Virgil Frye
Birthday: 1930-08-21 | Place of Birth: Estherville, Iowa, USACharacter 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Deputy Buck
as Gas Station Attendant
as The Man with the Cap
as Frank Hagen
as Sam
as Ross
as The Porno Man
as Lt. Dime
as Officer MacGregor
as Lt. Mack Druck - 'Il Topo'
as Earl Sullivan
as Joe Grant
as Braddock
as Kenny
as Poggin
as Ralph Tenier
as Control Panel
