Germán Valdés

Germán Valdés

Personal information

Known for
Acting
Known credits
105
Gender
Male
Born
September 20, 1915
Died
June 29, 1973
Place of birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also known as
Tin TanGermán Genaro Cipriano Gómez Valdés y CastilloGerman Valdes Tin-TanTopillo

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.

Popular

The King of the Neighborhood
Movie
1950

The King of the Neighborhood

Movie · 1950

The Sleeping Beauty
Movie
1952

The Sleeping Beauty

Movie · 1952

Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!
Movie
1951

Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!

Movie · 1951

They also sing of pain
Movie
1950

They also sing of pain

Movie · 1950

¡En peligro de muerte!
Movie
1962

¡En peligro de muerte!

Movie · 1962

Detectives o ladrones..?
Movie
1967

Detectives o ladrones..?

Movie · 1967