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
| Birth Location | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
|---|---|
| Born | 1915-09-20 |
| Died | 1973-06-29 |
Movies
Tin Tan
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2010
2005
Night of Death
as Tin Tan
1975
La mafia amarilla
as Germán
1975
1975
1973
Los cacos
as El Muerto
1972
The Incredible Professor Zovek
as Chalo
1972
Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire
as Tsekub Baloyán
1972
El Quelite
as Proculo
1970
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
as Tin Tan / Tsekub Baloyán
1970
Gregorio y su angel
as Devil
1970
Seis días para morir
as José
1967
Detectives o ladrones..?
as Harry
1967
1966
1966
1965
The Mocking Ghosts
as Cyril Ludovico Churchill
1965
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
as Man in Wax Museum
1964
¡En peligro de muerte!
as Marshall Nylon
1962
Pilotos de la muerte
as Octano Pérez y Pérez
1962
El Tesoro del Rey Salomon
as Tin Tan
1962
1961
1961
Madness from Terror
as Pacifico Otero
1961
El duende y yo
as Modesto
1961
The Phantom of the Operetta
as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes
1960
El Violetero
as Lorenzo Miguel
1960
Una estrella y dos estrellados
as Tin Tan
1960
House of Terror
as Casimiro
1960
La tijera de oro
as Pablo Emilio Campos
1960
1960
Two Ghosts and a Girl
as Germán Pérez
1959
1959
El que con niños se acuesta...
as Chon
1959
1959
1959
1959
Vagabundo y Millonario
as Antonio García / Andrés Aguilar
1959
3 Lessons of Love
as Germán Valadez
1959
1959
1958
1958
1958
Refifí entre las mujeres
as Refifí
1958
Trip to the Moon
as Tin Tan
1958
Locos Peligrosos
as Federico
1957
El gato sin botas
as Agustín Tancredo (El Gato) / Don Victorio Tancredo
1957
The Champion Cyclist
as Cleto García
1957
The Adventures of Pito Pérez
as Pito Perez
1957
Teatro del crimen
as Tin Tan
1957
1956
El sultán descalzo
as Sultán Casquillo
1956
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
as Sanson
1955
Los líos de Barba Azul
as Ricardo
1955
El hombre inquieto
as Abel Caim
1954
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Inocencio Dantes
1954
Reportaje
as Pachuco composer
1953
El mariachi desconocido
as Agustín
1953
Dios los cría
as Tin Tan
1953
1953
Me traes de un ala
as Tin Tan
1953
The Sleeping Beauty
as Triquitrán
1952
Mi campeón
as Tin Tan
1952
1952
El Ceniciento
as Valentin
1952
Las locuras de Tin Tan
as Tin Tan
1952
Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
as Tin Tan
1951
The Troublemaker
as Tin Tan
1951
Simbad el Mareado
as Simbad
1950
They also sing of pain
as Tin Tan
1950
The Mark of the Skunk
as Tin
1950
The King of the Neighborhood
as Tin-Tán
1950
Soy Charro de Levita
as Tin Tan
1949
What a Beautiful Legs!
as Tin-Tán
1949
1948
El niño perdido
as Tin Tan
1947
Song of Mexico
as Tin Tan
1945
The Naughty Son
as Germán Rico / Tin Tan
1945
1944
El que la traga la paga
as Vagabundo de Playa
1943
Movies
El capitán Mantarraya
Director
1970
El gato sin botas
Producer
1957
Dios los cría
Producer
1953