Virgil Frye
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as Biker (uncredited) Easy Rider 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.
Filmography
Easy Rider
as Biker (uncredited)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Crapshooter
Colors
as Sheriff Foster
The Hot Spot
as Deputy Buck
The Missouri Breaks
as Woody
Revenge of the Ninja
as Lt. Dime
Graduation Day
as Officer MacGregor
S.F.W.
as Earl
Nature of the Beast
as Gas Station Attendant
Man Trouble
as Sturge
The Burning Bed
as Virg
Queen of Blood
as Control Panel
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
as Survivor
The Klansman
as Johnson
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
as Joe Grant
Up from the Depths
as Earl Sullivan
Hot Moves
as The Porno Man
Take This Job and Shove It
as Cleach
Garden of the Dead
as Braddock