Acting
Aug 31, 1931
Mexico City, Mexico
Javier Solís
Acting
Biography
Javier Solís (September 1, 1931 – April 19, 1966) was a popular Mexican singer of boleros and rancheras as well as a movie actor. Javier Solís was born Gabriel Siria Levario, the first of three children of Francisco Siria Mora, a baker/butcher, and Juana Levario Plata, a trader. Solís began his acting career in 1959 and appeared in more than 20 films, working with such artists as Pedro Armendáriz, María Victoria, Antonio Aguilar, and Lola Beltrán. His last movie, Juan Pistolas, was finished in 1965, the same year that his film, Sinful, was released. During his lifetime, he was considered a better singer than actor by his public, who rated him alongside such accomplished artists as Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante who with Solis, made up the "Three Mexican Roosters" of Mexican music and cinemas.
Feature Films (35)
After a young man is killed in an unexplored subterranean cavern and his girlfriend driven mad by something she saw there, a track found at the scene cannot be identified with any known animal and thus a scientific expedition is launched to find out just what it is that is living there.
Adventure at the Center of the Earth
Young doctor Jaime attends his father's clinic where Diana, a singer, is carried by emergency. After operating it, Jaime falls in love Diana and decides to accompany her throw artistic caravan, where replaced a singer and quarrels by jealousy with Javier, a womanizer trying to conquer Diana.
Especialista en chamacas
A young man eagerly prepares for triumph as a boxer in a neighborhood gym with the firm intention of escaping poverty to marry his girlfriend, who sings in a nightclub.
Campeón del barrio
A new Judge and Sheriff, plus support staff, come to town to clean up El Dorado's lawless ways.
La conquista de El Dorado
A story of teenage love set against the backdrop of the 60's, filmed on the picturesque tropical beaches of Puerto Rico. A classic Latino love story, asking the timeless question -- whether it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.
Los que nunca amaron
Romanticized version of Javier Solis' biography, from working-class roots to boxer to musician.
Un tipo a todo dar
Two cowboy bon vivants on the shady side of the law travel from county fair to county fair...
En Cada Feria Un Amor
Elías, a banker and the secret leader of a gang, tries to persuade Pedro—the father of young Laura and little Chava—to sell him his ranch. Five friends—the shopkeeper Trini, the blacksmith Quique, the horseman Cuco, the barber Javier, and the doctor Demetrio—serenade Laura. After her father is murdered, the five friends, encouraged by the judge, who reveals the banker’s guilt to them, disguise themselves as The Five Hawks and fight against the gang.