The Resident
2018 · TV Show
as Hugh Yokum
Sonny Shroyer
1935-08-28
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Valdosta, Georgia, USA
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
Dead End
2016 · Movie
as Officer Murray
Rectify
2013 · TV Show
as Mayor Johnny Daggett
Unconditional
2012 · Movie
as Pauly
The Way Home
2010 · Movie
as Ed Walker
Van Wilder: Freshman Year
2009 · Movie
as Coach Bob
A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004 · Movie
as Earl
Diggity: A Home at Last
2002 · Movie
as Otis Cane
The Rosa Parks Story
2002 · Movie
as James F. Blake
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
2000 · Movie
as Enos Strate
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000 · Movie
The Gingerbread Man
1998 · Movie
as Chatham County Sheriff
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
1997 · Movie
as Enos Strate
Wild America
1997 · Movie
as Bud
The Rainmaker
1997 · Movie
as Delbert Birdsong
Paradise Falls
1997 · Movie
as Bert Kyler
Santa's Magic Book
1996 · Movie
as (voice)
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996 · Movie
as Dick Sheridan
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
American Gothic
1995 · TV Show
Forrest Gump
1994 · Movie
as Bear Bryant
The Ernest Green Story
1993 · Movie
as Coach Snell
Scattered Dreams
1993 · Movie
as Sheriff Ashford
Love Crimes
1992 · Movie
as Plainclothes Cop
Matlock
1986 · TV Show
as Hugo Larson
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981 · Movie
as Big Billy Hunniker
Enos
1980 · TV Show
as Enos Strate
Freedom Road
1979 · Movie
as Jason Hugar
Knots Landing
1979 · TV Show
as Willie McCoy
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979 · TV Show
as Enos Strate
Summer of My German Soldier
1978 · Movie
as McFee
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 · Movie
as Carlie
The Young Runaways
1978 · Movie
as C.L. Doyle
The Farmer
1977 · Movie
as Corrigan
The Lincoln Conspiracy
1977 · Movie
as Lewis Paine
The Love Boat
1977 · TV Show
as Don York
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976 · Movie
as Noah
Gator
1976 · Movie
as 4th Agent
Alice
1976 · TV Show
The Longest Yard
1974 · Movie
as Tannen
Payday
1973 · Movie
as Dabney
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Mason Davis
