1944-06-24 Toulouse, 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.
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Le Courage d'aimer | Dieu | 2005-06-29 |
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Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" | Self | 2005-04-27 |
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La Tête haute | Robert | 2005-12-20 |
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Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Germain Pire | 2004-10-27 |
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Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens | God | 2004-09-15 |
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Les Gaous | Jojo | 2003-11-30 |
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Les Clefs de bagnole | Singer of the happy ending | 2003-12-10 |
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Tais-toi ! | Martineau | 2003-10-22 |
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Lagardère | Passepoil | 2003-12-25 |
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3 Zéros | Angelo | 2002-04-24 |
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... | Boubou | 2002-05-29 |
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Monsieur Batignole | Lucien Morel | 2002-03-06 |
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Philosophale | Commissaire Ernest-August Mallory | 2001-01-01 |
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Le Barbier | Le barbier | 2001-06-24 |
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Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain | Man in Photo | 2001-04-25 |
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Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana | Jean Bordenave | 2001-03-02 |
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Les Acteurs | Legless tramp | 2000-04-05 |
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Meilleur espoir féminin | le sans-abri | 2000-05-31 |
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Hallyday par Johnny | Self | 2000-05-26 |
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Le Schpountz | Oncle Baptiste | 1999-08-25 |
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Prison à domicile | Jules Klarh | 1999-06-09 |
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Le sourire du clown | Ian | 1999-07-21 |
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Que la lumiere soit! | L'ange René | 1998-07-08 |
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Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest | Alcoholic Man | 1997-01-19 |
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Pourvu que ça dure | Joseph Ponty | 1996-02-07 |
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Hommes, femmes : Mode d'emploi | le père de Loulou | 1996-08-28 |
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Le Plus Beau Métier du monde | Baudoin | 1996-12-11 |
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Lumière et Compagnie | (segment "Claude Lelouch") | 1995-12-20 |
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La Cité des Enfants Perdus | Ex-Acrobat | 1995-05-17 |
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Funny Bones | Battiston | 1995-09-20 |
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Les Misérables | Le gentil voyou / Kind Hoodlum | 1995-03-22 |
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Les Milles | Capitaine Moinard | 1995-08-22 |
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Gazon maudit | Antoine | 1995-01-18 |
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Drôles d'oiseaux | Benoit Cabane | 1993-03-10 |
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L'Honneur de la Tribu | Martial | 1993-01-02 |
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Tango | Waiter | 1993-02-03 |
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Justinien Trouvé ou le bâtard de Dieu | Beaulouis | 1993-09-15 |
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Tombés du ciel | Serge | 1993-09-01 |
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Le Souper | Jacques | 1992-12-23 |
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Les cravates léopards | Magellan | 1992-02-06 |
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Ma vie est un enfer | le diable | 1991-12-04 |
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Delicatessen | Marcel Tapioca | 1991-04-17 |
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Une époque formidable | 'Crayon' | 1991-06-19 |
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Les Secrets professionnels du Docteur Apfelglück | Le Ténardier | 1991-04-24 |
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Mayrig | Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor | 1991-11-27 |
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De justesse | 1991-01-01 | |
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Uranus | Mégrin, l'avocat | 1990-12-12 |
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Le château de ma mère | Binucci, hunting whip | 1990-10-26 |
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Le Mari de la coiffeuse | Morvoisieux Son-in-Law | 1990-10-03 |
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Sans peur et sans reproche | Mignard de Parthode | 1988-12-14 |
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Lévy et Goliath | Fake hunchback | 1987-01-27 |
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Sale destin | 1987-01-14 | |
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Les keufs | Inspecteur Blondel | 1987-12-16 |
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Manon des sources | Rural engineering specialist | 1986-11-19 |
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Nuit d'ivresse | L'électro | 1986-09-23 |
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Brigade des mœurs | 1985-01-09 | |
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Comment draguer tous les mecs | Brother Gontran | 1984-11-07 |
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Le fou du roi | Geux | 1984-05-16 |
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Les Ripoux | Alphonse | 1984-09-19 |
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On l'appelle Catastrophe | Alphonse | 1983-06-29 |
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Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez | Ticky | 1983-09-27 |
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Circulez y a rien à voir ! | Le planton | 1983-04-20 |
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On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge | Le garagiste | 1982-09-08 |
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Belles, blondes et bronzées | Gus | 1981-09-23 |
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Madame Claude 2 | (uncredited) | 1981-08-26 |
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Les surdoués de la première compagnie | Warrant officer's neighbor (uncredited) | 1981-02-04 |