Ticky Holgado
Joseph Holgado, known professionally as Ticky Holgado (24 June 1944 – 22 January 2004), was a French actor. Known for his short stature, distinctive face and heavy Southern accent, he was a frequent collaborator with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Holgado's original vocation was to be a musician. After playing in a band as a teenager, he found work in the French music industry and was eventually employed as a personal secretary by singer Claude François, then by Johnny Hallyday.
He became an
In 1991, Holgado appeared in two films that allowed him to gain greater fame, Delicatessen by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, then Une époque formidable..., by Gérard Jugnot, where he played a part written especially for him.
During the years that followed, Holgado was very active as a character actor. He was nominated twice to the César Award for Best Supporting Actor, first for Une époque formidable..., then for French Twist (1994).
In September 2003, Holgado announced the remission of his lung cancer, which had considerably rarefied his appearances on the screen since 2000. On 5 January 2004, he had just begun work on a new film with Claude Lelouch, but he succumbed to cancer on 22 January 2004. He left a posthumous message, in the form of a document which appeared on his hospital bed after taking him to surgery to remove his fourth cancerous tumor. Holgado declared there: "It is necessary to tell to people that it's absolutely necessary to stop smoking".
Ticky Holgado was buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery (45th division).
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Born
Jun 24, 1944
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Died
Jan 22, 2004
Known For
Acting
Movies
68 acting
0 crew
Popularity
0.7
Known For
Amélie
2001
as Man in Photo
Ruby & Quentin
2003
as Martineau
Actors
2000
as Legless tramp
The City of Lost Children
1995
as Ex-Acrobat
Uranus
1990
as Mégrin, l'avocat
Monsieur Batignole
2002
as Lucien Morel
Delicatessen
1991
as Marcel Tapioca
A Very Long Engagement
2004
as Germain Pire
My Mother's Castle
1990
as Binucci, hunting whip
Manon of the Spring
1986
as Rural engineering specialist
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