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Sonny Shroyer

Aug 28, 1935 (90 years old) in 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.

Known For

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The Resident
Hugh Yokum
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The Love Boat
Don York
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Matlock
Hugo Larson
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Forrest Gump
Bear Bryant
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Alice
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Knots Landing
Willie McCoy
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The Dukes of Hazzard
Enos Strate
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Rectify
Mayor Johnny Daggett
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Enos
Enos Strate
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American Gothic

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