Virgil Frye

Virgil Frye

Born: August 21, 1930
Died: May 7, 2012
in Estherville, Iowa, USA
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.

Movies for Virgil Frye...

Sonny Boy
Title: Sonny Boy
Character: Self
Released: April 4, 2004
Type: Movie
Actress-Director Soleil Moon Frye's second work focuses on her often troubled relationship with her father actor Virgil Frye who suffers on Alzheimer's disease. From the beginning of his career as a makeup artist on the set of Easy Rider, his work as a Elvis Presley double in New Orleans and his political support for the civil rights in Alabama to his work on the cornfields in Iowa and his Golden Gloves boxing championship Frye accompanies her father to re experience their past on a journey through the states. The longer their trip lasts, the more Mr. Frye's disease seems to worsen. Therefore it gets more and more difficult for both of them to cope with their lives and memories.
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Title: E! True Hollywood Story
Released: August 21, 1996
Type: TV
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
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Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
Title: Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
Character: Survivor
Released: November 14, 1995
Type: Movie
Marines on a deserted island are ordered to defuse bombs, but then an alien creature terrorizes them.
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Nature of the Beast
Title: Nature of the Beast
Character: Gas Station Attendant
Released: October 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
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Man Trouble
Title: Man Trouble
Character: Sturge
Released: July 17, 1992
Type: Movie
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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The Hot Spot
Title: The Hot Spot
Character: Deputy Buck
Released: October 12, 1990
Type: Movie
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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Pacific Palisades
Title: Pacific Palisades
Character: The Man with the Cap
Released: March 28, 1990
Type: Movie
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 hoax. Unable to return to France, Bernadette looks for work while staying with her close friend Shirley, an actress looking for her big break. Their friendship is challenged when Bernadette finds herself falling in love with Shirley's boyfriend.
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The Secret of the Ice Cave
Title: The Secret of the Ice Cave
Character: Frank Hagen
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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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Colors
Title: Colors
Character: Sheriff Foster
Released: April 15, 1988
Type: Movie
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 enforced by the colors the members wear.
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Destination: America
Title: Destination: America
Released: April 3, 1987
Type: Movie
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 murder, with his old childhood friend determined to convict him. Pilot to a prospective TV series.
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Winners Take All
Title: Winners Take All
Character: Sam
Released: February 27, 1987
Type: Movie
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 in all the adulation, he also skids into some pretty rank jealousy from envious motorcycling wanna-bes. And when a local race is organized, Billy must shift gears completely and compete against his best friend, Rick, for the top prize.
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The Burning Bed
Title: The Burning Bed
Character: Virg
Released: October 8, 1984
Type: Movie
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 her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
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Hot Moves
Title: Hot Moves
Character: The Porno Man
Released: October 4, 1984
Type: Movie
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 before the end of the summer. Most of their opportunities are foiled by their inexperience and bad planning. Michael, the most sensible boy of the foursome, really just wants to stay with his long-time girlfriend and take their relationship to an intimate level, but after putting him off for six months he grows impatient and splits up with her to seek his fortune elsewhere.
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Title: Hunter
Character: Deputy Cassell
Released: September 18, 1984
Type: TV
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. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.
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Running Hot
Title: Running Hot
Character: Ross
Released: February 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute.
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Revenge of the Ninja
Title: Revenge of the Ninja
Character: Lt. Dime
Released: September 7, 1983
Type: Movie
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 importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the greatest battle he has ever been involved in.
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Graduation Day
Title: Graduation Day
Character: Officer MacGregor
Released: May 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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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Take This Job and Shove It
Title: Take This Job and Shove It
Character: Cleach
Released: April 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
Title: The Postman Always Rings Twice
Character: Crapshooter
Released: March 20, 1981
Type: Movie
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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Borderline
Title: Borderline
Released: December 19, 1980
Type: Movie
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 illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.
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Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Title: Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Character: Lt. Mack Druck - 'Il Topo'
Released: October 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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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Up from the Depths
Title: Up from the Depths
