Ticky Holgado

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-06-24 (60 years old)

Deathday

2004-01-22

Place of Birth

Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Ticky Holgado

Biography

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, Hol...

Acting

1991

Delicatessen

as Marcel Tapioca

1995

2004

A Very Long Engagement

as Germain Pire

1991

My Life Is Hell

as le diable

1986

Manon of the Spring

as Rural engineering specialist

1995

French Twist

as Antoine

1990

The Hairdresser's Husband

as Morvoisieux Son-in-Law

2003

Ruby & Quentin

as Martineau

1990

Uranus

as Mégrin, l'avocat

2000

1999

Le Schpountz

as Oncle Baptiste

1992

The Supper

as Jacques

1993

Tango

as Waiter

2000

Actors

as Legless tramp

1995

Lumière & Company

as (segment "Claude Lelouch")

1993

Drôles d'oiseaux

as Benoit Cabane

1995

Les Miserables

as Le gentil voyou / Kind Hoodlum

2003

The Car Keys

as Singer of the happy ending

1991

2001

Philosophale

as Commissaire Ernest-August Mallory

1996

Men, Women: A User's Manual

as le père de Loulou

1999

Prison à domicile

as Jules Klarh

1987

Lady Cops

as Inspecteur Blondel

2001

An Afternoon

as Le barbier

2001

Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana

as Jean Bordenave

1993

1984

My New Partner

as Alphonse

1995

Les Milles

as Capitaine Moinard

1998

Let There Be Light!

as L'ange René

2002

2001

Amélie

as Man in Photo

2002

Monsieur Batignole

as Lucien Morel

1986

Nuit d'ivresse

as L'électro

1990

My Mother's Castle

as Binucci, hunting whip

1987

Levy & Goliath

as Fake hunchback

1991

Mother

as Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor

1984

1992

Leopard Ties

as Magellan

1981

Madame Claude 2

as (uncredited)

1995

Funny Bones

as Battiston

1997

1996

Let's Hope It Lasts

as Joseph Ponty

1988

Sans peur et sans reproche

as Mignard de Parthode

1984

1981

Les surdoués de la première compagnie

as Warrant officer's neighbor (uncredited)

2005

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