
1970
El capitán Mantarraya
Elderly sea captain charms and delights an audience of children, telling them stories about the high adventures he experienced when he was young.
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Acting
Born
1915-09-20 · 57 yrs
Died
1973-06-29
From
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Known for
Acting
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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