Ticky Holgado

Known for ActingBorn 1944-06-24Died 2004-01-22Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France

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.Read more

Movies & web series

An Afternoon

Leopard Ties

Drôles d'oiseaux

The Honour of the Tribe

De justesse

La Tête haute

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

Amélie

Mother

Le sourire du clown

Manon of the Spring

A Very Long Engagement

Delicatessen

The City of Lost Children

The Masked Avenger: Lagardere

My Mother's Castle

Monsieur Batignole

Ruby & Quentin

The Hairdresser's Husband

The Supper

Lost in Transit

Les Miserables

Uranus

Philosophale

Funny Bones

Let There Be Light!

My New Partner

Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard

Une époque formidable

Lumière & Company

French Twist

Most Promising Young Actress

Men, Women: A User's Manual

Tango

Zone interdite

Nuit d'ivresse

Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

Prison à domicile

Actors

My Life Is Hell

The Courage to Love

Les Milles

The Best Job in the World

Sans peur et sans reproche

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

The Car Keys

On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge