Germán Valdés
Born
20 September 1915 (110)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also known as
Tin Tan, Germán Genaro Cipriano Gómez Valdés y Castillo
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.
Filmography (40)
Tin Tan
2010
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
Noche de muerte
1975
La mafia amarilla
1975
Acapulco 12-22
1975
La disputa
1974
Las tarántulas
1973
Los Cacos
1972
The Incredible Professor Zovek
1972
Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire
1972
Caín, Abel... y el Otro
1971
El Quelite
1970
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
1970
El capitán Mantarraya
1970
Gregorio y su angel
1970
Seis días para morir
1967
Detectives o ladrones..?
1967
El ángel y yo
1966
Loco por ellas
1966
Especialista en chamacas
1965
The Mocking Ghosts
1965
Tintansón Cruzoe
1965
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965
Puerto Rico en carnaval
1965
Fuerte, audaz y valiente
1963
Tin-Tán El Hombre Mono
1963
¡En peligro de muerte!
1962
Pilotos de la muerte
1962
The Treasure of King Solomon
1962
Viva Chihuahua
1961
Suicídate mi amor
1961
Madness from Terror
1961
El duende y yo
1961
The Phantom of the Operetta
1960
El Violetero
1960
Una estrella y dos estrellados
1960
Tin Tan y las modelos
1960
House of Terror
1960
La tijera de oro
1960
Rebelde Sin Casa
1960