Sonny Shroyer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 28, 1935
- Birthplace
- Valdosta, Georgia, USA
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.
Filmography
Dead End 2016
as Officer Murray
Unconditional 2012
as Pauly
The Way Home 2010
as Ed Walker
Van Wilder: Freshman Year 2009
as Coach Bob
A Love Song for Bobby Long 2004
as Earl
The Rosa Parks Story 2002
as James F. Blake
Diggity: A Home at Last 2002
as Otis Cane
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood 2000
as Enos Strate
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story 2000
as Larry Summer
A Lesson Before Dying 1999
as Defence Attourney
The Gingerbread Man 1998
as Chatham County Sheriff
The Rainmaker 1997
as Delbert Birdsong
Paradise Falls 1997
as Bert Kyler
Wild America 1997
as Bud
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! 1997
as Enos Strate
Santa's Magic Book 1996
as (voice)
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story 1996
as Dick Sheridan
Forrest Gump 1994
as Bear Bryant
Scattered Dreams 1993
as Sheriff Ashford
The Ernest Green Story 1993
as Coach Snell
Love Crimes 1992
as Plainclothes Cop
The Devil and Max Devlin 1981
as Big Billy Hunniker
Freedom Road 1979
as Jason Hugar
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way 1978
as Carlie
Summer of My German Soldier 1978
as McFee
The Young Runaways 1978
as C.L. Doyle
The Lincoln Conspiracy 1977
as Lewis Paine
The Farmer 1977
as Corrigan
Gator 1976
as 4th Agent
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys 1976
as Noah
The Longest Yard 1974
as Tannen
Payday 1973
as Dabney
Credits from TMDB.