
Ticky Holgado
Acting • Born 1944-06-24 – Died 2004-01-22
Biography
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). Source: Article "Ticky Holgado" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
70 credits
Delicatessen
Movie • 1991
Marcel Tapioca

The City of Lost Children
Movie • 1995
Ex-Acrobat

A Very Long Engagement
Movie • 2004
Germain Pire

My Life Is Hell
Movie • 1991
le diable

Manon of the Spring
Movie • 1986
Rural engineering specialist

French Twist
Movie • 1995
Antoine

The Hairdresser's Husband
Movie • 1990
Morvoisieux Son-in-Law

Ruby & Quentin
Movie • 2003
Martineau

The Best Job in the World
Movie • 1996
Baudoin

Uranus
Movie • 1990
Mégrin, l'avocat

De justesse
Movie • 1991

Most Promising Young Actress
Movie • 2000
le sans-abri

Le sourire du clown
Movie • 1999
Ian

Le Schpountz
Movie • 1999
Oncle Baptiste

The Supper
Movie • 1992
Jacques

Tango
Movie • 1993
Waiter

Actors
Movie • 2000
Legless tramp

Lumière & Company
Movie • 1995
(segment "Claude Lelouch")

Drôles d'oiseaux
Movie • 1993
Benoit Cabane

Les Miserables
Movie • 1995
Kind Hoodlum

The Car Keys
Movie • 2003
Singer of the happy ending

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Movie • 1991
Le Ténardier

Une époque formidable
Movie • 1991
'Crayon'

Philosophale
Movie • 2001
Commissaire Ernest-August Mallory

Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!
Movie • 1983
Le planton

Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard
Movie • 1993
Beaulouis

Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up
Movie • 2003
Jojo

Men, Women: A User's Manual
Movie • 1996
le père de Loulou

The Courage to Love
Movie • 2005
Dieu

Prison à domicile
Movie • 1999
Jules Klarh

Lady Cops
Movie • 1987
Inspecteur Blondel

An Afternoon
Movie • 2001
Le barbier

Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
Movie • 2001
Jean Bordenave

Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
Movie • 2004
God

Lost in Transit
Movie • 1993
Serge

My New Partner
Movie • 1984
Alphonse

Les Milles
Movie • 1995
Capitaine Moinard

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Movie • 2002
Boubou

Let There Be Light!
Movie • 1998
L'ange René

Shooting Stars
Movie • 2002
Angelo

Hallyday par Johnny
Movie • 2000
Self

Amélie
Movie • 2001
Man in Photo

Monsieur Batignole
Movie • 2002
Lucien Morel

Nuit d'ivresse
Movie • 1986
Maurice, electro

The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Movie • 2003
Passepoil

My Mother's Castle
Movie • 1990
Binucci, hunting whip

Levy & Goliath
Movie • 1987
Fake hunchback

Mother
Movie • 1991
Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor

Comment draguer tous les mecs
Movie • 1984
Brother Gontran

Leopard Ties
Movie • 1992
Magellan

Belles, blondes et bronzées
Movie • 1981
Gus

Madame Claude 2
Movie • 1981
(uncredited)

The Seducers of Saint-Tropez
Movie • 1983
Ticky

Funny Bones
Movie • 1995
Battiston

On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
Movie • 1982
Le garagiste

Brigade of Death
Movie • 1985

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Movie • 1997
Alcoholic Man

Sale Destin
Movie • 1987

Let's Hope It Lasts
Movie • 1996
Joseph Ponty

Sans peur et sans reproche
Movie • 1988
Mignard de Parthode

Le fou du roi
Movie • 1984
Geux

Les surdoués de la première compagnie
Movie • 1981
Warrant officer's neighbor (uncredited)

It's Called Catastrophe
Movie • 1983
Alphonse

The Honour of the Tribe
Movie • 1993
Martial

Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Movie • 2005
Self

La Tête haute
Movie • 2005
Robert

Le Grand Tralala
TV • 1999
Self

Zone interdite
TV • 1993
Self (archive footage)

Flics de choc
TV • 1994
Scordia

Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self