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 shortlived spinoff series Enos based around his Dukes of Hazzard character Sonny Shroyer was born in Valdosta Georgia a small city on the GeorgiaFlorida 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 standice 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