Germán Valdés

Personal Info

Birthday

September 20, 1915

Day of Death

1973-06-29

(57 years old)

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Also Known As

Tin Tan

Germán Genaro Cipriano Gómez Valdés y Castillo

German Valdes Tin-Tan

Topillo

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

Un día para vivir

Drenaje Profundo

La mafia amarilla

Tanto Amor

What a Beautiful Legs!

The Adventures of Pito Pérez

La tijera de oro

El mariachi desconocido

Filmography

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