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