Tomás Picó
Tomás Picó | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tomás Picó Hormeño 16 January 1940 Cáceres, Extremadura |
| Died | 29 March 2013 (aged 73) |
| 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Efemérides de mañana, 29 de marzo de 2019". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Lentz III, Harris M. (16 May 2014). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013. McFarland Publishing. p. 297. ISBN 9780786476657.
- ^ Torres, Rosana (2 April 2013). "Tomás Picó, un actor que supo reinventarse". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ Steigman, David (16 July 2018). "Case of the Scorpion's Tale, The: Special Edition (Blu-Ray Review)". The Digital Bits. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ EFE (2 April 2013). "Fallece Tomás Picó, actor de 'La gran familia'". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Fallece, a los 73 años, el actor y director Tomás Picó". ABC (in Spanish). 1 April 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Tomás Picó at IMDb