Sonny Shroyer
Biography
Otis Burt "Sonny" Shroyer Jr. (born August 28, 1935) is an American retired actor who has appeared in various television and film roles. He is best known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Enos Strate in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He also starred in the short-lived spin-off series Enos based around his Dukes of Hazzard character. Sonny Shroyer was born in Valdosta, Georgia, a small city on the Georgia-Florida border. He grew up steeped in the traditions of the deep South, working in the tobacco warehouses pushing tobacco buggies and helped his father in their fruit stand-ice cream parlor business. His prowess in high school football landed him a football scholarship at Florida State University (he later ended up playing football in the movie The Longest Yard (1974) with another FSU football player, Burt Reynolds). However, his football career was cut short by an injury, and Shroyer finished his education at the University of Georgia, where he earned his degree in business.
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Full filmography
- The Love Boat (1977) as Don York
- The Resident (2018) as Hugh Yokum
- Alice (1976)
- Knots Landing (1979) as Willie McCoy
- Matlock (1986) as Hugo Larson
- Forrest Gump (1994) as Bear Bryant
- The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) as Enos Strate
- Rectify (2013) as Mayor Johnny Daggett
- American Gothic (1995)
- The Longest Yard (1974) as Tannen
- The Rainmaker (1997) as Delbert Birdsong
- Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009) as Coach Bob
- Enos (1980) as Enos Strate
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Mason Davis
- E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
- The Gingerbread Man (1998) as Chatham County Sheriff
- Wild America (1997) as Bud
- Gator (1976) as 4th Agent
- A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) as Earl
- Summer of My German Soldier (1978) as McFee
- The Way Home (2010) as Ed Walker
- Freedom Road (1979) as Jason Hugar
- Love Crimes (1992) as Plainclothes Cop
- The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000) as Enos Strate