German Valdes

Germán Cipriano Teodoro Gómez Valdés y Castillo (Mexico City, September 19, 1915-Mexico City, June 29, 1973), known as Tin Tan, was a Mexican actor, singer and comedian.

Biography and career

Germán Cipriano Teodoro Gómez Valdés y Castillo was born on September 19, 1915 in Mexico City. His father, who was a customs guard, was sent to the port of Veracruz, where he spent the next two years of his life; after him, he moved to the border city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, where he lived the first years of his childhood and went to work at the local radio station XEJ. The image of the pachuco at that time was very marginalized by society, which could not deny its existence and importance in a Mexico increasingly influenced by the culture of the United States. In 1945, the controversial character played by Germán, harshly criticized by José Vasconcelos and publicly defended by Salvador Novo and José Revueltas, finally made it to the cinema, with the film The Disobedient Son.^{[< i>citation required]}

In 1943, Paco Miller joined his company in Mexico, and later named it Tin Tan, launching him to stardom.

His most famous recording was the song "Bonita" by Luis Arcaraz, who once declared that he owed the best interpretation of his work to the pachuco comedian. The song is sung by the great comedian in the film Musician, Poet and Loco, in his desire to make the character played by his co-star in the film, the actress Meche Barba, fall in love. Equally memorable is his interpretation of & # 34; With you & # 34;, in El rey del barrio , this time searching in the fiction of the story for the heart of his neighbor Carmelita (Silvia Pinal). The song "Singing in the bathroom" is also famous.^{[citation needed]}

Valdés next to his brother Antonio, c.1960s.

The season in the nightclub lasted several years with constant success, which caught the attention of the film producers of the time. It did not take long for him to be invited by René Cardona to do a small sketch in the film Hotel de Verano (1943) and a small participation in the Mexican-American co-production Song Of Mexico (1944).

His first five works in the cinema were made by the director Humberto Gómez Landero between 1945 and 1947, but the definitive consecration would come when he began working with the director Gilberto Martínez Solares, starting with Tender pumpkins, becoming along with Cantinflas the most valued comedian in the country. He made an inseparable team with high-quality comedians, including Marcelo Chávez (his carnal), Famie Kauffmann & # 34; Vitola & # 34;, the actor José René Ruiz Martínez & # 34; Tun Tun & # 3. 4; and his brothers Ramón and Manuel. Among his most memorable scenes are those starring alongside Pedro Infante in the latter's film También de dolor se canta , which is a classic of Mexican cinema. Likewise, the film version of the novel by José Rubén Romero La vida inútil de Pito Pérez, together with Andrés Soler, Anabel Gutiérrez and Eduardo Alcaraz, is also memorable; brought to the screen with the title The adventures of Pito Pérez.

In the 1960s he began to sacrifice quality for quantity in his art and his performances lost the freshness and magic of his beginnings, leading him to fall more and more into secondary roles in movies of little consequence. However, at this time he still shines with the unforgettable dubbing of the bear & # 34; Baloo & # 34; in The Jungle Book, the narration of Katrina and the two rivals Walt Disney Studios cartoon version of the northern legend Sleepy Hollow, towards the beginning of the fifties, perhaps the oldest in the cinema.

Illness and death

Valdés suffered from hepatitis for several years. On June 29, 1973, he died at the age of 57 in Mexico City, due to a hepatic coma derived from pancreatic cancer. suffer this last disease, which was already in its final stage. The only ones who knew about her were her relatives, who decided not to let him know so as not to mortify him.Her body was buried in the Garden Pantheon, located in the same City.

It has even been said that he also died in poverty, and that his wife Rosalía and their children could only keep a life insurance of 40 thousand pesos granted by the National Association of Actors (ANDA), this due to that the actor no longer had money for the treatments he underwent to try to stop his illnesses.

Legacy

Due to his characteristic pachuco wardrobe in several of his films, Tin Tan, as Valdés is best known, is a characteristic figure of that counterculture, in addition to being baptized and known as "Elvis Presley de los Pachucos" » due to his help popularizing them in Mexico and being a pioneer within the dance, something essential that a pachuco must know how to perform.

