
Germán Valdés
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1915-09-20
- Died
- 1973-06-29
- 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
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
TV Shows (3)
Movies (102)

The Incredible Professor Zovek
1972
as Chalo

The Troublemaker
1951
as Tin Tan

Reportaje
1953
as Pachuco composer

House of Terror
1960
as Casimiro

The Phantom of the Operetta
1960
as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes

The King of the Neighborhood
1950
as Tin-Tán

Hotel de verano
1944
Una estrella y dos estrellados
1960
as Tin Tan

Oh What Beautiful Legs!
1949
as Tin-Tán

The Count of Monte Cristo
1954
as Inocencio Dantes

Variedades de medianoche
1960

Locos Peligrosos
1957
as Federico

El Quelite
1970
as Proculo

Los tres mosqueteros y medio
1957

Me traes de un ala
1953
as Tin Tan

Las locuras de Tin Tan
1952
as Tin Tan

The Mark of the Skunk
1950
as Tin

Mi campeón
1952
as Tin Tan

They also sing of pain
1950
as Tin Tan
The Doctor of the Crazy Women
1955

Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire
1972
as Tsekub Baloyán

Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
1951
as Tin Tan

Trip to the Moon
1958
as Tin Tan

Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965
as Man in Wax Museum

Two Ghosts and a Girl
1959
as Germán Pérez

Tintansón Cruzoe
1965

3 Lessons of Love
1959
as Germán Valadez

El Ceniciento
1952
as Valentin

Song of Mexico
1945
as Tin Tan

The Sleeping Beauty
1952
as Triquitrán

The Champion Cyclist
1957
as Cleto García

Vagabundo y Millonario
1959
as Antonio García / Andrés Aguilar

La tijera de oro
1960
as Pablo Emilio Campos

El que con niños se acuesta...
1959
as Chon

Especialista en chamacas
1965

El mariachi desconocido
1953
as Agustín

El capitán Mantarraya
1970

Viva Chihuahua
1961
Tin Tan
2010
as Himself (Archive Footage)

El hombre inquieto
1954
as Abel Caim

Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
as Himself

El gato sin botas
1957
as Agustín Tancredo (El Gato) / Don Victorio Tancredo

La isla de las mujeres
1953

La odalisca No. 13
1958

¡No me defiendas, compadre!
1949

Fuerte, audaz y valiente
1963

¡En peligro de muerte!
1962
as Marshall Nylon

Los Cacos
1972
as El Muerto

El vividor
1956

The Naughty Son
1945
as Germán Rico / Tin Tan

El que la traga la paga
1943
as Vagabundo de Playa

Music of Always
1958

Músico, poeta y loco
1948

The Adventures of Pito Pérez
1957
as Pito Perez

Noche de muerte
1975
as Tin Tan

Teatro del crimen
1957
as Tin Tan

Suicídate mi amor
1961

Tin Tan y las modelos
1960

Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
1970
as Tin Tan / Tsekub Baloyán

Lo que le pasó a Sansón
1955
as Sanson

Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!
1951
as Tin-Tan

Pilotos de la muerte
1962
as Octano Pérez y Pérez

Refifí entre las mujeres
1958
as Refifí

The Mocking Ghosts
1965
as Cyril Ludovico Churchill

Los líos de Barba Azul
1955
as Ricardo

Simbad el Mareado
1950
as Simbad

Las tarántulas
1973

El pandillero
1959

Yo quiero ser artista
1958
as Self

Las mil y una noches
1958

Caín, Abel... y el Otro
1971

Madness from Terror
1961
as Pacifico Otero

El duende y yo
1961
as Modesto

La disputa
1974

El vagabundo
1953

Puerto Rico en carnaval
1965

Gregorio y su angel
1970
as Devil

Ferias de México
1959

El sultán descalzo
1956
as Sultán Casquillo

Acapulco 12-22
1975

¡Paso a la juventud..!
1958

School for Mothers-in-Law
1958

Seis días para morir
1967
as José

El niño perdido
1947
as Tin Tan

Dios los cría
1953
as Tin Tan

La mafia amarilla
1975
as Germán

Rebelde Sin Casa
1960

Detectives o ladrones..?
1967
as Harry

Chucho El Remendado
1952

El cofre del pirata
1959

Soy Charro de Levita
1949
as Tin Tan

El Violetero
1960
as Lorenzo Miguel

The Treasure of King Solomon
1962
as Tin Tan

Escuela de verano
1959

El ángel y yo
1966

The Noiseless Dead
1946
as Tin Tan

Vivir del cuento
1959

Tin-Tán El Hombre Mono
1963

Cuando Las Mujeres Mandan
1951

Loco por ellas
1966

El ogro
1971
as Sabas

Con la música por dentro
1947
About Germán Valdés
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. With 105 credits spanning from 1943 to 2021, Germán Valdés has appeared in 102 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Germán Valdés Movies
- The Incredible Professor Zovek (1972) — as Chalo
- The Troublemaker (1951) — as Tin Tan
- Reportaje (1953) — as Pachuco composer
- House of Terror (1960) — as Casimiro
- The Phantom of the Operetta (1960) — as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes
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