CHÁVEZ, MARCELO

(1911-1970)

   rotund, balding straight man to Germán Valdés "Tin Tan" from the 1940s throught the 1960s (he actually made his screen debut in 1942, before teaming with Tin Tan and appearing in Hotel de verano - Summer Hotel, 1943). Talented musician, ventriloquist, and comic who played a variety of roles - ranging from typical sidekick parts to villains - in the majority of Tin Tan's pictures.