Ticky Holgado

Acting

Born Jun 24, 1944

From Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Died Jan 22, 2004

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.

Ticky Holgado

Known For

Amélie

Ruby & Quentin

Delicatessen

Manon of the Spring

The City of Lost Children

A Very Long Engagement

The Hairdresser's Husband

My Mother's Castle

French Twist

Les Miserables

Filmography — Acting

Amélie

Ruby & Quentin

Delicatessen

Manon of the Spring

The City of Lost Children

A Very Long Engagement

The Hairdresser's Husband

My Mother's Castle

French Twist

Les Miserables

Lumière & Company

Most Promising Young Actress

My New Partner

Funny Bones

Madame Claude 2

Let There Be Light!

Philosophale

The Masked Avenger: Lagardere

Monsieur Batignole

Actors

The Best Job in the World

Lady Cops

Tango

Mother

The Car Keys

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard

Les Milles

Une époque formidable

The Supper

Nuit d'ivresse

Belles, blondes et bronzées

Shooting Stars

Uranus

Lost in Transit

Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana

The Honour of the Tribe

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

Brigade of Death

Le sourire du clown

My Life Is Hell

Men, Women: A User's Manual

Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens

Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up

Levy & Goliath

The Seducers of Saint-Tropez

The Courage to Love

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

On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge

Sale Destin

Le Schpountz

Sans peur et sans reproche

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!

Les surdoués de la première compagnie

It's Called Catastrophe

Le fou du roi

Comment draguer tous les mecs

Let's Hope It Lasts

An Afternoon

Drôles d'oiseaux

Prison à domicile

Leopard Ties

Hallyday par Johnny

La Tête haute

De justesse