
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.

Ironside
TV • 1967

Hunter
TV • 1984

Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976

The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974

Cannon
TV • 1971

CHiPs
TV • 1977

The Hot Spot
MOVIE • 1990

Colors
MOVIE • 1988

Easy Rider
MOVIE • 1969

E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996

The Postman Always Rings Twice
MOVIE • 1981

Borderline
MOVIE • 1980

Running Hot
MOVIE • 1984

Revenge of the Ninja
MOVIE • 1983

Young Dan'l Boone
TV • 1977

The Klansman
MOVIE • 1974

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
MOVIE • 1976

The Missouri Breaks
MOVIE • 1976