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Germán Valdés
Acting
Born: September 20, 1915
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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
Las locuras de Tin Tan
as Tin Tan
The Troublemaker
as Tin Tan
They also sing of pain
as Tin Tan
What a Beautiful Legs!
as Tin-Tán
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
as Himself
The King of the Neighborhood
as Tin-Tán
Mi campeón
as Tin Tan
La tijera de oro
as Pablo Emilio Campos
El hombre inquieto
as Abel Caim
Locos Peligrosos
as Federico
