Germán Valdés

Born: 1915-09-20

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.


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The King of the Neighborhood

as Tin-Tán
Released: 1950-02-04

A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.

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House of Terror

as Casimiro
Released: 1960-06-05

Casimiro, night watchman at a wax museum of horrors, is even more sleepy than his usual laziness...

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Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!

as uncredited
Released: 1951-12-21

Tin Tan falls in love with a young woman who does not love him, but when he wins the lottery she...

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Las locuras de Tin Tan

as Tin Tan
Released: 1952-01-09

Tin-Tan wants to builds an ice cream machine.

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They also sing of pain

as Tin Tan
Released: 1950-08-31

The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off...

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The Troublemaker

as Tin Tan
Released: 1951-08-15

Well-intentioned Tin Tan who is always making trouble for other people, sometimes on purpose and...

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La tijera de oro

as Pablo Emilio Campos
Released: 1960-05-11

The charitable Emilio is a jealous barber tries to prevent at all costs the rich toting Mario...

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Trip to the Moon

as Tin Tan
Released: 1958-04-02

In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where...

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El Quelite

as Proculo
Released: 1970-12-10

Agapito, leader of the revolutionary movement of his state, comes to a town, kills all the...

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The Phantom of the Operetta

as Aldo / Baldomiro Valdes
Released: 1960-12-22

Aldo and his girlfriend Lucy reopen an abandoned opera house, but find out that the place is...

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The Mark of the Skunk

as Tin
Released: 1950-06-15

In 1840 California, The Texmelucan viscount bizco, offers a feast for his son Tin, who returned...

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The Sleeping Beauty

as Triquitrán
Released: 1952-08-29

A Mexican comedy loosely playing off of the tale of Sleeping Beauty. A caveman wakes up after a...

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¡En peligro de muerte!

as Marshall Nylon
Released: 1962-11-29

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Night of Death

as Tin Tan
Released: 1975-07-02

Someone who wears a blue mask, is squat and has giant hands are killing people and stealing...

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Song of Mexico

as Tin Tan
Released: 1945-12-28

Actress Carol Adams retires from the theater when she becomes engaged to businessman Gregory...

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Reportaje

as Pachuco composer
Released: 1953-11-13

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

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El Ceniciento

as Valentin
Released: 1952-02-08

Valentin reaches Mexico City to stay with his countrymen Marcelo and Sirenia, parents of...

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Teatro del crimen

as Tin Tan
Released: 1957-02-13

In a music hall has committed a murder, the police will also find the murderer.

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The Mocking Ghosts

as Cyril Ludovico Churchill
Released: 1965-09-30

Two fake fortune-tellers at a carnival accidentally conjure up some real ghosts.

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El mariachi desconocido

as Agustín
Released: 1953-10-30

This film is considered one of Tin Tan's funniest comedies. This time, the charismatic comedian...

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Los cacos

as El Muerto
Released: 1972-12-28

A group of Soccer-loving friends devise a plan to make easy money.

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Seis días para morir

as José
Released: 1967-11-09

Public health thriller: rabies in Mexico City.

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Me traes de un ala

as Tin Tan
Released: 1953-02-05

To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along...

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Tintansón Cruzoe

as uncredited
Released: 1965-09-30

Tin Tan is marooned on an island full of colorful natives.

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Chanoc vs. the Tiger and the Vampire

as Tsekub Baloyán
Released: 1972-02-02

Chanoc must defeat an evil vampire known as Count Frankenhausen.

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Rebelde Sin Casa

as uncredited
Released: 1960-04-18

Tin Tan interfered in a bank robbery, then got arrested when the perp.s escaped. Crooks and...

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Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!

as Tin Tan
Released: 1951-11-23

A low-class baker accidentally gets to know an attractive but bitter fiancée. By getting her...

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El vagabundo

as uncredited
Released: 1953-06-21

Homeless/unemployed dude has a spiritual awakening and rehabilitates himself working at a circus.

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Lo que le pasó a Sansón

as Sanson
Released: 1955-10-06

Comedic retelling of the events around the biblical character: Samson.

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Chanoc en las garras de las fieras

as Tin Tan / Tsekub Baloyán
Released: 1970-11-05

Comic-book adaptation: Tarzan-type in the Mexican outback.

