Germán Valdés
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-09-20
Day of Death
1973-06-29 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
Known For
Acting
(2010)
Tin Tan
as Himself (Archive Footage)
(2005)
(1975)
Noche de muerte
as Tin Tan
(1975)
(1975)
La mafia amarilla
as Germán
(1974)
(1973)
(1972)
The Incredible Professor Zovek
as Chalo
(1972)
Los Cacos
as El Muerto
(1972)
Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire
as Tsekub Baloyán
(1971)
(1970)
El Quelite
as Proculo
(1970)
Gregorio y su angel
as Devil
(1970)
(1970)
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
as Tin Tan / Tsekub Baloyán
(1967)
Detectives o ladrones..?
as Harry
(1967)
Seis días para morir
as José
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
(1965)
The Mocking Ghosts
as Cyril Ludovico Churchill
(1965)
(1965)
(1964)
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
as Man in Wax Museum
(1963)
(1963)
(1962)
¡En peligro de muerte!
as Marshall Nylon
(1962)
Pilotos de la muerte
as Octano Pérez y Pérez
(1962)
El Tesoro del Rey Salomon
as Tin Tan
(1961)
(1961)
Madness from Terror
as Pacifico Otero
(1961)
El duende y yo
as Modesto
(1961)
(1960)
House of Terror
as Casimiro
(1960)
The Phantom of the Operetta
as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes
(1960)
Una estrella y dos estrellados
as Tin Tan
(1960)
La tijera de oro
as Pablo Emilio Campos
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
El Violetero
as Lorenzo Miguel
(1959)
(1959)
Two Ghosts and a Girl
as Germán Pérez
(1959)
3 Lessons of Love
as Germán Valadez
(1959)
Vagabundo y Millonario
as Antonio García / Andrés Aguilar
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
Trip to the Moon
as Tin Tan
(1958)
Yo quiero ser artista
as Self
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Refifí entre las mujeres
as Refifí
(1957)
Locos Peligrosos
as Federico
(1957)
The Adventures of Pito Pérez
as Pito Perez
(1957)
El gato sin botas
as Agustín Tancredo (El Gato) / Don Victorio Tancredo
(1957)
The Champion Cyclist
as Cleto García
(1957)
(1957)
Teatro del crimen
as Tin Tan
(1956)
El sultán descalzo
as Sultán Casquillo
(1956)
(1955)
(1955)
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
as Sanson
(1955)
Los líos de Barba Azul
as Ricardo
(1954)
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Inocencio Dantes
(1954)
El hombre inquieto
as Abel Caim
(1953)
Reportaje
as Pachuco composer
(1953)
El mariachi desconocido
as Agustín
(1953)
Me traes de un ala
as Tin Tan
(1953)
(1953)
Dios los cría
as Tin Tan
(1953)
(1952)
El Ceniciento
as Valentin
(1952)
The Sleeping Beauty
as Triquitrán
(1952)
Las locuras de Tin Tan
as Tin Tan
(1952)
Mi campeón
as Tin Tan
(1952)
(1951)
(1951)
The Troublemaker
as Tin Tan
(1951)
Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
as Tin Tan
(1951)
(1950)
The King of the Neighborhood
as Tin-Tán
(1950)
The Mark of the Skunk
as Tin
(1950)
They also sing of pain
as Tin Tan
(1950)
Simbad el Mareado
as Simbad
(1949)
What a Beautiful Legs!
as Tin-Tán
(1949)
(1949)
Soy Charro de Levita
as Tin Tan
(1948)
(1947)
El niño perdido
as Tin Tan
(1947)
(1945)
Song of Mexico
as Tin Tan
(1945)
The Naughty Son
as Germán Rico / Tin Tan
(1944)
(1943)
El que la traga la paga
as Vagabundo de Playa
Crew
(1970)
El capitán Mantarraya
Director
(1957)
El gato sin botas
Producer
(1953)
Dios los cría
Producer