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 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).
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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Fotos
Películas (68)
La Tête haute
2005 · Robert
The Courage to Love
2005 · Dieu
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005 · Self
A Very Long Engagement
2004 · Germain Pire
Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
2004 · God
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
2003 · Passepoil
The Car Keys
2003 · Happy Ending Singer
Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up
2003 · Jojo
Ruby & Quentin
2003 · Martineau
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002 · Boubou
Shooting Stars
2002 · Angelo
Monsieur Batignole
2002 · Lucien Morel
An Afternoon
2001 · Le barbier
Amélie
2001 · Man in Photo
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
2001 · Jean Bordenave
Philosophale
2001 · Commissaire Ernest-August Mallory
Most Promising Young Actress
2000 · le sans-abri
Hallyday par Johnny
2000 · Self
Actors
2000 · Legless tramp
Le Schpountz
1999 · Oncle Baptiste
Le sourire du clown
1999 · Ian
Prison à domicile
1999 · Jules Klarh
Let There Be Light!
1998 · L'ange René
Love & Confusions
1997 · The sexologist
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997 · Alcoholic Man
The Best Job in the World
1996 · Baudoin
Men, Women: A User's Manual
1996 · le père de Loulou
Let's Hope It Lasts
1996 · Joseph Ponty
Lumière & Company
1995 · (segment "Claude Lelouch")
Funny Bones
1995 · Battiston
Les Milles
1995 · Capitaine Moinard
The City of Lost Children
1995 · Ex-Acrobat
Les Miserables
1995 · Kind Hoodlum
French Twist
1995 · Antoine
Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard
1993 · Beaulouis
Lost in Transit
1993 · Serge
Drôles d'oiseaux
1993 · Benoit Cabane
Tango
1993 · Waiter
The Honour of the Tribe
1993 · Martial
The Supper
1992 · Jacques
Leopard Ties
1992 · Magellan
My Life Is Hell
1991 · le diable
Mother
1991 · Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor
Une époque formidable
1991 · 'Crayon'
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991 · Le Ténardier
Delicatessen
1991 · Marcel Tapioca
De justesse
1991
Uranus
1990 · Mégrin, l'avocat
My Mother's Castle
1990 · Binucci, hunting whip
The Hairdresser's Husband
1990 · Morvoisieux Son-in-Law
Sans peur et sans reproche
1988 · Mignard de Parthode
Lady Cops
1987 · Inspecteur Blondel
Levy & Goliath
1987 · Fake hunchback
Sale Destin
1987
Manon of the Spring
1986 · Rural engineering specialist
Nuit d'ivresse
1986 · Maurice, electro
Farewell Fred
1985 · Barman
Brigade of Death
1985
Comment draguer tous les mecs
1984 · Brother Gontran
My New Partner
1984 · Alphonse
Le fou du roi
1984 · Geux
The Seducers of Saint-Tropez
1983 · Ticky
It's Called Catastrophe
1983 · Alphonse
Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!
1983 · Le planton
On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
1982 · Le garagiste
Belles, blondes et bronzées
1981 · Gus
Madame Claude 2
1981 · (uncredited)
Les surdoués de la première compagnie
1981 · Warrant officer's neighbor (uncredited)
