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.
Known For
All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies.
Escuela para solteras
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
Cowboy heroics. With masks on.
Los forajidos
Fiero is hired to assassinate the newly-elected civilian president of San Pedro. His employers are a group of generals, threatened by the liberal sympathies of the new president-elect. The generals, having killed Fiero's father years ago, trick Fiero into thinking he is working for the leftist People's Party. Meanwhile, a CIA agent is sent stop to the assassination. It's a race against time as the agent must stop the HOUR OF THE ASSASSIN.
Hour of the Assassin
Cowboy justice, Five-avenger team up. #2 in series of two.
Vuelven los cinco halcones
Two older-generation taxi drivers get involved with chicks from a rock-n-roll coffeehouse.
Amor a ritmo de go go
College professor has mid-life crisis, gets mixed up with prostitutes and gangsters.
El pecador
Ranchera comedy: three guys compete for the farmer's daughter.
Los tres salvajes
Woman swears to avenge her brother's murder.. Then she falls in love with the murderer, before discovering that he's the one.
Los hermanos Muerte
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
Three priests resort to desperate long-shots (like quiz-shows) to raise money for their parish.
Los tres mosqueteros de Dios
Picaresque adventures of two small-time crooks, ligging around on the periphery of the Mexican revolution.
Juan Pistolas
Singing duo waiting for their big break, committing petty crimes to get by. Adopting a baby and meeting a priest's niece are civilizing influences.
Rateros último modelo
Juan Sin Fiedo (Javier Solis), Juan Colorado (Antonio Aguilar), Juan Pistolas (Luis Aguilar) and Juan Charrasqueado join their destinies during the Mexican Revolution.
Los Cuatro Juanes
Two cowboy bon vivants on the shady side of the law travel from county fair to county fair...
En Cada Feria Un Amor
Three tomboyish farm-girls meet mens and start developing their girly sides.
Tres balas perdidas
A sailor decides to marry his girlfriend, but her boss is in love with her and orders a beating for her boyfriend. Once the sailor regains consciousness, he is accused of murder and must flee. Once he gets to the port, however, he is beaten again, losing his memory as a consequence.
Caña brava
An anxious father wants to trap the Sanchez brothers into marrying his two daughters.
Los Sánchez deben morir
Buddy movie about aviators.