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Tin Tan y las modelos

as uncredited
Released: 1960-07-07

Ambitious non-starter gets a job as a bill-collector at a beauty-products company and tries to...

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Face of the Screaming Werewolf

as Man in Wax Museum
Released: 1964-01-01

Experimenting in hypnotic regression to past lives, Dr. Edmund Redding of the Cowan Institute in...

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Locos Peligrosos

as Federico
Released: 1957-07-31

A cellist and a pianist, along with the daughter of the owner of a musical home, form a...

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Viva Chihuahua

as uncredited
Released: 1961-09-28

Respectable guy uses a pseudonym when he wants to cut loose in a neighboring town. A friend of...

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Vagabundo y Millonario

as Antonio García / Andrés Aguilar
Released: 1959-03-05

Tin Tan stands in as the double of a kidnapped millionaire.

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What a Beautiful Legs!

as Tin-Tán
Released: 1949-02-24

A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors...

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The Incredible Professor Zovek

as Chalo
Released: 1972-05-11

Escape-artist-mentalist-martial-arts superhero vs. mad scientist and monsters.

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Los tres mosqueteros y medio

as uncredited
Released: 1957-10-29

Spoofy adaptation of The Three Musketeers, follows the original very closely.

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Gregorio y su angel

as Devil
Released: 1970-03-05

An alcoholic janitor is fired from his job at an orphanage, and is befriended by an angel in the...

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Pilotos de la muerte

as Octano Pérez y Pérez
Released: 1962-05-02

A couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle...

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Mi campeón

as Tin Tan
Released: 1952-06-20

Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important...

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El Violetero

as Lorenzo Miguel
Released: 1960-11-24

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La mafia amarilla

as Germán
Released: 1975-05-28

Blue Demon must stop an evil chinese gang and their reign of terror.

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The Naughty Son

as Germán Rico / Tin Tan
Released: 1945-11-15

A poor young man is mistaken for a millionaire when he travels to the city to fulfill his dream...

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3 Lessons of Love

as Germán Valadez
Released: 1959-01-07

The rigid professor Germán, president of the League of Honor and Modesty, hates statues of naked...

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¡No me defiendas, compadre!

as uncredited
Released: 1949-10-29

A bungling wannabe-lawyer keeps interfering in his friend's lives; his desire to help always...

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Variedades de medianoche

as uncredited
Released: 1960-04-07

Two unknown performers try to break into television. Meanwhile, a guy that calls himself 'El...

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Las mil y una noches

as uncredited
Released: 1958-09-17

Professional story-teller falls afoul of a sultan, but saves himself from execution using the...

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El sultán descalzo

as Sultán Casquillo
Released: 1956-03-31

Jack-of-all-trades interferes in his neighbors' lives, then has to set everything straight.

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Vivir del cuento

as uncredited
Released: 1959-05-30

X has to postpone his marriage for 3 months in order to collect a huge inheritance... so he...

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El capitán Mantarraya

as uncredited
Released: 1970-10-03

Elderly sea captain charms and delights an audience of children, telling them stories about the...

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Especialista en chamacas

as uncredited
Released: 1965-12-09

Young doctor Jaime attends his father's clinic where Diana, a singer, is carried by emergency....

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Músico, poeta y loco

as uncredited
Released: 1948-05-08

An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from...

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Soy Charro de Levita

as Tin Tan
Released: 1949-06-16

Tin-Tan and his carnal Marcelo take over Carmelita baby for a few hours, and suddenly, the three...

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El gato sin botas

as Agustín Tancredo (El Gato) / Don Victorio Tancredo
Released: 1957-07-30

Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to...

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El pandillero

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-03

Gangsters kidnap the writer of a crime-drama radio program to plot their heists for them.

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School for Mothers-in-Law

as uncredited
Released: 1958-12-01

Dizzy society matron plucks a hobo out of the gutter to rehabilitate him.

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La odalisca No. 13

as uncredited
Released: 1958-10-22

The Emir of Beirutistan gets the hots for a Mexican singer and arranges to have her kidnapped....

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El hombre inquieto

as Abel Caim
Released: 1954-11-26

Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.

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Detectives o ladrones..?

as Harry
Released: 1967-06-22

Two bumbling bozos with detective licenses get hoodwinked by a pair of jewel-thieves.

