Antonio Vico y Pintos

Antonio Vico Pinto was born into a family of thespians at Jerez de la Frontera in the extreme southwest of Spain.

[1] An early mentor was the actor José Valero [es], from whom he learned some of the "heartthrob" roles, until 1864 which was when Antonio Vico switched to the Victorino Tamayo theatre company.

[2] Shortly after this he formed a theatre company with Rafael Calvo Revilla [es], with whom from now on he maintained an intermittent but fruitful working friendship.

[3] Calvo and Vico played key roles in the revival of the theatre in Madrid, supported by the friendship of dramatists such as Galdós, Echegaray, Cano and Sellés.

[5] Antonio Vico died at Nuevitas during a theatre tour in Latin America and his body was buried locally.