
Known for
Acting
Born
August 21, 1930
Birthplace
Estherville, Iowa, USA
Died
May 7, 2012 (aged 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...
2021
as Self
2004
as Self
1996
1995
as Buffalo Hunter
1995
as Survivor
1995
as Gas Station Attendant
1995
as Earl
1994
as Service Station Owner
1992
as Sturge
1990
as Deputy Buck
1990
as The Man with the Cap
1989
as Frank Hagen
1988
as Sheriff Foster
1987
1987
as Sam
1984
as Virg
1984
as The Porno Man
1984
1984
as Ross
1983
as Lt. Dime
1981
as Officer MacGregor
1981
as Cleach
1981
as Crapshooter
1980
1980
as Lt. Mack Druck - 'Il Topo'