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Virgil Frye
Born: 21st Aug 1930 Estherville, Iowa, USA - Died 7th May 2012
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 45
Film: 37 (82%)
Television: 8 (18%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Mystery, Western, Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Filmography
2004
Actress-Director Soleil Moon Frye's second work focuses on her often troubled relationship with her father actor Virgil Frye who suffers on Alzheimer' ... view
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Self
Aug 1996 (first aired)
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known pub ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1995
Marines on a deserted island are ordered to defuse bombs, but then an alien creature terrorizes them. ... view
Character:
Survivor
1995
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert. ... view
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Gas Station Attendant
1995
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to the ... view
Character:
Earl
1994
The true story of parents who discover that their two young daughters have a genetic disease that makes it fatal for them to be exposed to ordinary li ... view
Character:
Service Station Owner
1992
A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from one of his clients. ... view
Character:
Sturge
1990
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank. ... view
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Deputy Buck
1990
A woman from Paris, Bernadette, comes to the United States after being promised a job. When she arrives, however, she learns that she is a victim to a ... view
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The Man with the Cap
1989
A group of treasure-seekers embark on a expedition into high adventure as they race to discover what's really located in the mysterious ice cave. ... view
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Frank Hagen
1988
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enfor ... view
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Sheriff Foster
1987
A patrician family's estranged, black-sheep son forsakes his blue-collar life to return home and soon finds himself wrongly accused of his father's mu ... view
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1987
Billy Robinson has become the hottest hot-rodder on the professional motorcycle-racing circuit. But when he returns in triumph to his hometown to bask ... view
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Sam
1984
An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes he ... view
Character:
Virg
1984
Four friends, annoyed at how almost everyone else they know is having sex but them, agree to do what they can to help each other lose their virginity ... view
Character:
The Porno Man
Sep 1984 (first aired)
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. D ... view
Character:
Deputy Cassell (1 ep.)
1984
A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute. ... view
Character:
Ross
1983
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war. ... view
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Lt. Dime
1981
After the death of a high school track star during a race, a mysterious killer in a fencing mask begins murdering her friends and teachers. ... view
Character:
Officer MacGregor
1981
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work. ... view
Character:
Cleach
1981
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. ... view
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Crapshooter
1980
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of ... view
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1980
An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil-may-care (but violent) ladies' man. ... view
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Lt. Mack Druck - 'Il Topo'
1979
The staff and vacationers at a first-class resort on the island of Maui are beginning to mysteriously disappear. A biologist believes that an underwat ... view
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Earl Sullivan
1978
A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles ... view
Character:
Physical Therapist
Sep 1977 (first aired)
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorc ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
Young Dan'l Boone is a short-lived TV series broadcast on CBS for only four episodes from September 12 to October 10, 1977. The series followed Daniel ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1976 (first aired)
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Rec ... view
Character:
Otis (1 ep.)
1976
When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a sm ... view
Character:
Woody
1976
A young country-star wannabe takes off from her carhop career to join with a young, modern Billy the Kid wannabe for an adventure in theft, murder and ... view
Character:
Joe Grant
1974
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the K ... view
Character:
Johnson
Jan 1974 (first aired)
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman ... view
Character:
Fred (1 ep.)
1973
When a rich man dies, some items from a collection of his are stolen- an ancient Egyptian gold amulet and the mummy that was wearing it. The police co ... view
Character:
Donovan
1973
Howzer Cassel and his sister Deborah, feel like run-always long before they one day, at the ages of 12 and 14, scrape up enough money and actually fle ... view
Character:
Joe Day
1972
In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff McMillan ... view
Character:
Kenny
1972
Convicts on a chain gang sniff formaldehyde fumes to get high. They attempt a prison break and are shot down by the guards. After being buried, they r ... view
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Braddock
1972
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non seq ... view
Character:
Trouble Maker
1972
This bleak, cinema vérité influenced film chronicles the last few days in the life of a sad LA prostitute and her heroin addicted friend. ... view
Character:
Yoga Guy (uncredited)
Sep 1971 (first aired)
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1971
When the police discover that their motorcycles are concealing heroin, Waco and his motorcycle gang hides out in a desert convent. A highway patrolman ... view
Character:
Folsom
Original title: Arde Baby, Arde
1971
A traveling gravedigger during an (unspecified) war adopts a orphan he finds alone in the desert. After the war with the orphan grown and business slo ... view
Character:
Poggin
1969
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual trut ... view
Character:
Biker (uncredited)
1969
The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum. ... view
Character:
Ralph Tenier
Mar 1967 (first aired)
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1966
A spaceship is sent to Mars after an alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's ... view
Character:
Control Panel