
Acting
Manuel Valdés
Born 1931-01-29 · Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Fernando Manuel Alonso Gómez de Valdés y Castillo (21 January 1931 – 28 August 2020), better known as Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, was a Mexican actor and comedian. He was member of the Valdés family; brother of Ramón Valdés, who portrayed "Don Ramón" on the sitcom El Chavo, and Germán Valdés (a.k.a. "Tin Tan"). He was also the father of singers Cristian Castro and Marcos Valdés.
Acting credits
8.0Leo San Juan, an insecure child of nine years old, lives eternally frightened by horror stories that Nando tells his older brother. Within these stories it is 'The Legend of Nahuala', according to which, an old abandoned Casona is possessed by the spirit of an evil witch known as the Nahuala.
The Legend of the Nahuala
2007
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Chava Flores: Como lo Querías Ver
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A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved with men. But they all are in love with different guys and that complicates things.
Póker de reinas
1960
5.6Young lawyer is mistaken for music professor and goes to live at a boarding school for young women.
Dormitorio para señoritas
1960
4.7A Mexican sex comedy (fichera)
The Loving Ones
1979
7.1The Devil offers a man to help him if he can show him to love.
La pulquería
1981
7.5The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and the stinky Skunk, henchman to the Wolf.
Little Red Riding Hood
1959
8.4A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
The King of the Neighborhood
1950
5.5The Panther women are worshipers of Satan and perform rituals in their honor and sacrifice. The fighters will face them up and down the ring.
The Panther Women
1967
6.5Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.
El hombre inquieto
1954
6.2The road to glory is walked as a pack. When the Mexicanine Republic becomes the host for the World Canine Cup, the coach has one chance to put together the best team in history; but the new warriors will have to learn to put aside their differences and work as a team, to show their country that ultimate football glory is more than just a dream.
K-9 World Cup
2015
5.2Two young men go into hiding to escape from a contract killer; they put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.
Muñecas de medianoche
1979
6.3A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors sets out organize a musical starring beauties from Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in this Spanish-language comedy starring popular funnyman Tin Tan (Germán Valdés). Now, as the hapless imposter attempts to finance a musical without any money, he also discovers just how difficult it can be to juggle three beautiful starlets who all have eyes for their presumably wealthy producer. Another common English translation of the title of this film is Tender Pumpkins or Tender Little Pumpkins (although a direct translation is Baby Zucchini).
Oh What Beautiful Legs!
1949
6.8Two bumbling bozos with detective licenses get hoodwinked by a pair of jewel-thieves.
Detectives o ladrones..?
1967
5.9Elderly sea captain charms and delights an audience of children, telling them stories about the high adventures he experienced when he was young.
El capitán Mantarraya
1970
4.6The female employees at a nightclub go on a strike.
Las Tentadoras
1980
6.3A low-class baker accidentally gets to know an attractive but bitter fiancée. By getting her snobby, dead-pan family to spend some time with his scumbag friends, he changes their lives, while at the time stealing the girl's heart.
Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
1951
5.6Two hippie-identified dudebros take over the management of a bikini factory belonging to the father of one of them. Remake of A Ritmo De Twist (1962).
Bikinis y Rock
1972
6.6After regaining his manliness, he escapes from hell Satan for embezzling Secretary of infernal hacienda, being chased by a couple of poor devils good for nothing, and took refuge in the cabaret ends up working as a transvestite.
La pulquería 3: Entre ficheras anda el diablo
1984
6.0In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of them falls in love and that complicates things.
Trip to the Moon
1958
6.4To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along with his friend Narciso from the newspaper they worked, Tin Tan trying to sell a movie plot. A woman looking to buy it and Tin Tan will visit her in a gloomy mansion where a mess is unleashed.
Me traes de un ala
1953
6.8Aldo and his girlfriend Lucy reopen an abandoned opera house, but find out that the place is inhabited by a group of Phantoms.
The Phantom of the Operetta
1960
4.4Pastora Heredia is a beautiful gypsy with great character who always tries to help the needy. One day she gots the notice of the death of his grandfather, a millionaire who lived in Mexico and that since his father was angry, she knew nothing of him. However, as Pastora was his only granddaughter and sole heir of all his property, it does not hesitate to cross the pond to claim his inheritance. But once there is that Don Guillermo, grandfather, not dead.
La faraona
1956
6.3In this second part, the devil (Alfonso Zayas) returns to earth in search of a cure for his loss of masculinity; while Gerardo (Jorge Rivero), the rich and handsome character, continues to seduce his beloved.
La pulquería 2
1982