Virgil Frye
Actor
- Born
- August 21, 1930 · Estherville, Iowa, USA
- Died
- May 7, 2012 (age 81)
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.
Known for
Easy Rider
June 26, 1969
The Postman Always Rings Twice
March 20, 1981
Colors
April 15, 1988
The Hot Spot
October 12, 1990
The Missouri Breaks
May 19, 1976
Revenge of the Ninja
September 7, 1983
Wild Bill
December 1, 1995
Graduation Day
May 1, 1981
S.F.W.
January 20, 1995
Nature of the Beast
October 23, 1995
Man Trouble
July 17, 1992
kid 90
March 12, 2021
Acting39
- 2021kid 90 as Self
- 2004Sonny Boy as Self
- 1995Wild Bill as Buffalo Hunter
- 1995Xtro 3: Watch the Skies as Survivor
- 1995Nature of the Beast as Gas Station Attendant
- 1995S.F.W. as Earl
- 1994Children of the Dark as Service Station Owner
- 1992Man Trouble as Sturge
- 1990The Hot Spot as Deputy Buck
- 1990Pacific Palisades as The Man with the Cap