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Ticky Holgado
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…
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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). Source: Article "Ticky Holgado" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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2005
La Tête haute
Movie Robert
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2005
The Courage to Love
Movie Dieu
- 2005
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2004
A Very Long Engagement
Movie Germain Pire
- 2004
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2003
The Masked Avenger: Lagardere
Movie Passepoil
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2003
The Car Keys
Movie Happy Ending Singer
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2003
Young, Beautiful and Screwed Up
Movie Jojo
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2003
Ruby & Quentin
Movie Martineau
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2002
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Movie Boubou
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2002
Shooting Stars
Movie Angelo
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2002
Monsieur Batignole
Movie Lucien Morel
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2001
An Afternoon
Movie Le barbier
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2001
Amélie
Movie Man in Photo
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2001
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
Movie Jean Bordenave
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2001
Philosophale
Movie Commissaire Ernest-August Mallory
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2000
Most Promising Young Actress
Movie le sans-abri
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2000
Hallyday par Johnny
Movie Self
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2000
Actors
Movie Legless tramp
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1999
Le Schpountz
Movie Oncle Baptiste
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1999
Le Grand Tralala
TV show Self
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1999
Le sourire du clown
Movie Ian
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1999
Prison à domicile
Movie Jules Klarh
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1998
Vivement dimanche
TV show Self
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1998
Let There Be Light!
Movie L'ange René
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1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Movie Alcoholic Man
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1996
The Best Job in the World
Movie Baudoin
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1996
Men, Women: A User's Manual
Movie le père de Loulou
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1996
Let's Hope It Lasts
Movie Joseph Ponty
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1995
Lumière & Company
Movie (segment "Claude Lelouch")
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1995
Funny Bones
Movie Battiston
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1995
Les Milles
Movie Capitaine Moinard
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1995
The City of Lost Children
Movie Ex-Acrobat
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1995
Les Miserables
Movie Kind Hoodlum
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1995
French Twist
Movie Antoine
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1994
Flics de choc
TV show Scordia
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1993
Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard
Movie Beaulouis
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1993
Lost in Transit
Movie Serge
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1993
Drôles d'oiseaux
Movie Benoit Cabane
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1993
Zone interdite
TV show Self (archive footage)
