Virgil Frye

Born: 1930-08-21, Estherville, Iowa, USA

Died: 2012-05-07

Biography

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.

Filmography

• Ironside (1967)
• Hunter (1984)
• The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
• The Hot Spot (1990)
• Easy Rider (1969)
• Colors (1988)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
• Man Trouble (1992)
• Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
• Wild Bill (1995)
• E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
• The Missouri Breaks (1976)
• Running Hot (1984)
• The Burning Bed (1984)
• The Klansman (1974)
• Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)
• Hot Moves (1984)
• Winners Take All (1987)
• Queen of Blood (1966)
• Pacific Palisades (1990)
• Nature of the Beast (1995)
• Uncle Joe Shannon (1978)
• Deadhead Miles (1972)
• Xtro 3: Watch the Skies (1995)
• S.F.W. (1995)
• The Cat Creature (1973)
• Up from the Depths (1979)
• Children of the Dark (1994)
• Garden of the Dead (1972)
• Destination: America (1987)