Virgil Frye
Birthday
1930/08/21
Day of death
2012/05/07 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Estherville, Iowa, USA
Also know as
Virgil Charles 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 Dis...Read more
Acting
(1992) Man Trouble
as Sturge
(1969) Nightmare in Wax
as Ralph Tenier
(1966) Queen of Blood
as Control Panel
(1981) Graduation Day
as Officer MacGregor
(1990) The Hot Spot
as Deputy Buck
(1983) Revenge of the Ninja
as Lt. Dime
(2004) Sonny Boy
as Self
(1979) Up from the Depths
as Earl Sullivan
(1980) Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Lt. Mack Druck - 'Il Topo'
(1984) Running Hot
as Ross
(1978) Uncle Joe Shannon
as Physical Therapist
(1988) Colors
as Sheriff Foster
(1971) Dead Aim
as Poggin
(1971) The Jesus Trip
as Folsom
(1969) Easy Rider
as Biker (uncredited)
(1981) Take This Job and Shove It
as Cleach
(1987) Destination: America
as ---
(1984) Hot Moves
as The Porno Man
(1972) The Limit
as Kenny
(1995) Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
as Survivor
(1972) Garden of the Dead
as Braddock
(1995) Nature of the Beast
as Gas Station Attendant
(1973) The Cat Creature
as Donovan
(1990) Pacific Palisades
as The Man with the Cap
(1972) The All American Hustler
as Yoga Guy (uncredited)
(1981) The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Crapshooter
(1987) Winners Take All
as Sam
(1976) Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
as Joe Grant
(1976) The Missouri Breaks
as Woody
(1972) Deadhead Miles
as Trouble Maker
(1980) Borderline
as ---
(1984) The Burning Bed
as Virg
(1989) The Secret of the Ice Cave
as Frank Hagen
(1974) The Klansman
as Johnson
(1977) CHiPs
as ---
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1976) Charlie's Angels
as Otis
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1984) Hunter
as Deputy Cassell
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1977) Young Dan'l Boone
as ---
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Fred