Tomás Picó
Born
Tomás Picó Hormeño

(1940-01-16)16 January 1940
Cáceres, Extremadura
Died29 March 2013(2013-03-29) (aged 73)
Tarifa, Cádiz
Occupation(s)Actor and theater director

Tomás Picó Hormeño (16 January 1940 – 29 March 2013) was a Spanish actor and theater director known for La gran familia and Canción de juventud (1962).[1]

Son of an architect,[2] he was born on 16 January 1940 in Cáceres and began his film career in the early 1960s.[3] He made his debut at Teatro Eslava and he worked along Lina Morgan.[4] He played George in Case of the Scorpion's Tale (1971), starring Evelyne Stewart.[5] He appeared in Al Andalus, el camino del sol (1988), by Jaime Oriol and Antonio Tarruella.[6]

In 2009 he was diagnosed with a lymphoma,[7] and died four years later on 29 March 2013 at the age of 73 in Tarifa, Cádiz.[8]

Filmography

  • Abuelita Charlestón (1962)
  • La gran familia (1962) as Jorge
  • Vacaciones para Ivette (1964)
  • La familia y... uno más (1965)
  • El halcón del desierto (1965) as Hussein
  • El escuadrón de la muerte (1966)
  • Cifrado especial (1966) as Ivan
  • Seven Pistols for a Massacre (1967) as Coin Flip Loser
  • El próximo otoño (1967)
  • Los cuatro budas de Kriminal (1968) as Thomas Patterson
  • Hour X Suicide Patrol (1969) as PFC George Harris
  • Gradiva (1970) as The statue
  • The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971) as George Barnet
  • Dead Men Ride (1971) as Miner (uncredited)
  • Una pareja... distinta (1974) as Seis dedos
  • Fulanita y sus menganos (1976)
  • The People Who Own the Dark (1976) as Victor
  • Hasta que el matrimonio nos separe (1977)
  • Eróticos juegos de la burguesía (1977) as Alex
  • The Last Romantic Lover (1978) as 18 Carats (n°4)
  • Visanteta, estáte quieta (1979)
  • The Family, Fine, Thanks (1979) as Jorge
  • Los pecados de mamá (1980) as Amigo de Rokillo
  • Cariñosamente infiel (1981) as Juan
  • Story of O: Chapter 2 (1984) as Hans
  • Una espía enamorada (1984)
  • In the Shade (1987)
  • Al Andalus, el camino del sol (1989)
  • La señora del Oriente Express (1989)
  • Le Gorille (1990, TV Series) as Julio
  • La huella del crimen 2 (1991, TV Series) as Ortega (final appearance)

References

  1. ↑ "Efemérides de mañana, 29 de marzo de 2019". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Fallece Tomás Picó, actor en 'La gran familia' y hombre comprometido con el teatro social". Artezblai (in Spanish). 2 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Lentz III, Harris M. (16 May 2014). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013. McFarland Publishing. p. 297. ISBN 9780786476657.
  4. ↑ Torres, Rosana (2 April 2013). "Tomás Picó, un actor que supo reinventarse". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Steigman, David (16 July 2018). "Case of the Scorpion's Tale, The: Special Edition (Blu-Ray Review)". The Digital Bits. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Caparrós Lera, José María (1992). El cine español de la democracia: de la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975–1989). Anthropos Editorial. p. 360. ISBN 9788476583128.
  7. ↑ EFE (2 April 2013). "Fallece Tomás Picó, actor de 'La gran familia'". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Fallece, a los 73 años, el actor y director Tomás Picó". ABC (in Spanish). 1 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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