Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 24, 1944
Died
Jan 22, 2004
Place of Birth
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Credits
72 titles
Ticky Holgado
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.
Known For
Filmography
La Tête haute
Robert
The Courage to Love
Dieu
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Self
A Very Long Engagement
Germain Pire
Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
God
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Passepoil
The Car Keys
Happy Ending Singer
Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up
Jojo
Ruby & Quentin
Martineau
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Boubou
Shooting Stars
Angelo
Monsieur Batignole
Lucien Morel
An Afternoon
Le barbier
Amélie
Man in Photo
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
Jean Bordenave
Philosophale
Commissaire Ernest-August Mallory
Most Promising Young Actress
le sans-abri
Hallyday par Johnny
Self
Actors
Legless tramp
Le Schpountz
Oncle Baptiste
Le Grand Tralala
Self
Le sourire du clown
Ian
Prison à domicile
Jules Klarh
Vivement dimanche
Self
Let There Be Light!
L'ange René
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Alcoholic Man
The Best Job in the World
Baudoin
Men, Women: A User's Manual
le père de Loulou
Let's Hope It Lasts
Joseph Ponty
Lumière & Company
(segment "Claude Lelouch")
Funny Bones
Battiston
Les Milles
Capitaine Moinard
The City of Lost Children
Ex-Acrobat
Les Miserables
Kind Hoodlum
French Twist
Antoine
Flics de choc
Scordia
Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard
Beaulouis
Lost in Transit
Serge
Drôles d'oiseaux
Benoit Cabane
Zone interdite
Self (archive footage)
Tango
Waiter
The Honour of the Tribe
Martial
The Supper
Jacques
Leopard Ties
Magellan
My Life Is Hell
le diable
Mother
Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor
Une époque formidable
'Crayon'
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Le Ténardier
Delicatessen
Marcel Tapioca
De justesse