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Tin-Tán El Hombre Mono

as uncredited
Released: 1963-04-01

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Dios los cría

as Tin Tan
Released: 1953-09-15

Mrs. Nínive Cánovas Cannesi (Marshall) comes back from a long tour visiting Europe and not even...

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El vividor

as uncredited
Released: 1956-07-11

Con-artist cleans up his act to score points with a new girlfriend.

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The Adventures of Pito Pérez

as Pito Perez
Released: 1957-02-23

After a long absence, a man returns to his village and recounts all his adventures with a touch...

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Acapulco 12-22

as uncredited
Released: 1975-04-24

Tourist industry dudes moonlight as karate detectives, solving crimes committed among the mod...

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Escuela de verano

as uncredited
Released: 1959-08-16

Aging lecher struggles to launch an institution of higher learning for young ladies.

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Hotel de verano

as uncredited
Released: 1944-04-13

This Musical-Comedy from Director Rene Cardona, features American actress Janice Logan as the...

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Caín, Abel... y el Otro

as uncredited
Released: 1971-09-16

Three early twenties guys in Acapulco competing for women... they end up marooned on a desert...

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Chucho El Remendado

as uncredited
Released: 1952-05-02

"Gentleman bandit" acts out ridiculous schemes to steal valuables from his society friends.

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Music of Always

as uncredited
Released: 1958-07-17

Producer, director and projectionist watch an assortment of musical numbers and brainstorm about...

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Fuerte, audaz y valiente

as uncredited
Released: 1963-06-27

Western comedy: two medicine-show guys vs. badhats.

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The Champion Cyclist

as Cleto García
Released: 1957-03-21

Cleto, a poor newspaper boy, dreamed of becoming a cyclist and inventor. His latest invention is...

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Suicídate mi amor

as uncredited
Released: 1961-08-17

Tin Tan is an eccentric wealthy man who comes across a beautiful woman who doesn't want to live...

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La isla de las mujeres

as uncredited
Released: 1953-04-15

Spoofy south-sea adventure, mostly about the hot babes.

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El niño perdido

as Tin Tan
Released: 1947-09-25

If you survive the first half with his delicious absurdity, your reward is the second half, on...

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El duende y yo

as Modesto
Released: 1961-04-20

Modesto works as clerk in the Vulcania company and aims to start a project to benefit the...

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Los líos de Barba Azul

as Ricardo
Released: 1955-01-28

A news reporter falls in love with a millionaire's young daughter, but her father tells him he...

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Con la música por dentro

as uncredited
Released: 1947-02-20

Tin-Tan disguises himself as a European Grande-Dame to insinuate himself into the lives of a...

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Two Ghosts and a Girl

as Germán Pérez
Released: 1959-10-22

Two ghosts who died in a turn-of-the-century duel and now haunt a theater attempt to help a girl...

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Las tarántulas

as uncredited
Released: 1973-07-11

From the 'Chanoc' series of comic-book adaptations: Chanoc and his entourage face off against a...

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Loco por ellas

as uncredited
Released: 1966-08-05

Starring Lorena Velazquez, German Valdes, Marcelo Chavez

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El cofre del pirata

as uncredited
Released: 1959-03-25

Bankrupt millionaire discovers a treasure map belonging to a distant ancestor.

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La disputa

as uncredited
Released: 1974-09-18

The wife of a philandering husband tries to engineer a situation in which she can photograph him...

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The Count of Monte Cristo

as Inocencio Dantes
Released: 1954-10-07

Inocencio Dante, the intendant of a bank, where the director Don Miguel and their children;...

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El Tesoro del Rey Salomon

as Tin Tan
Released: 1962-01-01

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Puerto Rico en carnaval

as uncredited
Released: 1965-01-01

Tin Tan sets off for adventure on the isle of Puerto Rico. This musical comedy takes place in...

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Ferias de México

as uncredited
Released: 1959-05-27

Itinerant card-shark with pre-teen daughter adopts an orphan boy; the children grow up and fall...

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El que la traga la paga

as Vagabundo de Playa
Released: 1943-01-01

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Tanto Amor

as René Lombardo Méndez
First aired: 2015-08-03

In this novel we will see how love struggles to survive and overcome all obstacles. The...

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Un día para vivir

as Cristian
First aired: 2021-09-06

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