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