About Fernando Soler
Lived 1896 – 1979 (aged 83). Fernando Soler was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor, radio personality and film actor.
Fernando Díaz Pavia (24 May 1896 – 25 October 1979), better known by the stage name Fernando Soler, was a Mexican actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He was considered one of the most important figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In his career spanning over sixty years, Soler appeared as an actor in more than one hundred motion pictures.
Early life Fernando Soler was born in Saltillo, Coahuila as Fernando Díaz Pavía on 24 May 1896 to Domingo Díaz García and Irene Pavía Soler. He was the elder brother of Andrés Soler, Domingo Soler, Julián Soler, and Mercedes Soler. His family is known as the Soler Dynasty.
He was the uncle of the deceased actors Alejandro Ciangherotti and Fernando Luján.
Selected filmography When Do You Commit Suicide? (1932) Por mis pistolas (1938) Poor Devil (1940) To the Sound of the Marimba (1941) El verdugo de Sevilla (1942) My Memories of Mexico (1944) The Operetta Queen (1946) The Great Madcap (1949) A Family Like Many Others (1949) The Black Sheep (1949) Las tandas del principal (1949) Yo quiero ser tonta (1950) Orange Blossom for Your Wedding (1950) You Shall Not Covet Thy Son's Wife (1950) The Cry of the Flesh (1951) Sensuality (1951) My Wife Is Not Mine (1951) So Loved Our Fathers (1964) Seis Días para Morir (La Rabia) (1967) Poor But Honest (1973)
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Who was Fernando Soler?
Mexican actor and film director (1896-1979)
When was Fernando Soler born?
Fernando Soler was born on 24 May 1896 in Saltillo.
When did Fernando Soler die?
Fernando Soler died on 24 October 1979 in Mexico City.
What was Fernando Soler's occupation?
Fernando Soler was a film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor, radio personality and film actor.
What nationality was Fernando Soler?
Fernando Soler was Mexican.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Fernando Soler. https://biography.guide/fernando-soler/
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