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.
Bob's Night Out(2004)as Waldo Z. Lizst
Wild Bill(1995)as Buffalo Hunter
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies(1995)as Survivor
The Nature of the Beast(1995)as Gas station attendant
S.F.W.(1994)as Earl
Easy Rider(1969)
Kid 90(2021)as Self
E! True Hollywood Story(1996)as Self