# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manuel-valdes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:25:58.889Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manuel-valdes"
name: "Manuel Valdés"
slug: "manuel-valdes"
description: "Fernando Manuel Alfonso Gómez de Valdés y Castillo, known as El Loco Valdés, was a Mexican actor and comedian. A member of the Valdés family, he was the brother of Germán Valdés \"Tin-Tan\", a prolific comic film actor, and of Ramón Valdés, who portrayed Don Ramón on the sitcom El Chavo del Ocho. He was also the father of singers Cristian Castro and Marcos Valdés."
tagline: "Mexican actor and comedian (1931-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manuel_Vald%C3%A9s_2015_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-01-29"
deathDate: "2020-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.555073333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883829/"
    handle:    "nm0883829"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Vald%C3%A9s"
    title: "Manuel Valdés"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "مانويل ڤالديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Vald%C3%A9s"
    title: "Manuel Valdés"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Vald%C3%A9s_(actor)"
    title: "Manuel Valdés (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Vald%C3%A9s"
    title: "Manuel Valdés"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Vald%C3%A9s"
    title: "Manuel Valdés"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6752929"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2619736"
    title: "Manuel Valdés"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump