Germán Valdés

Germán Valdés

Date of Birth:

Sep 20, 1915

Place of Birth:

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:

Reportaje Reportaje

1953

Tin Tan Tin Tan

2010

La disputa La disputa

1974

Los cacos Los cacos

1972

El Quelite El Quelite

1970

El vividor El vividor

1956

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