Acting
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.
Filmography
The Resident
Series · 2018
Dead End
Film · 2016
Rectify
Series · 2013
Unconditional
Film · 2012
The Way Home
Film · 2010
Van Wilder: Freshman Year
Film · 2009
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Film · 2004
Diggity: A Home at Last
Film · 2002
The Rosa Parks Story
Film · 2002
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
Film · 2000
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Film · 2000
A Lesson Before Dying
Film · 1999
The Gingerbread Man
Film · 1998
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Film · 1997
Wild America
Film · 1997
The Rainmaker
Film · 1997
Paradise Falls
Film · 1997
Santa's Magic Book
Film · 1996
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
Film · 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Series · 1996
American Gothic
Series · 1995
Forrest Gump
Film · 1994
The Ernest Green Story
Film · 1993
Scattered Dreams
Film · 1993
Love Crimes
Film · 1992
Matlock
Series · 1986
The Devil and Max Devlin
Film · 1981
Enos
Series · 1980
Freedom Road
Film · 1979
Knots Landing
Series · 1979
The Dukes of Hazzard
Series · 1979
Summer of My German Soldier
Film · 1978
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Film · 1978
The Young Runaways
Film · 1978
The Farmer
Film · 1977
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Film · 1977
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Film · 1976
Gator
Film · 1976
Alice
Series · 1976
The Longest Yard
Film · 1974
Payday
Film · 1973
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951