Virgil Frye
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.
Acting
Movie
Easy Rider
as Biker (uncredited)
1969
Movie
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Crapshooter
1981
Movie
Colors
as Sheriff Foster
1988
TV
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Fred
1974
Movie
The Hot Spot
as Deputy Buck
1990
Movie
The Missouri Breaks
as Woody
1976
TV
Charlie's Angels
as Otis
1976
Movie
Revenge of the Ninja
as Lt. Dime
1983
TV
CHiPs
1977
Movie
Graduation Day
as Officer MacGregor
1981
Movie
S.F.W.
as Earl
1995
TV
Hunter
as Deputy Cassell
1984
TV
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Movie
Nature of the Beast
as Gas Station Attendant
1995
TV
Ironside
1967
Movie
Man Trouble
as Sturge
1992
Movie
Borderline
1980
Movie
The Burning Bed
as Virg
1984
Movie
Queen of Blood
as Control Panel
1966
Movie
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
as Survivor
1995
Movie
The Klansman
as Johnson
1974
Movie
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
as Joe Grant
1976
TV
Cannon
1971
Movie
Up from the Depths
as Earl Sullivan
1979
