Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1930-08-21
Day of Death
2012-05-07
Place of Birth
Estherville, Iowa, USA
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.
Filmography (37)
Sonny Boy
2004
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
1995
Nature of the Beast
1995
S.F.W.
1995
Children of the Dark
1994
Man Trouble
1992
The Hot Spot
1990
Pacific Palisades
1990
The Secret of the Ice Cave
1989
Colors
1988
Destination: America
1987
Winners Take All
1987
The Burning Bed
1984
Hot Moves
1984
