator asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Sculptor (uncredited) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Performance score7.7
Gone with the Wind asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Minor Role (uncredited) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Waiter at Rick's (uncredited)
Start here. Casablanca is the clearest statement of what Gino Corrado does — accessible, 102 minutes, and rated 8.1 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Gino at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Keeps the romance register of Casablanca but asks for a colder reading of it.
The Great Dictator (1940)
Keeps the war register of Gone with the Wind but asks for a colder reading of it.
Rebecca (1940)
A deliberate change of key after The Great Dictator — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Citizen Kane (1941)
Keeps the mystery register of Rebecca but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Ernst Lubitsch
Director
2 films together
Notably Trouble in Paradise
Sam Wood
Director
2 films together
Notably A Night at the Opera
Frank Capra
Director
2 films together
Notably Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
2 films together
Notably Rebecca
Frank Borzage
Director
1 film together
Notably A Farewell to Arms
Howard Hawks
Director
1 film together
Notably Scarface
Mark Sandrich
Director
1 film together
Notably Top Hat
Fritz Lang
Director
1 film together
Notably Fury
Victor Fleming
Director
1 film together
Notably Gone with the Wind
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
1 film together
Notably Another Thin Man
William A. Wellman
Director
1 film together
Notably Beau Geste
John Ford
Director
1 film together
Notably The Grapes of Wrath
Rouben Mamoulian
Director
1 film together
Notably The Mark of Zorro
Charlie Chaplin
Director
1 film together
Notably The Great Dictator
Orson Welles
Director
1 film together
Notably Citizen Kane
René Clair
Director
1 film together
Notably I Married a Witch
Michael Curtiz
Director
1 film together
Notably Casablanca
Erle C. Kenton
Director
1 film together
Notably House of Frankenstein
Robert Siodmak
Director
1 film together
Notably The Killers
Norman Z. McLeod
Director
1 film together
Notably Road to Rio
Jules Dassin
Director
1 film together
Notably Brute Force
Vincente Minnelli
Director
1 film together
Notably An American in Paris
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
2 films together · 7.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
RebeccaFrank Capra
Director
2 films together · 7.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSam Wood
Director
2 films together · 6.9 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
A Night at the OperaErnst Lubitsch
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Trouble in ParadiseMichael Curtiz
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
CasablancaCharlie Chaplin
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Great DictatorOrson Welles
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Citizen KaneVictor Fleming
Director
1 film together · 7.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Gone with the WindJohn Ford
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Grapes of WrathHoward Hawks
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ScarfaceRobert Siodmak
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The KillersFritz Lang
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
FuryJules Dassin
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Brute ForceMark Sandrich
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Top HatVincente Minnelli
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
An American in ParisRouben Mamoulian
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Mark of ZorroWilliam A. Wellman
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Beau GesteW.S. Van Dyke
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Another Thin ManRené Clair
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I Married a WitchNorman Z. McLeod
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Road to RioFrank Borzage
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Farewell to ArmsErle C. Kenton
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
House of FrankensteinSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
The Great Dictator
as Sculptor (uncredited)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Casablanca
as Waiter at Rick's (uncredited)
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
The Great Dictator
as Sculptor (uncredited)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Gone with the Wind
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Casablanca
as Waiter at Rick's (uncredited)
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Gino Corrado has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Romance Legend
Awarded
12 catalogue titles in romance, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Citizen Kane
as Gino (uncredited)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Citizen Kane
as Gino (uncredited)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Road to Rio
as Ship's Barber (uncredited)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Killers
as Restaurant Chef (uncredited)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Scarface
as Waiter at Columbia Cafe (uncredited)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Scarface
as Waiter at Columbia Cafe (uncredited)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Road to Rio
as Ship's Barber (uncredited)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
A Farewell to Arms
as Italian Soldier (uncredited)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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