Ticky Holgado


Joseph Holgado, known professionally as Ticky Holgado, 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.

Career

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.
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.

Filmography

  • ' – Le voisin
  • ' –
  • Putain d'histoire d'amour – Un de la bande des Gominés
  • Belles, blondes et bronzées – Gus
  • Comment draguer toutes les filles – Antoine, le garagiste
  • On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
  • Circulez y'a rien à voir – Le planton N°1
  • Les planqués du régiment – Le militaire qui vient chercher des fleurs pour le maréchal Mégalo
  • On l'appelle catastrophe – Alphonse
  • Les branchés à St. Tropez – Ticky
  • Mesrine
  • Le juge – Un garde
  • Le Fou du roi
  • My New Partner – Alphonse
  • Comment draguer tous les mecs – Frère Gontran
  • Brigade des mœurs
  • Les rois du gag
  • Adieu Blaireau – Le barman
  • Le bonheur a encore frappé – Gérant du supermarché
  • Nuit d'ivresse – L'électro
  • Manon des sources – Le Spécialiste
  • Sale destin
  • Lévy et Goliath – Le faux bossu
  • Lady Cops – Blondel / Insp. Blondel
  • Without Fear or Blame – Mignard de Parthode
  • The Hairdresser's Husband – Morvoisieux Son-in-Law
  • My Mother's Castle – Binucci
  • Uranus – Mégrin, l'avocat
  • Delicatessen – Marcel Tapioca
  • The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck – Le Ténardie
  • Une époque formidable... – Crayon
  • Mayrig
  • My Life Is Hell – El Diablo
  • The Supper – Jacques
  • Tango – Waiter
  • Drôles d'oiseaux ! – Benoit Cabane
  • Justinien Trouvé, ou le bâtard de Dieu – Beaulouis
  • Lost in Transit – Serge
  • L'honneur de la tribu – Martial
  • French Twist – Antoine
  • Les Misérables – Le gentil voyou / Kind Hoodlum
  • Funny Bones – Battiston
  • The City of Lost Children – Ex-Acrobat
  • Les Milles – Capt. Moinard
  • Lumière and Company –
  • Let's Hope it Lasts – Joseph Ponty
  • Men, Women: A User's Manual – Toc Toc, Loulou's Father
  • The Best Job in the World – Baudouin
  • La chasse au rhinocéros à Budapest – Alcoholic Man
  • Amour et confusions – The sexologist
  • Let There Be Light – L'ange René
  • Prison à domicile – Jules Klarh
  • ' – Ian
  • Le schpountz – Oncle Baptiste
  • Actors – Le clochard cul-de-jatte
  • Most Promising Young Actress – Un SDF
  • Amélie – L'homme dans la photo
  • '
  • ' – Le barbier
  • Monsieur Batignole – Lucien Morel
  • ' – Angelo
  • And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen – Boubou
  • Station 137
  • Ruby & Quentin – Martineau
  • Les gaous – Jojo
  • The Car Keys – Le chanteur du happy-end
  • Les parisiens – Dieu
  • A Very Long Engagement – Germain Pire
  • Le courage d'aimer – Dieu