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.
Filmography
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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
La disputa
1974
Las tarántulas
1973
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
El ogro
1971
as Sabas
El Quelite
1970
as Proculo
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
1970
as Tin Tan / Tsekub Baloyán
El capitán Mantarraya
1970
Gregorio y su angel
1970
as Devil
Seis días para morir
1967
as José
Detectives o ladrones..?
1967
as Harry
El ángel y yo
1966
Loco por ellas
1966
Especialista en chamacas
1965
The Mocking Ghosts
1965
as Cyril Ludovico Churchill
Tintansón Cruzoe
1965
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965
as Man in Wax Museum