
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.
70 acting credits
Acting · 70

Vivement dimanche
1998

Amélie
2001

Zone interdite
1993

Ruby & Quentin
2003

Manon of the Spring
1986

The Best Job in the World
1996

The City of Lost Children
1995

Delicatessen
1991

Philosophale
2001

The Hairdresser's Husband
1990

A Very Long Engagement
2004

French Twist
1995
Le Grand Tralala
1999

My Mother's Castle
1990

The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
2003

My New Partner
1984

Les Miserables
1995

Uranus
1990

Actors
2000

Lumière & Company
1995

My Life Is Hell
1991

Belles, blondes et bronzées
1981

Funny Bones
1995

Tango
1993

Les Milles
1995

The Seducers of Saint-Tropez
1983

Mother
1991

Monsieur Batignole
2002

Let There Be Light!
1998

Madame Claude 2
1981

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991

Men, Women: A User's Manual
1996

The Car Keys
2003

Brigade of Death
1985

Le sourire du clown
1999

Lady Cops
1987

Levy & Goliath
1987

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

Most Promising Young Actress
2000

Une époque formidable
1991

Nuit d'ivresse
1986

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002

Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!
1983

Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard
1993

Les surdoués de la première compagnie
1981

Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up
2003

Sans peur et sans reproche
1988

The Supper
1992

Flics de choc
1994

Shooting Stars
2002

Sale Destin
1987

The Courage to Love
2005

Le Schpountz
1999

Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
2004

Prison à domicile
1999

Drôles d'oiseaux
1993

On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
1982

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997

Let's Hope It Lasts
1996
Comment draguer tous les mecs
1984

Lost in Transit
1993

Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
2001

Le fou du roi
1984

The Honour of the Tribe
1993

It's Called Catastrophe
1983

La Tête haute
2005

Hallyday par Johnny
2000

Leopard Ties
1992
De justesse
1991
An Afternoon
2001