Sonny Shroyer
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Rainmaker
as Delbert Birdsong 1997
A Love Song for Bobby Long
as Earl 2004
Van Wilder: Freshman Year
as Coach Bob 2009
The Longest Yard
as Tannen 1974
The Gingerbread Man
as Chatham County Sheriff 1998
Wild America
as Bud 1997
Gator
as 4th Agent 1976
Unconditional
as Pauly 2012
The Rosa Parks Story
as James F. Blake 2002
The Devil and Max Devlin
as Big Billy Hunniker 1981
Love Crimes
as Plainclothes Cop 1992
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
as Enos Strate 2000
The Way Home
as Ed Walker 2010
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
as Enos Strate 1997
Payday
as Dabney 1973
The Lincoln Conspiracy
as Lewis Paine 1977