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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Forrest Gump (1994) — Bear Bryant
2. The Rainmaker (1997) — Delbert Birdsong
3. The Resident (2018) — Hugh Yokum
4. A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) — Earl
5. Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009) — Coach Bob
6. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) — Enos Strate
7. The Longest Yard (1974) — Tannen
8. Rectify (2013) — Mayor Johnny Daggett
9. The Love Boat (1977) — Don York
10. The Gingerbread Man (1998) — Chatham County Sheriff
11. Matlock (1986) — Hugo Larson
12. Wild America (1997) — Bud
13. Gator (1976) — 4th Agent
14. Unconditional (2012) — Pauly
15. E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
16. Alice (1976)
17. American Gothic (1995)
18. Knots Landing (1979) — Willie McCoy
19. The Rosa Parks Story (2002) — James F. Blake
20. The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) — Big Billy Hunniker
21. Love Crimes (1992) — Plainclothes Cop
22. The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000) — Enos Strate
23. The Way Home (2010) — Ed Walker
24. The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) — Enos Strate
25. Payday (1973) — Dabney
26. The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977) — Lewis Paine
27. Summer of My German Soldier (1978) — McFee
28. They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978) — Carlie
29. Freedom Road (1979) — Jason Hugar
30. Scattered Dreams (1993) — Sheriff Ashford
31. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Mason Davis
32. The Farmer (1977) — Corrigan
33. The Ernest Green Story (1993) — Coach Snell
34. Diggity: A Home at Last (2002) — Otis Cane
35. The Color of Love: Jacey's Story (2000)
36. Enos (1980) — Enos Strate
37. The Young Runaways (1978) — C.L. Doyle
38. Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976) — Noah
39. Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story (1996) — Dick Sheridan
40. Dead End (2016) — Officer Murray