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Germán Valdés

Germán Valdés

Acting • 1915-09-20 • 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.

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The King of the Neighborhood8.4

The King of the Neighborhood

1950

The Sleeping Beauty7.3

The Sleeping Beauty

1952

Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!7.8

Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!

1951

The Troublemaker7.5

The Troublemaker

1951

The Phantom of the Operetta6.8

The Phantom of the Operetta

1960

Tin Tan y las modelos6.6

Tin Tan y las modelos

1960

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