Sonny Shroyer
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Love Boat
Don York
1977
Series
The Resident
Hugh Yokum
2018
Series
Alice
1976
Film
Forrest Gump
Bear Bryant
1994
Series
Knots Landing
Willie McCoy
1979
Series
Matlock
Hugo Larson
1986
Series
The Dukes of Hazzard
Enos Strate
1979
Series
Rectify
Mayor Johnny Daggett
2013
Film
The Rainmaker
Delbert Birdsong
1997
Series
American Gothic
1995
Film
The Longest Yard
Tannen
1974
Film
Van Wilder: Freshman Year
Coach Bob
2009
Series
Enos
Enos Strate
1980
Film
The Gingerbread Man
Chatham County Sheriff
1998
Film
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Earl
2004
Film
Gator
4th Agent
1976
Film
Wild America
Bud
1997
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mason Davis
1951
Film
The Rosa Parks Story
James F. Blake
2002
Film
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
Enos Strate
2000
Film
Unconditional
Pauly
2012
Film
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Enos Strate
1997
Film
Love Crimes
Plainclothes Cop
1992
Film
The Devil and Max Devlin
Big Billy Hunniker
1981
Film
The Young Runaways
C.L. Doyle
1978
Film
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Carlie
1978
Film
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Noah
1976
Film
Summer of My German Soldier
McFee
1978
Film
The Ernest Green Story
Coach Snell
1993
Film
Freedom Road
Jason Hugar
1979
Film
The Way Home
Ed Walker
2010
Film
The Farmer
Corrigan
1977
Film
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
Dick Sheridan
1996
Film
Payday
Dabney
1973
Film
Scattered Dreams
Sheriff Ashford
1993
Film
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
Film
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Lewis Paine
1977
Film
Paradise Falls
Bert Kyler
1997
Film
Diggity: A Home at Last
Otis Cane
2002
Film
Dead End
Officer Murray
2016
Film
Santa's Magic Book
(voice)
1996