Germán Valdés
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Caín, Abel... y el Otro
1971
¡En peligro de muerte!
as Marshall Nylon
1962
Trip to the Moon
as Tin Tan
1958
Oh What Beautiful Legs!
as Tin-Tán
1949
The Mark of the Skunk
as Tin
1950
The Phantom of the Operetta
as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes
1960
Suicídate mi amor
1961
Gregorio y su angel
as Devil
1970
El duende y yo
as Modesto
1961
El Ceniciento
as Valentin
1952
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Inocencio Dantes
1954
The Adventures of Pito Pérez
as Pito Perez
1957
Soy Charro de Levita
as Tin Tan
1949
The King of the Neighborhood
as Tin-Tán
1950
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
as Himself
2005
Especialista en chamacas
1965
El niño perdido
as Tin Tan
1947
El que la traga la paga
as Vagabundo de Playa
1943
Simbad el Mareado
as Simbad
1950
Dios los cría
as Tin Tan
1953
