Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/21/1930
Place of Birth
Estherville, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
Virgil Charles Frye
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 Son...
Known For
Easy Rider
as Biker (uncredited)
Pacific Palisades
as The Man with the Cap
Colors
as Sheriff Foster
Borderline
Unknown Role
The Hot Spot
as Deputy Buck
The Klansman
as Johnson
Graduation Day
as Officer MacGregor
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
as Joe Grant
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Crapshooter
The Limit
as Kenny
Running Hot
as Ross
Man Trouble
as Sturge
Queen of Blood
as Control Panel
Revenge of the Ninja
as Lt. Dime
The Burning Bed
as Virg
Garden of the Dead
as Braddock
Nature of the Beast
as Gas Station Attendant
The Jesus Trip
as Folsom
Winners Take All
as Sam
Hot Moves
as The Porno Man