Germán Valdés

Germán Valdés

1915-09-20 – 1973-06-29 (age 57) Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
View on IMDb ↗

Biography

Better known as Tin Tan, was an actor,singer and comedian who was born in Mexico City but was raised and began his career in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. He often displayed the pachuco dress and employed pachuco slang in many of his movies, some with his brothers Manuel "El Loco" Valdésand Ramón Valdés. He made the language of the Mexican American pachucos famous in Mexico. A "caló" based in Spanglish, it was a mixture of Spanish and English in speech based on that of Mexican immigrants.

Photos

Known For

The Troublemaker
The Troublemaker

1951

as Tin Tan

Tintansón Cruzoe
Los líos de Barba Azul
The Phantom of the Operetta
The Phantom of the Operetta

1960

as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes

🎦
Tin Tan

2010

as Himself (Archive Footage)

Refifí entre las mujeres
El vividor
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Face of the Screaming Werewolf

1965

as Man in Wax Museum

The King of the Neighborhood
Reportaje
Reportaje

1953

as Pachuco composer

El vagabundo
¡En peligro de muerte!
¡En peligro de muerte!

1962

as Marshall Nylon

Las tarántulas
Vagabundo y Millonario
Vagabundo y Millonario

1959

as Antonio García / Andrés Aguilar

Viva Chihuahua
Me traes de un ala
Me traes de un ala

1953

as Tin Tan

The Incredible Professor Zovek
Oh What Beautiful Legs!
Oh What Beautiful Legs!

1949

as Tin-Tán