Actor
Virgil Frye
August 21, 1930 · Estherville, Iowa, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Jack Nicholson
4 titles together
Easy Rider, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Missouri Breaks
Farrah Fawcett
3 titles together
The Six Million Dollar Man, Charlie's Angels, The Burning Bed
Dennis Hopper
2 titles together
Easy Rider, Queen of Blood
Luana Anders
2 titles together
Easy Rider, The Missouri Breaks
Michael Pataki
2 titles together
Easy Rider, Graduation Day
Michael Lerner
2 titles together
The Postman Always Rings Twice, Borderline
Full filmography · 42
Wild Bill
as Buffalo Hunter
19955.7
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
as Survivor
19954.4
Nature of the Beast
as Gas Station Attendant
19955.9
S.F.W.
as Earl
19955.9
Children of the Dark
as Service Station Owner
1994
Man Trouble
as Sturge
19924.9
The Hot Spot
as Deputy Buck
19906.3
Pacific Palisades
as The Man with the Cap
1990
The Secret of the Ice Cave
as Frank Hagen
1989
Colors
as Sheriff Foster
19886.5
Destination: America
cast
1987
Winners Take All
as Sam
1987