Sonny Shroyer as Hazzard County Deputy Enos Strate

Otis Burt "Sonny" Shroyer, Jr. (born August 28, 1935 in Valdosta, Georgia) is an American actor from Georgia who has appeared in various television and movie 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 a spin-off called Enos based on his Dukes of Hazzard character. Shroyer is married and has two sons. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Valdosta is a city in, and the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hazzard County Deputy Enos Strate Enos Strate is a fictional character on the television series, The Dukes of Hazzard. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Enos was an American television series from the early 1980s that aired on the CBS network. ...

Shroyer attended Florida State University on a football scholarship, but his career was cut short by an injury. He finished his degree at the University of Georgia. Florida State University, is also commonly referred to as FSU or Florida State. ... The ball used in American football has a pointed oval shape, and usually has a large set of stitches along one side. ... A scholarship is an award of access to an institution or a financial aid award for an individual (a scholar) for the purposes of furthering their education. ... The University of Georgia, is located approximately 70 miles north-east of Atlanta in Athens, Georgia and is the largest institution of higher learning and research in the State of Georgia. ...

He began a career as a professional model in 1961. His first screen role came in the 1972 film Payday. Shroyer almost became typecast as a bad guy before landing the role of the naive Deputy Enos Strate in the pop culture classic series The Dukes of Hazzard in 1979. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Typecasting is the process by which an actor is strongly identified with a role or genre. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

The Dukes of Hazzard role was Shroyer's most visible. His character was given a spinoff series entitled Enos in 1980. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

The new show was not a success and was canceled after just 17 episodes. Shroyer returned to The Dukes in 1982 and remained with the series until it ended in 1985. Shroyer also released a children's album in 1982. The album was called "Back in Hazzard." 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Shroyer remains active as a character actor. He portrayed University of Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant in Forrest Gump, Delbert Birdsong in The Rainmaker, and Governor Jimmie Davis in Ray. He is also a talented country and gospel singer. The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... Painting by Daniel A. Moore on a stamp honoring Bryant. ... Forrest Gump is a 1985 novel by Winston Groom, a 1994 film adaptation, and the name of the titular character of both. ... The Rainmaker is a 1956 film which tells the story of a middle-aged woman, suffering from unrequited love for the local town sheriff, who falls for a con man who comes to town with the promise that he can make it rain. ... James Houston Davis, better known as Jimmie Davis, (September 11, 1899 - November 5, 2000) was a noted singer who served as Governor of Louisiana. ... Ray is a 2004 biographical film of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) In popular music, country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time music that began... Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ...

he has two sons, Chris and Mark.

Brief filmography

• The Hole in Willie's Guitar -Memarie Music Video (2005) - Sheriff
• A Tale About Bootlegging (2005) - Sheriff Ed Cooper
• Ray (2004) - Jimmie Davis
• Freedom Song (2000) - Police Chief
• Paradise Falls (1997) - Bert Kyler
• The Rainmaker (1997) - Delbert Birdsong
• Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) - Sheriff
• Forrest Gump (1994) - Bear Bryant
• The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) - Big Billy Hunniker
• Enos (1980) - Enos Strate
• The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) - Enos Strate
• The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance (1978) - Luke
• Smokey and the Bandit (1977) - Motorcycle cop (uncredited)
• Roots (1977) - Seaman Thompson (uncredited)
• The Longest Yard (1974) - Tannen
• Payday (1972) - Dabney

External links

• Sonny Shroyer