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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,...
Known for
The Love BoatSeries • 1977
Knots LandingSeries • 1979
The ResidentSeries • 2018
MatlockSeries • 1986
AliceSeries • 1976
Forrest GumpMovie • 1994
The Dukes of HazzardSeries • 1979
RectifySeries • 2013
The RainmakerMovie • 1997
American GothicSeries • 1995
A Love Song for Bobby LongMovie • 2004
Van Wilder: Freshman YearMovie • 2009
E! True Hollywood StorySeries • 1996
The Longest YardMovie • 1974
GatorMovie • 1976
Wild AmericaMovie • 1997
The Gingerbread ManMovie • 1998
The Devil and Max DevlinMovie • 1981
Love CrimesMovie • 1992
UnconditionalMovie • 2012
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!Movie • 1997
The Way HomeMovie • 2010
The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in HollywoodMovie • 2000
The Rosa Parks StoryMovie • 2002