Character: Earl Sullivan
Released: June 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive producer.
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Uncle Joe Shannon
Title: Uncle Joe Shannon
Character: Physical Therapist
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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 through each other's encouragement.
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Title: CHiPs
Released: September 15, 1977
Type: TV
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.
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Title: Young Dan'l Boone
Released: September 12, 1977
Type: TV
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 Boone on his adventures before he was married. His 3 companions were Peter Dawes, a 12-year-old English boy, a runaway slave named Hawk, and a Cherokee named Tsiskwa. Meanwhile, Rebecca Bryan waits at home hoping she and Daniel would marry someday.
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Title: Charlie's Angels
Character: Otis
Released: September 22, 1976
Type: TV
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.
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The Missouri Breaks
Title: The Missouri Breaks
Character: Woody
Released: May 19, 1976
Type: Movie
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 small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.
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Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
Title: Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
Character: Joe Grant
Released: March 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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 mayhem.
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The Klansman
Title: The Klansman
Character: Johnson
Released: October 25, 1974
Type: Movie
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 Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.
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Title: The Six Million Dollar Man
Character: Fred
Released: January 18, 1974
Type: TV
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.
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The Cat Creature
Title: The Cat Creature
Character: Donovan
Released: December 11, 1973
Type: Movie
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 consult scholars from the local University to help with the investigation, which is taking a more serious turn as people connected with the case are killed by wounds that seem to be from a housecat.
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The Limit
Title: The Limit
Character: Kenny
Released: November 10, 1972
Type: Movie
In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff McMillan. One afternoon, Mark has a run-in with a gang known as The Virgins, whose leader, Big Donnie, is taken aback by the policeman's understanding, dignified demeanor despite the gang's constant derision. When Mark advises Donnie not to continue to allow his heavily pregnant girl friend, Judy, to ride a motorbike, the gang leader agrees. Later, after Donnie actively seeks Mark out for advice, the Virgins' second-in-command, Kenny, reacts with outrage.
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Garden of the Dead
Title: Garden of the Dead
Character: Braddock
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: Movie
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 rise from the dead, killing all in their path with shovels and hoes.
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Deadhead Miles
Title: Deadhead Miles
Character: Trouble Maker
Released: August 8, 1972
Type: Movie
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-weirding cops and weigh stations with his new cryptic, over-coated hitchhiker buddy.
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The All American Hustler
Title: The All American Hustler
Character: Yoga Guy (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
This bleak, cinema-verite influenced film chronicles the last few days in the life of a sad LA prostitute and her herione addicted friend.
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Title: Cannon
Released: September 14, 1971
Type: TV
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 title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
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The Jesus Trip
Title: The Jesus Trip
Character: Folsom
Released: August 1, 1971
Type: Movie
When the police discover that their motorcycles are concealing heroin, Waco (Robert Porter) and his motorcycle gang hides out in a desert convent. A highway patrolman (Billy 'Green' Bush) hunts down the gang after they kidnap a nun, Sister Anna (Tippy Walker) and flee the convent. Soon Waco and the young nun fall in love and she is forced to decide whether or not to leave the church for him. (alfiehitchie)
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Dead Aim
Title: Dead Aim
Character: Poggin
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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 slow, the orphan begins to generate business himself by shooting people. The orphan wants to make one big score by robbing a bank but the gravedigger resists. Their dream is to open a fancy funeral parlor and cemetery. The orphan becomes obsessed with a prostitute he saw who was later abandoned by her outlaw partner after a robbery attempt on a gold wagon goes bad. He eventually leaves the gravedigger to find her
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Easy Rider
Title: Easy Rider
Character: Biker (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1969
Type: Movie
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
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Nightmare in Wax
Title: Nightmare in Wax
Character: Ralph Tenier
Released: May 14, 1969
Type: Movie
The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum.
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Title: Ironside
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
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 the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
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Queen of Blood
Title: Queen of Blood
Character: Control Panel
Released: March 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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 evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster. Uses footage from Encounter in Space (1963).