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Germán Valdés

Germán Valdés

Acting

Born September 20, 1915, 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

Appearances as themselves (3)
  • 2010Tin Tan — Himself (Archive Footage)
  • 2005Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan — Himself
  • 1958Yo quiero ser artista — Self