Javier Solís

Acting

Javier Solís

Born — Died

1931-09-01 — 1966-04-19

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

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 Ne…

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 33 titles

Diablos en el cielo poster
6.0

Buddy movie about aviators.

Diablos en el cielo

1965

Un tipo a todo dar poster
5.8

Romanticized version of Javier Solis' biography, from working-class roots to boxer to musician.

Un tipo a todo dar

1963

Un callejón sin salida poster
6.2

A shady character takes over as owner/manager of a nightclub, conflicts evolve.

Un callejón sin salida

1965

La conquista de El Dorado poster
5.9

A new Judge and Sheriff, plus support staff, come to town to clean up El Dorado's lawless ways.

La conquista de El Dorado

1965

No artwork available
6.4

Three priests resort to desperate long-shots (like quiz-shows) to raise money for their parish.

Los tres mosqueteros de Dios

1967

México de mi corazón poster
7.8

Two Mexican-American gals in LA win a vacation in Mexico City in a talent show.

México de mi corazón

1964

Los Sánchez deben morir poster
6.0

An anxious father wants to trap the Sanchez brothers into marrying his two daughters.

Los Sánchez deben morir

1966

Los bárbaros del norte poster
6.0

Townsfolk expect that when the dead sheriff's son comes home, people will quit doing crimes... but he turns out to be an inept comedian type bozo guy.

Los bárbaros del norte

1962

Campeón del barrio poster
6.0

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

1964

No artwork available
6.2

Gloomy, fatalistic grown-up western.

Camino de la horca

1962

Adventure at the Center of the Earth poster
6.0

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

1965

El hombre de la furia poster
5.4

Adventure story,. set in the Venezuelan jungles.

El hombre de la furia

1966

El pecador poster
4.0

College professor has mid-life crisis, gets mixed up with prostitutes and gangsters.

El pecador

1965

Agarrando parejo poster
5.5

Two young ladies hire bodyguards. Romance blooms.

Agarrando parejo

1964

Fuerte, audaz y valiente poster
5.8

Western comedy: two medicine-show guys vs. badhats.

Fuerte, audaz y valiente

1963

En Cada Feria Un Amor poster
6.3

Two cowboy bon vivants on the shady side of the law travel from county fair to county fair...

En Cada Feria Un Amor

1961

No artwork available
5.8

Cowboy justice, Five-avenger team up. #2 in series of two.

Vuelven los cinco halcones

1962

Los hermanos Muerte poster
5.6

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

1965

Juan Pistolas poster
5.0

Picaresque adventures of two small-time crooks, ligging around on the periphery of the Mexican revolution.

Juan Pistolas

1966

Escuela para solteras poster
8.0

All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies.

Escuela para solteras

1965

Los Cuatro Juanes poster
7.2

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

1966

Sangre en la barranca poster
5.3

An innocent love withers when a terrible truth is uncovered.

Sangre en la barranca

1963

Más allá del Orinoco poster
NR

Adventure movie directed by Fernando Orozco, written by Manuel de la Pedrosa and filmed in the Venezuelan Llanos.

Más allá del Orinoco

1966

No artwork available
5.8

Ranchera comedy: three guys compete for the farmer's daughter.

Los tres salvajes

1966

Los cinco halcones poster
5.4

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.

Los cinco halcones

1962

Tres balas perdidas poster
5.2

Three tomboyish farm-girls meet mens and start developing their girly sides.

Tres balas perdidas

1961

No artwork available
5.8

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

1967

El jinete enmascarado poster
6.7

Horseman. With a mask on. First in a series, "El Norteño."

El jinete enmascarado

1961

Rateros último modelo poster
6.0

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

1965

Amor a ritmo de go go poster
5.7

Two older-generation taxi drivers get involved with chicks from a rock-n-roll coffeehouse.

Amor a ritmo de go go

1966

No artwork available
5.4

Cowboy heroics. With masks on.

Los forajidos

1962

Caña brava poster
6.2

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

1965

Especialista en chamacas poster
6.7

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

1965