Biography
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 Dis...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Sonny Boy
2004
as Self
Actress-Director Soleil Moon Frye's second work focuses on her often troubled relationship with her father actor Virgil Frye who suffers on Alzheimer'...
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
1995
as Survivor
Marines on a deserted island are ordered to defuse bombs, but then an alien creature terrorizes them.
Nature of the Beast
1995
as Gas Station Attendant
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
Man Trouble
1992
as Sturge
A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from one of his clients.
The Hot Spot
1990
as Deputy Buck
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.
Pacific Palisades
1990
as The Man with the Cap
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...
The Secret of the Ice Cave
1989
as Frank Hagen
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.
Colors
1988
as Sheriff Foster
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...
Destination: America
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...
Winners Take All
1987
as Sam
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...
The Burning Bed
1984
as Virg
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...
Hot Moves
1984
as The Porno Man
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 ...
Running Hot
1984
as Ross
A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute.
Revenge of the Ninja
1983
as Lt. Dime
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...
Graduation Day
1981
as Officer MacGregor
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.
Take This Job and Shove It
1981
as Cleach
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
as Crapshooter
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Borderline
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 ...
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980
as Lt. Mack Druck - 'Il Topo'
An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil-may-care (but violent) ladies' man.
Up from the Depths
1979
as Earl Sullivan
A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive pro...
Uncle Joe Shannon
1978
as Physical Therapist
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 ...
The Missouri Breaks
1976
as Woody
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...
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
1976
as Joe Grant
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...
The Klansman
1974
as Johnson
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...
The Cat Creature
1973
as Donovan
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...
The Limit
1972
as Kenny
In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff McMillan...
Garden of the Dead
1972
as Braddock
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...
Deadhead Miles
1972
as Trouble Maker
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non seq...
The All American Hustler
1972
as Yoga Guy (uncredited)
This bleak, cinema-verite influenced film chronicles the last few days in the life of a sad LA prostitute and her heroine addicted friend.
The All American Hustler
1972
Producer
This bleak, cinema-verite influenced film chronicles the last few days in the life of a sad LA prostitute and her heroine addicted friend.
The Jesus Trip
1971
as Folsom
When the police discover that their motorcycles are concealing heroin, Waco and his motorcycle gang hides out in a desert convent. A highway patrolman...
Dead Aim
1971
as Poggin
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...
Easy Rider
1969
as Biker (uncredited)
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...
Easy Rider
1969
Makeup Artist
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...
Nightmare in Wax
1969
as Ralph Tenier
The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum.
Queen of Blood
1966
as Control Panel
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...