Virgil Frye
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Crapshooter 1981
Colors
as Sheriff Foster 1988
The Hot Spot
as Deputy Buck 1990
The Missouri Breaks
as Woody 1976
Revenge of the Ninja
as Lt. Dime 1983
Graduation Day
as Officer MacGregor 1981
S.F.W.
as Earl 1995
Man Trouble
as Sturge 1992
Nature of the Beast
as Gas Station Attendant 1995
The Burning Bed
as Virg 1984
Borderline
1980
Queen of Blood
as Control Panel 1966
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
as Survivor 1995
The Klansman
as Johnson 1974
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
as Joe Grant 1976
Up from the Depths
as Earl Sullivan 1979