One of the statues made in honor of Valdés located in Ciudad Juárez, represented with his character "Tin Tan".

There are some statues erected in honor of Valdés being represented with his character "Tin Tan" that are located in Mexico City, Ciudad Juárez, and Acapulco. His daughter, Rosalía Valdés, wrote and released a book titled The Unpublished Story of Tin Tan, which talks about his artistic and personal life.

In the video for the song "Así es la vida", by the group Elefante, there are fragments of films made by Valdés with his character "Tin Tan". The band Maldita Vecindad was based on Valdés to write the song « Pachuco", titled in this way in honor of him.

In 2002, a compilation album was released with the most representative songs of Valdés together with his musical partner, Marcelo Chávez.

At the end of 2005, the Mexican group Maldita Vecindad released an album in homage to Valdés entitled Viva Tin Tan.

In 2010, the posthumous and biographical documentary about his life entitled Tin Tan (2010) directed by Francesco Taboada Tabone was made.

Filmography

Valdés in 1953.

The Valdés brothers; Ramon (gray work, first to the left), Antonio (camisa to cadres), Germán (gray work, in the center) and Manuel (black work, last in the second row to the right) in 1958.

Valdés next to Elvira Quintana in Tintansón CruZoe (1965).

Dubbing

• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Lord Sapo - Narrator, Ichabod Crane, Bon Fornido (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) (1949)
• The Book of the Jungle - Baloo (1967)
• The aristogates - Thomas O'Malley (1970)

