Germán Valdés

Germán Valdés

1915-09-20 – 1973-06-29 (age 57) Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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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.

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Known For

The King of the Neighborhood
El gato sin botas
El gato sin botas

1957

as Agustín Tancredo (El Gato) / Don Victorio Tancredo

Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Face of the Screaming Werewolf

1965

as Man in Wax Museum

Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
Soy Charro de Levita
Soy Charro de Levita

1949

as Tin Tan

¡En peligro de muerte!
¡En peligro de muerte!

1962

as Marshall Nylon

El vividor
Los líos de Barba Azul
El Violetero
El Violetero

1960

as Lorenzo Miguel

Pilotos de la muerte
Pilotos de la muerte

1962

as Octano Pérez y Pérez

Me traes de un ala
Me traes de un ala

1953

as Tin Tan

La tijera de oro
La tijera de oro

1960

as Pablo Emilio Campos

Mi campeón
Mi campeón

1952

as Tin Tan

The Noiseless Dead
The Noiseless Dead

1946

as Tin Tan