Sonny Shroyer
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.
Acting
Movie
Forrest Gump
as Bear Bryant
1994
Movie
The Rainmaker
as Delbert Birdsong
1997
TV
The Resident
as Hugh Yokum
2018
Movie
A Love Song for Bobby Long
as Earl
2004
Movie
Van Wilder: Freshman Year
as Coach Bob
2009
TV
The Dukes of Hazzard
as Enos Strate
1979
Movie
The Longest Yard
as Tannen
1974
TV
Rectify
as Mayor Johnny Daggett
2013
TV
The Love Boat
as Don York
1977
Movie
The Gingerbread Man
as Chatham County Sheriff
1998
TV
Matlock
as Hugo Larson
1986
Movie
Wild America
as Bud
1997
Movie
Gator
as 4th Agent
1976
TV
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Movie
Unconditional
as Pauly
2012
TV
Alice
1976
TV
American Gothic
1995
TV
Knots Landing
as Willie McCoy
1979
Movie
The Rosa Parks Story
as James F. Blake
2002
Movie
The Devil and Max Devlin
as Big Billy Hunniker
1981
Movie
Love Crimes
as Plainclothes Cop
1992
Movie
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
as Enos Strate
2000
Movie
The Way Home
as Ed Walker
2010
Movie
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
as Enos Strate
1997