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
The Klansman
as Johnson
Easy Rider
as Biker (uncredited)
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
as Joe Grant
The Hot Spot
as Deputy Buck
Man Trouble
as Sturge
Colors
as Sheriff Foster
Graduation Day
as Officer MacGregor
Nature of the Beast
as Gas Station Attendant
Winners Take All
as Sam
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Crapshooter
The Burning Bed
as Virg
The Missouri Breaks
as Woody
Borderline
Unknown Role
Running Hot
as Ross
Queen of Blood
as Control Panel
Up from the Depths
as Earl Sullivan
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Lt. Mack Druck - 'Il Topo'
The Limit
as Kenny
The Secret of the Ice Cave
as Frank Hagen
Garden of the Dead
as Braddock