Germán Valdés
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 20, 1915
- Died
- June 29, 1973
- Birthplace
- 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 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
- Tin Tan
Tin Tan 2010
as Himself (Archive Footage)
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan 2005
as Himself
Noche de muerte 1975
as Tin Tan
The Yellow Mafia 1975
as Germán
Acapulco 12-22 1975
Actor
La disputa 1974
Actor
Las tarántulas 1973
Actor
Los Cacos 1972
as El Muerto
The Incredible Professor Zovek 1972
as Chalo
Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire 1972
as Tsekub Baloyán
Caín, Abel... y el Otro 1971
Actor
El ogro 1971
as Sabas
Trampa para una niña 1971
Actor
- En estas camas nadie duerme
En estas camas nadie duerme 1971
as Sr. Salame
El Quelite 1970
as Proculo
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras 1970
as Tin Tan / Tsekub Baloyán
El capitán Mantarraya 1970
Actor, Director, Screenplay
Gregorio y su angel 1970
as Devil
Duelo en El Dorado 1969
as Compadre Barrera
Seis días para morir 1967
as José
Detectives o ladrones..? 1967
as Harry
El ángel y yo 1966
Actor
Loco por ellas 1966
Actor
Especialista en chamacas 1965
Actor
Tintansón Cruzoe 1965
Actor, Screenplay
The Mocking Ghosts 1965
as Cyril Ludovico Churchill
Face of the Screaming Werewolf 1965
as Man in Wax Museum
Puerto Rico en carnaval 1965
Actor
Fuerte, audaz y valiente 1963
Actor
Tin-Tán El Hombre Mono 1963
Actor
¡En peligro de muerte! 1962
as Marshall Nylon
Pilotos de la muerte 1962
as Octano Pérez y Pérez
The Treasure of King Solomon 1962
as Tin Tan
Viva Chihuahua 1961
Actor
Suicídate mi amor 1961
Actor
Madness from Terror 1961
as Pacifico Otero
El duende y yo 1961
as Modesto
The Phantom of the Operetta 1960
as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes
El Violetero 1960
as Lorenzo Miguel
- Una estrella y dos estrellados
Una estrella y dos estrellados 1960
as Tin Tan
Tin Tan y las modelos 1960
Actor
House of Terror 1960
as Casimiro
La tijera de oro 1960
as Pablo Emilio Campos
Rebelde Sin Casa 1960
Actor
Variedades de medianoche 1960
Actor
Two Ghosts and a Girl 1959
as Germán Pérez
Escuela de verano 1959
Actor
El que con niños se acuesta... 1959
as Chon
Vivir del cuento 1959
Actor
Ferias de México 1959
Actor
El cofre del pirata 1959
Actor
Vagabundo y Millonario 1959
as Antonio García / Andrés Aguilar
3 Lessons of Love 1959
as Germán Valadez
El pandillero 1959
Actor
¡Paso a la juventud..! 1958
Actor
School for Mothers-in-Law 1958
Actor
La odalisca No. 13 1958
Actor
Las mil y una noches 1958
Actor
Music of Always 1958
Actor
Yo quiero ser artista 1958
as Self
Refifí entre las mujeres 1958
as Refifí
Trip to the Moon 1958
as Tin Tan
Los tres mosqueteros y medio 1957
Actor
Locos Peligrosos 1957
as Federico
El gato sin botas 1957
as Agustín Tancredo (El Gato) / Don Victorio Tancredo, Producer
The Champion Cyclist 1957
as Cleto García
The Adventures of Pito Pérez 1957
as Pito Perez
Teatro del crimen 1957
as Tin Tan
El vividor 1956
Actor
El sultán descalzo 1956
as Sultán Casquillo
Lo que le pasó a Sansón 1955
as Sanson
- The Doctor of the Crazy Women
The Doctor of the Crazy Women 1955
Actor
Los líos de Barba Azul 1955
as Ricardo
El hombre inquieto 1954
as Abel Caim
The Count of Monte Cristo 1954
as Inocencio Dantes
Reportaje 1953
as Pachuco composer
El mariachi desconocido 1953
as Agustín
Dios los cría 1953
as Tin Tan, Producer
El vagabundo 1953
Actor
La isla de las mujeres 1953
Actor
Me traes de un ala 1953
as Tin Tan
The Sleeping Beauty 1952
as Triquitrán
Mi campeón 1952
as Tin Tan
Chucho El Remendado 1952
Actor
El Ceniciento 1952
as Valentin
Las locuras de Tin Tan 1952
as Tin Tan
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!! 1951
as Tin-Tan
Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me! 1951
as Tin Tan
The Troublemaker 1951
as Tin Tan
Cuando Las Mujeres Mandan 1951
Actor
Simbad el Mareado 1950
as Simbad, Original Music Composer
They also sing of pain 1950
as Tin Tan
The Mark of the Skunk 1950
as Tin
The King of the Neighborhood 1950
as Tin-Tán
¡No me defiendas, compadre! 1949
as Tin-Tan
Soy Charro de Levita 1949
as Tin Tan
Oh What Beautiful Legs! 1949
as Tin-Tán
Músico, poeta y loco 1948
Actor
El niño perdido 1947
as Tin Tan
Con la música por dentro 1947
Actor
The Noiseless Dead 1946
as Tin Tan
Song of Mexico 1945
as Tin Tan
The Naughty Son 1945
as Germán Rico / Tin Tan
Hotel de verano 1944
Actor
El que la traga la paga 1943
as Vagabundo de Playa
Credits from TMDB.