---
name: "William Frye"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-frye"
fi1m_id: "william-frye"
imdb_id: "nm0296902"
tmdb_id: 52100
wikidata_id: "Q75173393"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "5 October 1921"
died: "3 November 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:13:06.869693+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# William Frye

## Identity

William Frye

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-frye
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-frye
- **IMDb ID:** nm0296902
- **TMDB ID:** 52100
- **Wikidata ID:** Q75173393
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frye_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75173393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296902/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52100

Producer. Born 5 October 1921 in Salinas. Died 3 November 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 5 October 1921, Salinas
- **Died:** 3 November 2017
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frye_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75173393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296902/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52100

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Raise the Titanic*](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md) (36)

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## Biography

William Frye was an American film and television producer. Born on 5 October 1921 in Salinas, California, he began his career in the 1950s, producing television series such as *Thriller* (1960–1962) and *Johnny Staccato* (1959–1960).

Frye produced several feature films, including *The Trouble with Angels* (1966), *Airport 1975* (1974), *Airport '77* (1977) and *Raise the Titanic* (1980). He died on 3 November 2017 in Palm Desert, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), Fi1m 36, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), Producer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)
- *Superdome* (1978), Producer
- *Airport '77* (1977), Producer
- *Airport 1975* (1974), Producer
- *The Elevator* (1974), Producer
- *Linda* (1973), Producer
- *She Cried Murder* (1973), Producer
- *Amanda Fallon* (1973), Executive Producer
- *The Victim* (1972), Producer
- *The Longest Night* (1972), Producer
- *The Screaming Woman* (1972), Producer
- *The Other Man* (1970), Producer
- *Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows* (1968), Producer
- *The Trouble with Angels* (1966), Producer
- *The Incredible Doktor Markesan* (1962), Producer
- *The Storm* (1962), Producer
- *The Grim Reaper* (1961), Producer
- *Thriller* (1960), series, Producer
- *The Slowest Gun in the West* (1960), Executive Producer
- *Startime* (1959), series, Producer
- *Strange Witness* (1958), Producer
- *Suspicion* (1957), series, Producer
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1981: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *Raise the Titanic*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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