Virgil Frye
Acting
Born 1930-08-21
Died 2012-05-07
Estherville, Iowa, USA
45 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
38 credits
Hunter
Charlie's Angels
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Hot Spot
Easy Rider
Colors
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Missouri Breaks
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
Revenge of the Ninja
Man Trouble
The Klansman
The Burning Bed
Pacific Palisades
Running Hot
Graduation Day
Queen of Blood
Hot Moves
S.F.W.
Deadhead Miles
Take This Job and Shove It
Winners Take All
The Cat Creature
Uncle Joe Shannon
Up from the Depths
Nightmare in Wax
Nature of the Beast
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Children of the Dark
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
The Jesus Trip
The Limit
Dead Aim
The Secret of the Ice Cave
Garden of the Dead
Sonny Boy
Howzer
The All American Hustler
Other credits
7 credits
Producing
1 credit
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