Germán Valdés

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Germán Valdés

Acting September 20, 1915

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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 pachu…

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The King of the Neighborhood

The King of the Neighborhood

8.4 1950 Movie
Un día para vivir

Un día para vivir

9.1 2021 TV Show
The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty

7.3 1952 Movie
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!

Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!

7.7 1951 Movie
Mi campeón

Mi campeón

5.5 1952 Movie
Tanto Amor

Tanto Amor

2.0 2015 TV Show
They also sing of pain

They also sing of pain

7.3 1950 Movie
¡En peligro de muerte!

¡En peligro de muerte!

7.7 1962 Movie
The Adventures of Pito Pérez

The Adventures of Pito Pérez

5.9 1957 Movie
Face of the Screaming Werewolf

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

4.2 1965 Movie
Detectives o ladrones..?

Detectives o ladrones..?

6.8 1967 Movie
The Troublemaker

The Troublemaker

7.5 1951 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Un día para vivir

    TV show Cristian

  2. 2015
    Tanto Amor

    TV show René Lombardo Méndez

  3. 2010
    Tin Tan

    Movie Himself (Archive Footage)

  4. 2010
    Drenaje Profundo

    TV show Diego

  5. 2005
    Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan

    Movie Himself

  6. 1975
    Noche de muerte

    Movie Tin Tan

  7. 1975
    The Yellow Mafia

    Movie Germán

  8. 1975
    Acapulco 12-22

    Movie

  9. 1974
    La disputa

    Movie

  10. 1973
    Las tarántulas

    Movie

  11. 1972
    Los Cacos

    Movie El Muerto

  12. 1972
    The Incredible Professor Zovek

    Movie Chalo

  13. 1972
    Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire

    Movie Tsekub Baloyán

  14. 1971
    Caín, Abel... y el Otro

    Movie

  15. 1971
    El ogro

    Movie Sabas

  16. 1970
    El Quelite

    Movie Proculo

More credits
  1. 1970
    Chanoc en las garras de las fieras

    Movie Tin Tan / Tsekub Baloyán

  2. 1970
    El capitán Mantarraya

    Movie

  3. 1970
    Gregorio y su angel

    Movie Devil

  4. 1967
    Seis días para morir

    Movie José

  5. 1967
    Detectives o ladrones..?

    Movie Harry

  6. 1966
    El ángel y yo

    Movie

  7. 1966
    Loco por ellas

    Movie

  8. 1965
    Especialista en chamacas

    Movie

  9. 1965
    The Mocking Ghosts

    Movie Cyril Ludovico Churchill

  10. 1965
    Tintansón Cruzoe

    Movie

  11. 1965
    Face of the Screaming Werewolf

    Movie Man in Wax Museum

  12. 1965
    Puerto Rico en carnaval

    Movie

  13. 1963
    Fuerte, audaz y valiente

    Movie

  14. 1963
    Tin-Tán El Hombre Mono

    Movie

  15. 1962
    ¡En peligro de muerte!

    Movie Marshall Nylon

  16. 1962
    Pilotos de la muerte

    Movie Octano Pérez y Pérez

  17. 1962
    The Treasure of King Solomon

    Movie Tin Tan

  18. 1961
    Viva Chihuahua

    Movie

  19. 1961
    Suicídate mi amor

    Movie

  20. 1961
    Madness from Terror

    Movie Pacifico Otero

  21. 1961
    El duende y yo

    Movie Modesto

  22. 1960
    The Phantom of the Operetta

    Movie Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes

  23. 1960
    El Violetero

    Movie Lorenzo Miguel

  24. 1960
    Una estrella y dos estrellados

    Movie Tin Tan