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

Mi campeón
Mi campeón

1952

as Tin Tan

Refifí entre las mujeres
Dios los cría
Dios los cría

1953

as Tin Tan

The Adventures of Pito Pérez
Los líos de Barba Azul
Las tarántulas
El ogro
El ogro

1971

as Sabas

The King of the Neighborhood
Soy Charro de Levita
Soy Charro de Levita

1949

as Tin Tan

Noche de muerte
Noche de muerte

1975

as Tin Tan

The Yellow Mafia
The Yellow Mafia

1975

as Germán

Vagabundo y Millonario
Vagabundo y Millonario

1959

as Antonio García / Andrés Aguilar

Suicídate mi amor
Hotel de verano
Detectives o ladrones..?
El hombre inquieto
El hombre inquieto

1954

as Abel Caim

The Mark of the Skunk
Yo quiero ser artista