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Ticky Holgado
Actor
Born June 24, 1944Died January 22, 2004 (59 years)
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.
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
| 2005 | La tête haute · as Robert |
| 2005 | Le courage d'aimer · as Dieu |
| 2004 | A Very Long Engagement · as Germain Pire |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | The Masked Avenger: Lagardere · as Passepoil |
| 2003 | Les clefs de bagnole · as Singer Of The Happy Ending |
| 2003 | Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up · as Jojo |
| 2003 | Ruby & Quentin · as Martineau |
| 2002 | And Now Ladies & Gentlemen · as Boubou |
| 2002 | Shooting Stars · as Angelo |
| 2002 | Monsieur Batignole · as Lucien Morel |
| 2001 | Amélie · as Man In Photo |
| 2000 | Most Promising Young Actress · as Le Sans-Abri |
| 2000 | Actors · as Legless Tramp |
| 1999 | Le schpountz · as Oncle Baptiste |
| 1999 | Le sourire du clown · as Ian |
| 1999 | House Arrest · as Jules Klarh |
| 1998 | Let There Be Light · as L'ange René |
| 1997 | Love & Confusions · as The Sexologist |
| 1997 | Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest · as Alcoholic Man |
| 1996 | The Best Job in the World · as Baudoin |
| 1996 | Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi · as Le Père De Loulou |
| 1996 | Let's Hope it Lasts · as Joseph Ponty |
| 1995 | Lumière and Company · as (segment "claude Lelouch") |
| 1995 | Les Milles · as Capitaine Moinard |
| 1995 | The City of Lost Children · as Ex-Acrobat |
| 1995 | Funny Bones · as Battiston |
| 1995 | Les Misérables · as Le Gentil Voyou / Kind Hoodlum |
| 1995 | French Twist · as Antoine |
| 1993 | Alice Nevers (TV Series) · as Peps |
| 1993 | Justinien Trouvé, ou le bâtard de Dieu · as Beaulouis |
| 1993 | Lost in Transit · as Serge |
| 1993 | Drôles d'oiseaux · as Benoit Cabane |
| 1993 | Tango · as Waiter |
| 1992 | Le souper · as Jacques |
| 1991 | My Life Is Hell · as Le Diable |
| 1991 | Mother · as Zakarians' Angry And Racist Neighbor |
| 1991 | Une époque formidable... · as 'crayon' |
| 1991 | Les secrets professionnels du Docteur Apfelgluck · as Le Ténardier |
| 1991 | Delicatessen · as Marcel Tapioca |
| 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 |
| 1988 | La valise en carton (TV Series) · as Tonton Gustave |
| 1987 | Les keufs · as Inspecteur Blondel |
| 1987 | Lévy et Goliath · as Fake Hunchback |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | Manon of the Spring · as Rural Engineering Specialist |
| 1986 | Nuit d'ivresse · as L'électro |
| 1986 | Le bonheur a encore frappé · as Gérant Du Supermarché |
| 1985 | Farewell to Fred · as Le Barman |
| 1985 | Les rois du gag · as Cast |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | My New Partner · as Alphonse |
| 1984 | Le fou du roi · as Geux |
| 1984 | The Judge · as Un Garde |
| 1984 | Mesrine · as Cast |
| 1983 | The Fashioned in Saint-Tropez · as Ticky |
| 1983 | On l'appelle 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 | Putain d'histoire d'amour · as Un Type Bande 'gominés' |
| 1981 | Madame Claude 2 · as (uncredited) |
| 1981 | Les surdoués de la première compagnie · as Warrant Officer's Neighbor (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as Le Médecin Légiste |