Virgil Frye(1930-2012)

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Virgil Frye in Revenge of the Ninja (1983)

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Revenge of the Ninja (1983)

Character actor Virgil Charles Frye was born on August 21, 1930 in Estherville, Iowa. A former Golden Gloves bo xing 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 bothSean FryeandSoleil 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 documentarySonny Boy (2004)made by his daughter Soleil. Frye died at a nursing home in Orange County, California on May 7, 2012.

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Known for

Easy Rider

7.2

Biker(uncredited)

1969

Colors

6.7

Sheriff Foster

1988

The Postman Always Rings Twice

6.6

Crapshooter

1981

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

5.4

Joe Grant

1976

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Actor

Bob's Night Out
6.7
- Waldo Z. Lizst
- 2004
Wild Bill
5.8
- Buffalo Hunter
- 1995
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
3.6
- Survivor
- 1995
The Nature of the Beast
6.2
- Gas station attendant
- 1995
S.F.W.
5.7
- Earl
- 1994
Children of the Dark
6.2
TV Movie
- Service Station Owner
- 1994
Man Trouble
4.7
- Sturge
- 1992
The Hot Spot
6.4
- Deputy Buck
- 1990
Pacific Palisades
3.6
- L'homme à la casquette
- 1990
The Secret of the Ice Cave
4.0
- Frank Hagen
- 1989
Trust Me
6.0
- Thug
- 1989
Dance Academy
5.7
- 1988
Colors
6.7
- Sheriff Foster
- 1988
Hunter
6.9
TV Series
- Deputy Cassell
- 1988
Werewolf
7.8
TV Series
- Drunk
- 1987

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Alternative name
- Virgil Charles Frye
Born
- August 21,1930
- Estherville, Iowa, USA
Died
- May 7,2012
- Orange County, California, USA(dementia-related illness)
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- 1 Biographical Movie

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Trivia
Had a collection of valuable stained glass windows. Even when he was between acting jobs and was in desperate need of money, he continued to refuse to sell any of them.