Virgil Frye

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.

Movies with Virgil Frye

• Easy Rider 1969 · ★ 7.0
• The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981 · ★ 6.5
• Colors 1988 · ★ 6.5
• The Hot Spot 1990 · ★ 6.3
• The Missouri Breaks 1976 · ★ 6.5
• Revenge of the Ninja 1983 · ★ 6.4
• Wild Bill 1995 · ★ 5.7
• Graduation Day 1981 · ★ 5.2
• S.F.W. 1995 · ★ 5.9
• Nature of the Beast 1995 · ★ 5.9
• Man Trouble 1992 · ★ 4.9
• kid 90 2021 · ★ 6.9
• Borderline 1980 · ★ 6.0
• The Burning Bed 1984 · ★ 6.9
• Queen of Blood 1966 · ★ 5.2
• Xtro 3: Watch the Skies 1995 · ★ 4.4
• The Klansman 1974 · ★ 5.6
• Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw 1976 · ★ 4.6
• Up from the Depths 1979 · ★ 3.7
• Hot Moves 1984 · ★ 4.8
• Take This Job and Shove It 1981 · ★ 5.4
• Garden of the Dead 1972 · ★ 3.6
• Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype 1980 · ★ 5.2
• Pacific Palisades 1990 · ★ 3.4
• Nightmare in Wax 1969 · ★ 4.0
• The Cat Creature 1973 · ★ 5.4
• Winners Take All 1987 · ★ 5.8
• Dead Aim 1975 · ★ 3.6
• Deadhead Miles 1972 · ★ 6.2
• Running Hot 1984 · ★ 5.4
• Children of the Dark 1994 · ★ 6.5
• Uncle Joe Shannon 1978 · ★ 6.3
• The Jesus Trip 1971 · ★ 7.7
• The All American Hustler 1972 · ★ 4.5
• Sonny Boy 2004 · ★ 8.0
• The Limit 1972 · ★ 10.0
• The Secret of the Ice Cave 1989 · ★ 7.0
• Howzer 1973 · ★ 7.0
• Destination: America 1987