Germán Valdés

Germán Genaro Cipriano Gomez Valdés Castillo (September 19, 1915 - June 29, 1973), better known as Tin-Tan, was a Mexican actor, singer and comedian who was born in Mexico City, but grew up in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. He often displayed the pachuco dress and employed pachuco slang in many of his movies, some with his brothers Manuel "El Loco" Valdés and 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.

He usually acted with his "Carnal" (brother), Marcelo Chávez, who also accompanied Tin-Tan with a guitar. He was a very important figure during his golden years of movie making, from 1949. His 1948 movie, Calabacitas tiernas, a comedy, was chosen as one of the best in Mexican cinema.

He has the record of having kissed the most actresses in his career, some of them the beauties of their day. Some of his co-stars were Marga López and Rosita Quintana.

He was also one of several people who were originally intended to be on the front cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band but were ultimately excluded. Fact|date=June 2007 He requested that Ringo swap him for a Mexican Tree, and he did. Fact|date=June 2007

Quotes

Illustrating codeswitching wordplay: "Hey Vato, how do you say "window" in English?" (window appears verbatim in the original quote in Spanish).

He also was the voice of Baloo the bear and Thomas O'Malley the cat in the Spanish translation of the Disney films "The Jungle Book" and "The Aristocats".

Films

* "Acapulco 12-22" (1975)
* "Noche de muerte" (1975)
* "La mafia amarilla" (1975)
* "La Disputa" (1974)
* "El capitán Mantarraya" (1973)
* "Las tarántulas" (1973)
* "Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro" (1972)
* "El increíble profesor Zovek" (1972)
* "En esta cama nadie duerme" (1971)
* "Trampa para una niña" (1971)
* "Los cacos" (1971)
* "Abel y el otro Caín" (1971)
* "El ogro" (1971)
* "Gregorio y su ángel" (1970)
* "Chanoc en las garras de las fieras" (1970)
* "El quelite" (1970)
*"Duelo en El Dorado" (1969)
*"Seis días para morir" (1967)
*"Viruta y Capulina" (1967)
*"Chanoc" (1966)
*"Loco por ellas" (1966)
*"El ángel y yo" (1966)
*"Especialista en chamacas" (1965)
*"Tintansón Crusoe" (1965)
*"Puerto Rico en carnaval" (1965)
*"Los fantasmas burlones" (1965)
*"Face of the Screaming Werewolf" (1964)
*"Tin-Tan el hombre mono" (1963)
*"Fuerte, audaz y valiente" (1963)
*"El tesoro del rey Salomón" (1963)
*"¡En peligro de muerte!" (1962)
*"Pilotos de la muerte" (1962)
*"Viva Chihuahua" (1961)
*"Locura de terror" (1961)
*"¡Suicídate, mi amor!" (1961)
*"El duende y yo" (1961)
*"El pandillero" (1961)
*"Tin-Tan y las modelos" (1960)
*"Rebelde sin casa" (1960)
*"Variedades de medianoche" (1960)
*"Vivir del cuento" (1960)
*"La casa del terror" (1960)
*"El fantasma de la opereta" (1960)
*"El violetero" (1960)
*"Una estrella y dos estrellados" (1960)
*"La tijera de oro" (1960)
*"Vagabundo y millonario" (1959)
*"Escuela de verano" (1959)
*"Dos fantasmas y una muchacha" (1959)
*"El que con niños se acuesta" (1959)
*"Ferias de México" (1959)
*"Tres lecciones de amor" (1959)
*"El cofre del pirata" (1959)
*"Paso a la juventud" (1958)
*"Música de siempre" (1958)
*"Quiero ser artista" (1958)
*"Viaje a la luna" (1958)
*"Refifi entre las mujeres" (1958)
*"Escuela para suegras" (1958)
*"Las mil y una noches (película)" (1958)
*"La odalisca No. 13" (1958)
*"Locos peligrosos" (1957)
*"Teatro del crimen" (1957)
*"Las aventuras de Pito Pérez" (1957)
*"Los tres mosqueteros y medio" (1957)
*"El gato sin botas" (1957)
*"El campeón ciclista" (1957)
*"El médico de las locas" (1956)
*"El vividor" (1956)
*"El sultán descalzo" (1956)
*"Lo que le pasó a Sansón" (1955)
*"El barba azul" (1955)
*"El hombre inquieto" (1954)
*"El vizconde de Montecristo" (1954)
*"Me traes de un ala" (1953)
*"Reportaje (película)" (1953)
*"Dios los cría" (1953)
*"La isla de mujeres" (1953)
*"El mariachi desconocido" (1953)
*"El vagabundo" (1953)
*"Chucho el remendado" (1952)
*"El bello durmiente" (1952)
*"El ceniciento" (1952)
*"¡¡¡Mátenme porque me muero!!!" (1951)
*"Cuando las mujeres mandan" (1951)
*"¡Ay, amor, cómo me has puesto!" (1951)
*"El revoltoso" (1951)
*"Simbad el mareado" (1950)
*"También de dolor se canta" (1950)
*"La marca del zorrillo" (1950)
*"El rey del barrio" (1950)
*"Soy charro de levita" (1949)
*"Calabacitas tiernas" (1949)
*"No me defiendas, compadre" (1949)
*"Músico, poeta y loco" (1948)
*"Con la música por dentro" (1947)
*"El niño perdido" (1947)
*"Hay muertos que no hacen ruido" (1946)
*"Song of Mexico" (1945)
*"El hijo desobediente" (1945)
*"Hotel de verano" (1944)

External links

* [http://www.supermexicanos.com/tintan/ Tin-Tan at Super Mexicanos]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848910/ Germán Valdés at imdb]