Virgil Frye

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.

  • Title: Virgil Frye
  • Popularity: 2.495
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1930-08-21
  • Place of Birth: Estherville, Iowa, USA
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  • Also Known As: Virgil Charles Frye
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Virgil Frye Movies

  • 1992
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    Man Trouble

    Man Trouble

    4.9 1992 HD

    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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  • 1969
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    Nightmare in Wax

    Nightmare in Wax

    3.4 1969 HD

    The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum.

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  • 1966
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    Queen of Blood

    Queen of Blood

    5.3 1966 HD

    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...

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  • 1981
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    Graduation Day

    Graduation Day

    5.22 1981 HD

    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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  • 1990
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    The Hot Spot

    The Hot Spot

    6.3 1990 HD

    Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a...

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  • 1983
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    Revenge of the Ninja

    Revenge of the Ninja

    6.2 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 2004
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    Sonny Boy

    Sonny Boy

    1 2004 HD

    Actress-Director Soleil Moon Frye's second work focuses on her often troubled relationship with her father actor Virgil Frye who suffers on...

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  • 1979
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    Up from the Depths

    Up from the Depths

    3.7 1979 HD

    A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive...

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  • 1980
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    Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

    Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

    5 1980 HD

    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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  • 1984
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    Running Hot

    Running Hot

    4.8 1984 HD

    A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute.

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  • 1978
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    Uncle Joe Shannon

    Uncle Joe Shannon

    1 1978 HD

    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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  • 1988
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    Colors

    Colors

    6.497 1988 HD

    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...

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  • 1971
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    Dead Aim

    Dead Aim

    3.2 1971 HD

    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...

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  • 1971
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    The Jesus Trip

    The Jesus Trip

    7 1971 HD

    When the police discover that their motorcycles are concealing heroin, Waco and his motorcycle gang hides out in a desert convent. A highway...

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  • 1969
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    Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

    7.061 1969 HD

    Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual...

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  • 1981
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    Take This Job and Shove It

    Take This Job and Shove It

    5.3 1981 HD

    A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.

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  • 1987
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    Destination: America

    Destination: America

    1 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Hot Moves

    Hot Moves

    4.3 1984 HD

    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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  • 1972
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    The Limit

    The Limit

    1 1972 HD

    In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff...

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  • 1995
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    Xtro 3: Watch the Skies

    Xtro 3: Watch the Skies

    4.6 1995 HD

    Marines on a deserted island are ordered to defuse bombs, but then an alien creature terrorizes them.

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  • 1972
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    Garden of the Dead

    Garden of the Dead

    3.3 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 1995
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    Nature of the Beast

    Nature of the Beast

    5.9 1995 HD

    Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.

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  • 1973
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    The Cat Creature

    The Cat Creature

    5 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    Pacific Palisades

    Pacific Palisades

    3.2 1990 HD

    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...

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  • 1972
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    The All American Hustler

    The All American Hustler

    1 1972 HD

    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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  • 1981
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    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    6.527 1981 HD

    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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  • 1987
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    Winners Take All

    Winners Take All

    5.8 1987 HD

    Billy Robinson has become the hottest hot-rodder on the professional motorcycle-racing circuit. But when he returns in triumph to his hometown to...

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  • 1976
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    Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

    Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

    4.3 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1976
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    The Missouri Breaks

    The Missouri Breaks

    6.479 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1972
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    Deadhead Miles

    Deadhead Miles

    5.4 1972 HD

    A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non...

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  • 1980
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    Borderline

    Borderline

    5.9 1980 HD

    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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  • 1984
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    The Burning Bed

    The Burning Bed

    6.9 1984 HD

    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...

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  • 1989
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    The Secret of the Ice Cave

    The Secret of the Ice Cave

    1 1989 HD

    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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  • 1974
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    The Klansman

    The Klansman

    5.706 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 1969
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    Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

    7.061 1969 HD

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  • 1972
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    The All American Hustler

    The All American Hustler

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1977
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    CHiPs

    CHiPs

    6.8 1977 HD

    Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two...

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  • 1996
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    E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

    8.041 1996 HD

    E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known...

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  • 1976
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    Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

    6.6 1976 HD

    Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle!...

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  • 1971
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    Cannon

    Cannon

    6.5 1971 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Hunter

    Hunter

    7.2 1984 HD

    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....

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  • 1967
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    Ironside

    Ironside

    6.9 1967 HD

    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...

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  • 1977
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    Young Dan'l Boone

    Young Dan'l Boone

    5 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

    7.232 1974 HD

    Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman...

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