Had a collection of valuable stained glass windows. Even when he was between acting jobs and was in desperate need of money, he continued to refuse to sell any of them.
Frye was a well known boxer during his hitch in the Korean war.
Frye had a successful acting school in Hollywood in the late '80s to through the '90s, which had many celebrity guests and taught a new generation of actors.
Diagnosed with Pick's Disease or Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and was living in an Orange County, CA nursing home.