Virgil Frye

Known for ActingBorn 1930-08-21Died 2012-05-07Estherville, Iowa, USA

Character actor Virgil Charles Frye was born on August 21, 1930 in Estherville, Iowa. A former Golden Gloves boxing champion, Frye worked in the cornfields in Iowa and was active in the civil rights movement in Alabama before he first began acting in films and TV shows in the mid-1960's. Virgil often played either tough guys or police officers. The father of both Sean Frye and Soleil Moon Frye, Frye also ran his own successful acting school in the Hollywood Hills. Virgil suffered from Pick's Disease or Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in his latter years and was the subject of the documentary Sonny Boy (2004) made by his daughter Soleil. Frye died at a nursing home in Orange County, California on May 7, 2012.Read more

Movies & web series

The Limit

Uncle Joe Shannon

E! True Hollywood Story

Sonny Boy

The Jesus Trip

The Six Million Dollar Man

Hunter

The Secret of the Ice Cave

Young Dan'l Boone

Easy Rider

The Burning Bed

Howzer

CHiPs

Ironside

Charlie's Angels

Children of the Dark

Colors

Cannon

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Missouri Breaks

The Hot Spot

Revenge of the Ninja

S.F.W.

Nature of the Beast

Borderline

Deadhead Miles

Winners Take All

The Klansman

Take This Job and Shove It

The Cat Creature

Running Hot

Graduation Day

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

Queen of Blood

Man Trouble

Hot Moves

Xtro 3: Watch the Skies

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

The All American Hustler

Nightmare in Wax

Up from the Depths

Pacific Palisades

Dead Aim

Garden of the Dead

Destination: America