Virgil Frye
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.041 |
| Birthday | 1930-08-21 |
| Place of Birth | Estherville, Iowa, USA |
| Also Known As | Virgil Charles Frye, |
1992
Man Trouble
4.9/59
A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from one of his clients.
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Man Trouble
1969
Nightmare in Wax
3.4/10
The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum.
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Nightmare in Wax
1966
Queen of Blood
5.3/45
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...
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Queen of Blood
1981
Graduation Day
5.216/102
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.
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Graduation Day
1990
The Hot Spot
6.3/271
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.
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The Hot Spot
1983
Revenge of the Ninja
6.2/145
After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly impor...
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Revenge of the Ninja
2004
Sonny Boy
0/0
Actress-Director Soleil Moon Frye's second work focuses on her often troubled relationship with her father actor Virgil Frye who suffers on Alzheimer'...
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Sonny Boy
1979
Up from the Depths
3.704/27
A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive pro...
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Up from the Depths
1980
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
5/13
An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil-may-care (but violent) ladies' man.
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Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1984
Running Hot
4.8/4
A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute.
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Running Hot
1978
Uncle Joe Shannon
0/0
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...
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Uncle Joe Shannon
1988
Colors
6.5/475
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...
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Colors
1971
Dead Aim
3.2/8
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...
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Dead Aim
1971
The Jesus Trip
7/2
When the police discover that their motorcycles are concealing heroin, Waco and his motorcycle gang hides out in a desert convent. A highway patrolman...
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The Jesus Trip
1969
Easy Rider
7.1/1992
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...
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Easy Rider
1981
Take This Job and Shove It
5.3/17
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
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Take This Job and Shove It
1987
Destination: America
0/0
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...
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Destination: America
1984
Hot Moves
4.261/23
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...
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Hot Moves
1972
The Limit
0/0
In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff McMillan...
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The Limit
1995
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
4.563/40
Marines on a deserted island are ordered to defuse bombs, but then an alien creature terrorizes them.
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Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
1972
Garden of the Dead
3.5/16
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...
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Garden of the Dead
1995
Nature of the Beast
5.897/58
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
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Nature of the Beast
1973
The Cat Creature
5/13
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...
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The Cat Creature
1990
Pacific Palisades
3.292/12
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...
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Pacific Palisades
1972
The All American Hustler
1/1
This bleak, cinema-verite influenced film chronicles the last few days in the life of a sad LA prostitute and her heroine addicted friend.
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The All American Hustler
1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice
6.521/504
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1987
Winners Take All
5.8/9
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...
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Winners Take All
1976
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
4.4/31
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...
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Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
1976
The Missouri Breaks
6.5/225
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...
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The Missouri Breaks
1972
Deadhead Miles
5.4/7
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non seq...
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Deadhead Miles
1980
Borderline
6/45
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...
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Borderline
1984
The Burning Bed
6.9/46
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...
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The Burning Bed
1989
The Secret of the Ice Cave
0/0
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.
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The Secret of the Ice Cave
1974
The Klansman
5.7/35
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...
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