Germán Valdés
Acting
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.
Born: September 20, 1915
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Known For
Un día para vivir
The King of the Neighborhood
A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
"Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Simplemente, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the greatest comdedian-actors in the history of Mexican Cinema. He began his film career during the early years of what became the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Throughout the majority of his movies he plays the character of a pachuco; the Chicano/Mexicano in zoot suit, throwing out the tirili phrases and words, and jammin the jitty-bug. With the style and the slang down to a tee, he was picked up in Cd. Juarez Chihuahua by an acting troupe. Touring extensively through-out Mexico with the troupe landed him in Mexico City with film contracts. It was in those films that Tin Tan exposed the image of the pachuco, which Mexican Youth adopted. From the desert border-towns of Juarez y El Paso the style took off in various parts of the country, most notably in Mexico City
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!
Tin Tan falls in love with a young woman who does not love him, but when he wins the lottery she changes her mind.
The Naughty Son
A poor young man is mistaken for a millionaire when he travels to the city to fulfill his dream of being a singer.
¡En peligro de muerte!
El Ceniciento
Valentin reaches Mexico City to stay with his countrymen Marcelo and Sirenia, parents of thirteen children. Marcelo gladly serves Valentin until he realizes that he is poor and throws him out of the house. By a suggestion Sirenia, Marcelo employs Valentin as a servant and exploits it mercilessly. But with the help of Andres, the fate of Valentin takes an unexpected turn.
Rebelde Sin Casa
Tin Tan interfered in a bank robbery, then got arrested when the perp.s escaped. Crooks and police are both after him...
Músico, poeta y loco
An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from fulfilling the conditions of her father's will. Meanwhile, a street-vendor gets mistaken for an eminent psychologist and is hired to teach at that reformatory.
Reportaje
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Filmography
as Cristian
as René Lombardo Méndez
as Tin Tan
as Germán
as El Muerto
as Chalo
as Tsekub Baloyán
as Proculo
as Tin Tan / Tsekub Baloyán
as Devil
as José
as Harry
as Cyril Ludovico Churchill
as Man in Wax Museum
as Marshall Nylon
as Octano Pérez y Pérez
as Tin Tan
as Pacifico Otero
as Modesto
as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes
as Lorenzo Miguel
as Tin Tan
as Casimiro
as Pablo Emilio Campos
as Germán Pérez
as Antonio García / Andrés Aguilar
as Germán Valadez
as Self
as Tin Tan
as Federico
as Agustín Tancredo (El Gato) / Don Victorio Tancredo
as Cleto García
as Pito Perez
as Tin Tan
as Sultán Casquillo
as Sanson
as Ricardo
as Abel Caim
as Inocencio Dantes
as Pachuco composer
as Agustín
as Tin Tan
as Tin Tan
as Triquitrán
as Tin Tan
as Valentin
as Tin Tan
as Tin Tan
as Tin Tan
as Simbad
as Tin Tan
as Tin
as Tin-Tán
as Tin Tan
as Tin-Tán
as Tin Tan
as Tin Tan
as Tin Tan
as Germán Rico / Tin Tan
as Vagabundo de Playa