Virgil Frye Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Virgil Frye

Virgil Frye

Acting

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 Movies

Acting

Man Trouble movie poster
MOVIE

Man Trouble

4.9(0.1K)
Man Trouble
Sturge
Nightmare in Wax movie poster
MOVIE

Nightmare in Wax

4.0(0.0K)
Nightmare in Wax
Ralph Tenier
Queen of Blood movie poster
MOVIE

Queen of Blood

5.2(0.0K)
Queen of Blood
Control Panel
Graduation Day movie poster
MOVIE

Graduation Day

5.2(0.1K)
Graduation Day
Officer MacGregor
The Hot Spot movie poster
MOVIE

The Hot Spot

6.3(0.3K)
The Hot Spot
Deputy Buck
Revenge of the Ninja movie poster
MOVIE

Revenge of the Ninja

6.3(0.2K)
Revenge of the Ninja
Lt. Dime
Sonny BoyMOVIE
MOVIE

Sonny Boy

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Sonny Boy
Self
Up from the Depths movie poster
MOVIE

Up from the Depths

3.8(0.0K)
Up from the Depths
Earl Sullivan
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype movie poster
MOVIE

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

5.2(0.0K)
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Lt. Mack Druck - 'Il Topo'
Running Hot movie poster
MOVIE

Running Hot

5.3(0.0K)
Running Hot
Ross

Production

Gallery

Virgil Frye portrait
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