Virgil Frye

Acting

Virgil Frye

Born 1930-08-21 Estherville, Iowa, USA 38 films

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 Hollywoo…

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Filmography

38 films
Sonny Boy poster

Actress-Director Soleil Moon Frye's second work focuses on her often troubled relationship with her…

Sonny Boy

★ 8.0 2004

Wild Bill poster

Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescope…

Wild Bill

★ 5.7 1995

S.F.W. poster

An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken…

S.F.W.

★ 5.9 1995

Man Trouble poster

A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book fro…

Man Trouble

★ 4.9 1992

The Hot Spot poster

Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and…

The Hot Spot

★ 6.3 1990

Colors poster

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barr…

Colors

★ 6.5 1988