In 1971 the original Alice Cooper Group, being greatly inspired by
Frye's "Renfield" character in Dracula (1931), further
immortalized him in their song "The Ballad of Dwight Fry" (without
the "e"). The nearly seven-minute conceptual composition appears on their
"Love It To Death" album.
Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA, in the Graceland
section.
Son: Dwight David, aka Buddy.
Has twice been paid homage to in Marvel TV series. In The Incredible Hulk (1978) two-part episode "The First" Harry Townes played a character named Dell Frye in one of the episode's numerous tributes to the Universal Frankenstein series. In the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) episode "Devils You Know," Chad Lindberg played a character named Dwight Frye who was based on Dracula's Renfield.