Ticky Holgado
Acting
Born 1944-06-24
Died 2004-01-22
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
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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).
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Filmography
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Vivement dimanche
Amélie
Zone interdite
Ruby & Quentin
The City of Lost Children
Delicatessen
A Very Long Engagement
Funny Bones
Monsieur Batignole
Actors
Manon of the Spring
French Twist
My Mother's Castle
The Hairdresser's Husband
Uranus
Seize millions de jeunes
Mother
The Best Job in the World
Lumière & Company
My New Partner
Drôles d'oiseaux
Hallyday par Johnny
Nuit d'ivresse
Philosophale
Sans peur et sans reproche
Men, Women: A User's Manual
Belles, blondes et bronzées
Les Miserables
Madame Claude 2
Sale Destin
The Car Keys
Tango
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Brigade of Death
Une époque formidable
Prison à domicile
De justesse
Les surdoués de la première compagnie
It's Called Catastrophe
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Most Promising Young Actress
The Seducers of Saint-Tropez
Comment draguer tous les mecs
Le Grand Tralala
Let There Be Light!
Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
Lady Cops
Levy & Goliath
La Tête haute
Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Les Milles
My Life Is Hell
Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard
Le sourire du clown
An Afternoon
Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!
Shooting Stars
Leopard Ties
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