Tomás Picó Explained

Tomás Picó
Birth Name:	Tomás Picó Hormeño
Birth Date:	1940 1, df=y
Birth Place:	Cáceres, Extremadura
Death Place:	Tarifa, Cádiz
Occupation:	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]

Notes and References

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