Germán Valdés

Germán Valdés

Acting

September 20, 1915 — June 29, 1973
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
99 movies

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.

🎬 Germán Valdés's Filmography

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Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
7.6

"Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Sim­ple­men­te, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the grea­test com­de­dian-​ac­tors in the his­tory of Me­xi­can Ci­ne­ma. He be­gan his film ca­reer du­ring the early years of what be­ca­me the Gol­den Age of Me­xi­can Ci­ne­ma. Th­roughout the ma­jo­rity of his mo­vies he plays the cha­rac­ter of a pa­chu­co; the Chi­cano/Me­xi­cano in zoot suit, th­ro­wing out the ti­ri­li ph­ra­ses and words, and jam­min the jitty-​bug. With the sty­le and the slang down to a tee, he was pi­cked up in Cd. Jua­rez Chihuahua by an ac­ting trou­pe. Tou­ring ex­ten­si­vely th­rough-​out Me­xi­co with the trou­pe lan­ded him in Me­xi­co City with film con­tracts. It was in tho­se films that Tin Tan ex­po­sed the ima­ge of the pa­chu­co, which Me­xi­can Youth adop­ted. From the de­sert bor­der-​towns of Jua­rez y El Pa­so the sty­le took off in va­rious parts of the coun­try, most no­ta­bly in Me­xi­co City

Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan

2005
Dios los cría
6.0

Mrs. Nínive Cánovas Cannesi (Marshall) comes back from a long tour visiting Europe and not even realizes that her house is being inhabited by two jobless and homeless bandits (Tin Tán and Tun Tún) with master keys who had been living there worry free. They all share the house for a period of time, unknowingly to each other, in a series of well crafted and perfectly timed scenes where Catita and Tin Tán can be in the same room without seeing each other... When Tin Tán notices her presence, poses as the help, intercepting the real employees and sending to the north pole, literally. So now that Catita has them at her service, she can take time for her real goal, the foundation of a House for old people so they can live happy until the day they die, but Tin Tán and Tun Tún keep getting in her way and complicating everything...

Dios los cría

1953
The Count of Monte Cristo
6.6

Inocencio Dante, the intendant of a bank, where the director Don Miguel and their children; Marga who spends money without control, Polo who spent on gambling, have defrauded the bank with eight hundred thousand pesos, have agreed to coax "Chencho" and make it appear as responsible for the theft. In prison, "Chencho" knows Don Facundo Farias to whom he talks about his sorrows, Don Facundo happens to be the leader of the gang that stole twenty million pesos and is the only survivor who knows the place where the money is buried. After a fight, "Chencho" is put into a cell for defending Don Facundo, he in gratitude and before dying from pneumonia advises how to escape and where to find the money.later Inocencio In the style of Count of Monte Cristo flees giving a positive spin into his life. Pleasant moments alive with sparkling, funny and comical adventures of the Viscount of Montecristo.

The Count of Monte Cristo

1954
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