Ticky Holgado

Birth Name:

Joseph Holgado

Birth Date:

June 24, 1944

Birth Place:

Toulouse, France

Death Date:

January 22, 2004

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Age:

Cause of Death:

Lung cancer

Cemetery Name:

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

Ticky Holgado was a French character actor known for his short stature, distinctive face and heavy Southern accent. 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 and later by Johnny Hallyday. He became an actor in his mid-thirties 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 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). Unfortunately the talented actor had to step back from films while he fought a five-year losing battle with lung cancer. In the end he was featured in over 65 films including international hits "Amelie," "Manon of the Spring," and "Les Miserables."

Fun Fact

Joseph Holgado grew up in a respectable middle-class family but shocked his surgeon father and librarian mother when he abandoned his studies at the age of 16. Bitten by the rock’n’roll bug, he learned to play the guitar and fancied himself as France’s answer to the American teen idol Ricky Nelson. A great admirer of James Dean, Holgado jumped on the twist bandwagon and toyed with the Ricky James pseudonym but he lost before his first concert. “Before going on stage at the casino in Arcachon, I told the announcer my name was Ricky Holgado but he got it wrong and introduced me as Ticky Holgado. I thought I’d better keep that name in case it was a lucky charm,” he told Le Parisien newspaper in 1996.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

16 Rue du Repos, 6ème division, Chemin Lesseps

Paris, , 75020

France

Europe

Map:

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris, France

Grave Location:

Division 45, Avenue Transversale No. 1, Line 1

Grave Location Description

As you make your way to the middle of this vast, historic cemetery look for Avenue Transversale No. 1. As you are walking down the avenue the tomb on the left lies Gazel-Maingot and on the right you will find Galant-Collomb directly across from Division 50 at the intersection of Avenue Transversale No. 1 and Avenue de Saint-Morys. The bust that adorns the tomb of French character actor Ticky Holgado can’t be missed.

Grave Location GPS

48.861667, 2.394528

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FAQ's

Ticky Holgado was born on June 24, 1944.

Ticky Holgado was born in Toulouse, France.

Ticky Holgado died on January 22, 2004.

Ticky Holgado died in Paris, France.

Ticky Holgado was 59.

The cause of death was Lung cancer.

Ticky Holgado's grave is in Cimetière du Père Lachaise

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Ticky Holgado