Germán Valdés
Known For
Acting
Born
1915-09-20 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Died
1973-06-29
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.
Most Known For
Mi campeón
as Tin Tan
Las tarántulas
Suicídate mi amor
Tanto Amor
as René Lombardo Méndez
Un día para vivir
as Cristian
Detectives o ladrones..?
as Harry
El hombre inquieto
as Abel Caim
Drenaje Profundo
as Diego
Noche de muerte
as Tin Tan
Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
as Tin Tan
Tin Tan y las modelos
The King of the Neighborhood
as Tin-Tán
La isla de las mujeres
The Mark of the Skunk
as Tin
Los Cacos
as El Muerto
El Violetero
as Lorenzo Miguel
The Troublemaker
as Tin Tan
The Sleeping Beauty
as Triquitrán
Reportaje
as Pachuco composer
Soy Charro de Levita
as Tin Tan