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Sonny Shroyer

Actor
Born August 28, 1935 (89 years)
Sonny Shroyer was born in Valdosta, Georgia, a small city on the Georgia-Florida border. Shroyer, whose given name is Otis Burt Shroyer Jr., grew up steeped in the traditions of the deep South. He worked 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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Knots Landing
  • The Way Home
  • The Farmer
  • They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
  • The Runaway
Known For
  • A Love Song for Bobby Long
  • The Dukes of Hazzard
  • The Devil and Max Devlin
  • The Way Home
  • The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
  • The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
  • The Rosa Parks Story
  • Scattered Dreams
  • They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
  • The Farmer
  • Diggity's Treasure
  • The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

Filmography

2018
The Resident (TV Series) · as Hugh Yokum
2013
Rectify (TV Series) · as Mayor Johnny Daggett
2012
Unconditional · as Pauly
2010
The Way Home · as Ed Walker
2009
2008
The Price · as Ghost Of Matthew Goldyn
2004
Ray · as Gov. Jimmie Davis
2004
2002
The Rosa Parks Story · as James F. Blake
2001
Diggity's Treasure · as Otis Cane
2000
The Runaway · as Mason Davis
2000
2000
2000
Freedom Song · as Police Chief
1999
A Lesson Before Dying · as Defense Attorney
1998
The Gingerbread Man · as Chatham County Sheriff
1997
The Rainmaker · as Delbert Birdsong
1997
Carolina Low · as Bert Kyler
1997
Wild America · as Bud
1997
1996
1996
1996
1995
American Gothic (TV Series)
1994
Forrest Gump · as College Football Coach
1994
1993
Scattered Dreams · as Sheriff Ashford
1993
The Ernest Green Story · as Coach Snell
1992
Love Crimes · as Plainclothes Cop #1
1991
I'll Fly Away (TV Series) · as Bobby Slocum
1988
The Adventures of Superboy (1988) (TV Series) · as Gerald Manfred
1988
In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as Dwight Foster
1986
Matlock (TV Series)
1981
Today's FBI (TV Series) · as Joe Waterford
1981
The Devil and Max Devlin · as Big Billy Hunniker
1980
Enos (TV Series) · as Enos Strate
1979
Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Willie Mccoy
1979
Freedom Road · as Jason Hugar
1979
The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Enos Strate
1978
1978
1978
King (1978) (TV Series) · as Policeman
1977
The Lincoln Conspiracy · as Lewis Paine
1977
Smokey and the Bandit · as Motorcycle Cop
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Don York
1977
The Farmer · as Corrigan
1976
Alice (TV Series)
1976
Gator · as 4th Agent
1976
1974
The Longest Yard · as Tannen
1974
Movin' On (TV Series) · as Henchman
1973
Payday · as Dabney
1972
Sixteen · as Cast
1969
Hee Haw (TV Series) · as Enos
1954
Disneyland (TV Series) · as C.l. Doyle
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Mason Davis

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