Ticky Holgado
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Film
Amélie
Man in Photo
2001
Film
Ruby & Quentin
Martineau
2003
Series
Zone interdite
Self (archive footage)
1993
Film
The City of Lost Children
Ex-Acrobat
1995
Film
Delicatessen
Marcel Tapioca
1991
Film
A Very Long Engagement
Germain Pire
2004
Film
Actors
Legless tramp
2000
Film
My Mother's Castle
Binucci, hunting whip
1990
Film
Manon of the Spring
Rural engineering specialist
1986
Film
Funny Bones
Battiston
1995
Series
Seize millions de jeunes
Self
1964
Film
The Hairdresser's Husband
Morvoisieux Son-in-Law
1990
Film
Monsieur Batignole
Lucien Morel
2002
Film
French Twist
Antoine
1995
Film
Uranus
Mégrin, l'avocat
1990
Film
Drôles d'oiseaux
Benoit Cabane
1993
Film
Nuit d'ivresse
Maurice, electro
1986
Film
Lumière & Company
(segment "Claude Lelouch")
1995
Film
Sans peur et sans reproche
Mignard de Parthode
1988
Film
The Best Job in the World
Baudoin
1996
Film
My New Partner
Alphonse
1984
Film
Mother
Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor
1991
Film
Philosophale
Commissaire Ernest-August Mallory
2001
Film
Tango
Waiter
1993
Film
Madame Claude 2
(uncredited)
1981
Film
Belles, blondes et bronzées
Gus
1981
Film
Men, Women: A User's Manual
le père de Loulou
1996
Film
Hallyday par Johnny
Self
2000
Film
Sale Destin
1987
Le Grand Tralala
Self
1999
Film
The Car Keys
Happy Ending Singer
2003
Film
Les Miserables
Kind Hoodlum
1995
Film
Most Promising Young Actress
le sans-abri
2000
Comment draguer tous les mecs
Brother Gontran
1984
Film
Brigade of Death
1985
Film
Le sourire du clown
Ian
1999
Film
Shooting Stars
Angelo
2002
Film
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Boubou
2002
Film
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Alcoholic Man
1997
De justesse
1991
Film
Les Milles
Capitaine Moinard
1995
Film
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Passepoil
2003
Film
Lady Cops
Inspecteur Blondel
1987
Film
Prison à domicile
Jules Klarh
1999
Film
Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
God
2004
Film
The Seducers of Saint-Tropez
Ticky
1983
Film
It's Called Catastrophe
Alphonse
1983
Film
Une époque formidable
'Crayon'
1991
Series
Flics de choc
Scordia
1994
Film
Le fou du roi
Geux
1984
Film
Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!
Le planton
1983
Film
Farewell Fred
Barman
1985
Film
On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
Le garagiste
1982
Film
Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard
Beaulouis
1993
Film
Leopard Ties
Magellan
1992
Film
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Le Ténardier
1991
Film
Les surdoués de la première compagnie
Warrant officer's neighbor (uncredited)
1981
Film
The Courage to Love
Dieu
2005
Film
My Life Is Hell
le diable
1991
Film
Levy & Goliath
Fake hunchback
1987
Film
Let There Be Light!
L'ange René
1998
Film
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
Jean Bordenave
2001
Film
The Supper
Jacques
1992
Film
Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up
Jojo
2003
Film
La Tête haute
Robert
2005
Film
Lost in Transit
Serge
1993
Film
Let's Hope It Lasts
Joseph Ponty
1996
An Afternoon
Le barbier
2001
Film
Le Schpountz
Oncle Baptiste
1999
Film
The Honour of the Tribe
Martial
1993
Film
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Self
2005