Movies

• Captain Mantarraya (1973).... Captain Mantarraya. He produced and starred this film, the last one he appeared in.
• Night of death (1972).... Germán
• The yellow mob (1972).... Germán
• The dispute (1972).... Lorenzo Rocadura
• Acapulco 12-22 (1971... Pirate, wiper
• Chanoc against the tarantulas (1971... Tsekub Baloyán
• Chanoc against tiger and vampire (1971... Tsekub Baloyán
• The amazing professor Zovek (1971... Chalo
• The Coats (Once to Assault) (1971... The Dead
• No one sleeps in these beds! (1970).... Salame
• Chanoc in the clutches of the beasts (1970).... Tsekub Baloyán
• Cain, Abel and the other (1970).... Oscar Latorre
• Trap for a girl (1969). Merolico (coproduction with Guatemala)
• The quelite (1969). Proposed
• The ogre (1969). Sabás (coproduction with Guatemala)
• Duel in El Dorado (1969). Compadre Barrera
• Six days to die (1966).... José
• Gregorio and his angel (1966).... Carlos (co-production with the United States)
• The angel and me (1966).... Rite
• Detectives or thieves (1966).... Harry.
• Crazy for them. (1965).... Angel Macías/Alberto Macías/padre de Ángel y Alberto (coproduction with Venezuela)
• Specialist in shaves (1965).
• Tintansón Crusoe (1964).... Tin Tan Cruz
• Puerto Rico en carnival (1964).... (Puerto Rican production, filmed appearance without your consent)
• The burial ghosts (1964).... Ludovico Churchill
• Face of the Screaming Werewolf (directed by Jerry Warren, combining scenes from the film The House of Terror –Gilberto Martínez Solares, 1959– and Warren’s 1963 titled Attack of the Mayan Mummy(1964)
• The Treasure of King Solomon (Tin So the Monkey Man) (1962)
• Strong, bold and courageous (1962).... León
• In danger of death! (1962).... marshall Nylon
• Death pilots (Twist Helmets) (1962).... Octano Pérez
• Long live Chihuahua! (1961).... Germán Terrazas "El Chihuahua"
• Suicide, my love! (1961).... Raúl González
• The elve and I (1961).... Modesto Fauno
• Madness of terror (1960).... Pacific
• The violet (1960).... Lorenzo Miguel Arroyo
• Varieties of midnight (1960).... Germán Gómez "El Trompas"
• The ghost of the opera (1959).... Aldo o Valdovino Valdés
• One star and two star (1959).... Tin Tan
• The House of Terror (1959).... Casimiro
• The gangbanger (1959).... Pepe Alvarez del Monte
• Tin Tan and models (Model School) (1959).... Alonso Marcos Chimalpoca
• The gold scissors (1958).... Emilio Campos
• Fairs of Mexico (1958).... Tin Tan (musical intervention)
• Summer School (1958).... Casimiro
• Vagabundo and millionaire (1958).... Tony García/Andrés Aguilar
• Three lessons of love (1958).... Professor Germán Valadez/Casanova/Nerón
• The chest of the pirate (1958).... Germán de las Altas Torres y Pérez
• Music of always (1958).... Tin Tan (musical intervention)
• Living the story (1958).... Chóforo or Cristóforo Pérez
• Two ghosts and a girl (1958).... Germán Pérez
• A thousand and a night (1958).... Ben Akih/Selim/Yamaní/Nuredín Valdés
• Step to youth (1957).... Casimiro Rosado
• Journey to the moon (1957).... Nicolás Pérez
• Rebel without home (1957).... Tedoro Silva
• The one that sleeps with children (1957).... Chon o Encarnación Bernal de González y de la Martínez
• Odalisca #13 (1957).... Ink
• Dangerous animals (1957).... Federico
• Trust among women (1956).... Trust
• The Adventures of Pito Pérez (1956).... Pito Pérez
• Cycling champion (1956)
• The three musketeers and a half (1956).... D'Artagnan
• School for Recipients (1956).... Tin Tan
• The Crime Theatre (1956).... Tin Tan (special performance)
• Cat without boots (1956).... Agustín Tancredo "El Gato"/Don Victorio, Colonel
• Cycling champion (1956).... Cleto García
• The crazy doctor (1955).... Apolonio Borrego
• The living room (1955).... Atilano Valdés
• What happened to Samson! (1955).... Tin Tan/Sansón
• The Blue Barba messes (1954). Ricardo Martínez
• The sultan barefoot (1954). Sultan Casquillo
• The restless man (1954). Germán Valdés
• The Viscount of Montecristo (1954). Inocencio Dantés
• Report (1953).... Pachuco Composer
• Tin Tan in Havana (the unknown mariachi) (1953).... Agustín/Kiko Guanabacoa
• God raises them (1953).... Tin Tan
• The tramp (1953).... The Chiva
• You bring me a wing! (1952). Tin Tan
• The island of women (1952). Tin Tan or Totí
• The Cinderella (1952). Gay
• The beautiful Sleeping (1951).... Triki Tran
• The Insanity of Tin Tan (1951).... Tin Tan
• My champion (1951).... Tin Tan (musical intervention)
• Chucho the amended (Continuation of "The Cinderella") (1951).... Gay
• Kill me because I die! (1951).... Tin Tan
• The rebellious (1951).... Tin Tan
• When women rule (1950).... Tin Tan (musical intervention) (Cuban production)
• Also pain is sung (1950).... Tin Tan (special performance)
• Oh, love, how you put me! (1950).... Tin Tan
• Silent the tide (1950).... Simbad
• The Zorrillo brand (1950).... vizconde Martín de Texmelucan/Tin "El Zorrillo"
• Two fabulous characters (1949).... Tin Tan (musical intervention) (American production, Spanish version)
• The king of the neighborhood (1949).... Tin Tan
• Don't defend me, buddy! (1949).... Tin Tan
• I'm a levita's puddle. (1949).... Tin Tan
• How nice legs! (1948).... Tin Tan
• Musical, poet and mad (1947).... Tin Tan
• The lost child (1947).... Agustín o Tincito Peón Torre y Rey
• There are dead that don't make noise (1946).... Innocent Santos, Tin Tan
• With the music inside (1946).... Diego, Tin Tan
• The disobedient son (1945).... Tin Tan
• Song of Mexico (Canción de México) (1945).... Tin Tan (musical intervention) (American production)
• Summer Hotel (1943).... Tin Tan (musical intervention)
• The one who swallows it, the pay (1943)... vagabond (like "La Chiva")