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.

Filmography

• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1995Nature of the Beast — Gas Station Attendant
• 1995S.F.W. — Earl
• 1995Wild Bill — Buffalo Hunter
• 1995Xtro 3: Watch the Skies — Survivor
• 1994Children of the Dark — Service Station Owner
• 1992Man Trouble — Sturge
• 1990Pacific Palisades — The Man with the Cap
• 1990The Hot Spot — Deputy Buck
• 1989The Secret of the Ice Cave — Frank Hagen
• 1988Colors — Sheriff Foster
• 1987Destination: America
• 1987Winners Take All — Sam
• 1984Hot Moves — The Porno Man
• Hunter — Deputy Cassell
• 1984Running Hot — Ross
• 1984The Burning Bed — Virg
• 1983Revenge of the Ninja — Lt. Dime
• 1981Graduation Day — Officer MacGregor
• 1981Take This Job and Shove It — Cleach
• 1981The Postman Always Rings Twice — Crapshooter
• 1980Borderline
• 1980Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype — Lt. Mack Druck - 'Il Topo'
• 1979Up from the Depths — Earl Sullivan
• 1978Uncle Joe Shannon — Physical Therapist
• CHiPs
• Young Dan'l Boone
• 1976Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw — Joe Grant
• Charlie's Angels — Otis
• 1976The Missouri Breaks — Woody
• 1975Dead Aim — Poggin
• 1974The Klansman — Johnson
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Fred
• 1973Howzer — Joe Day
• 1973The Cat Creature — Donovan
• 1972Deadhead Miles — Trouble Maker
• 1972Garden of the Dead — Braddock
• 1972The All American Hustler — Yoga Guy (uncredited), Producer
• 1972The Limit — Kenny
• Cannon
• 1971The Jesus Trip — Folsom
• 1969Easy Rider — Biker (uncredited), Makeup Artist
• 1969Nightmare in Wax — Ralph Tenier
• Ironside
• 1966Queen of Blood — Control Panel

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2021kid 90 — Self
• 2004Sonny Boy — Self