Virgil Frye

Virgil Frye

Birthday: 1930-08-21

Deathday: 2012-05-07

Place of birth: Estherville, Iowa, USA

Also known as: Virgil Charles Frye

imdb_id: nm0296901

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.

Played in movies:

Easy Rider

Score: 7.1

The Jesus Trip

Score: 7.0

Uncle Joe Shannon

Score: 7.0

The Burning Bed

Score: 6.9

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Score: 6.5

Colors

Score: 6.5

The Missouri Breaks

Score: 6.5

The Hot Spot

Score: 6.3

Revenge of the Ninja

Score: 6.2

Borderline

Score: 6.0

Nature of the Beast

Score: 5.9

Winners Take All

Score: 5.9

The Klansman

Score: 5.7

Deadhead Miles

Score: 5.5

Take This Job and Shove It

Score: 5.3

Queen of Blood

Score: 5.3

Graduation Day

Score: 5.2

The Cat Creature

Score: 5.0

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

Score: 5.0

Running Hot

Score: 4.8

Man Trouble

Score: 4.8

Xtro 3: Watch the Skies

Score: 4.5

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

Score: 4.4

Hot Moves

Score: 4.3

Up from the Depths

Score: 3.7

Garden of the Dead

Score: 3.5

Nightmare in Wax

Score: 3.4

Pacific Palisades

Score: 3.3

Dead Aim

Score: 3.2

The All American Hustler

Score: 1.0

The Secret of the Ice Cave

Score: 0.0

The Limit

Score: 0.0

Destination: America

Score: 0.0

Sonny Boy

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

E! True Hollywood Story

Score: 8.1

The Six Million Dollar Man

Score: 7.2

Hunter

Score: 7.2

Ironside

Score: 6.8

CHiPs

Score: 6.8

Charlie's Angels

Score: 6.7

Cannon

Score: 6.5

Young Dan'l Boone

Score: 5.0