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 JeanPierre Jeunet Holgados 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 actor in his midthirties and began appearing in small roles mostly in comedy films He gradually became a familiar face in French films In 1991 Holgado appeared in two films that allowed him to gain greater fame Delicatessen by JeanPierre 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 its absolutely necessary to stop smoking Ticky Holgado was buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery 45th division Source Article Ticky Holgado from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA