Virgil Frye (21-08-1930, Estherville, Iowa, USA)

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.

• Sonny Boy
  Sonny Boy
  2004
• Nature of the Beast
  1995
• Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
  1995
• La gatta e la volpe
  1992

  5.5/10 2 voti
• Pacific Palisades
  1990
• The Hot Spot
  1990

  6.1/10 9 voti
• The Secret of the Ice Cave
  1989
• Colors - colori di guerra
  1988

  6.6/10 26 voti
• Destination: America
  1987
• Winners Take All
  1987
• Hot Moves
  1984
• Running Hot
  1984
• The Burning Bed
  1984
• Ninja, la furia umana
  1983
• Graduation Day
  1981
• Il postino suona sempre due volte
  1981

  6.7/10 85 voti
• Take This Job and Shove It
  1981
• Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
  1980
• L'uomo del confine
  1980
• Up from the Depths
  1979
• Uncle Joe Shannon
  1978
• Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
  1976
• Missouri
  1976

  6.9/10 16 voti
• The Klansman
  1974
• The Cat Creature
  1973
• Deadhead Miles
  1972
• Garden of the Dead
  1972
• The All American Hustler
  The All American Hustler
  1972
• The Limit
  1972
• Dead Aim
  1971
• The Jesus Trip
  1971
• Easy Rider
  1969

  7.4/10 295 voti
• Nightmare in Wax
  1969
• Queen of Blood
  1966

• Easy Rider
  1969

  7.4/10 295 voti

• The All American Hustler
  The All American Hustler
  1972