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