Sonny Shroyer

Sonny Shroyer

  • Birthday: 1935-08-28
  • Place of birth: Valdosta, Georgia, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

Santa's Magic Book

1996

As (voice)

Scattered Dreams

1993

As Sheriff Ashford

Dead End

2016

As Officer Murray

The Way Home

2010

As Ed Walker

Paradise Falls

1997

As Bert Kyler

The Devil and Max Devlin

1981

As Big Billy Hunniker

Diggity: A Home at Last

2002

As Otis Cane

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

1997

As Enos Strate

The Rosa Parks Story

2002

As James F. Blake

Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story

1996

As Dick Sheridan

The Farmer

1977

As Corrigan

The Young Runaways

1978

As C.L. Doyle

Freedom Road

1979

As Jason Hugar

The Ernest Green Story

1993

As Coach Snell

The Gingerbread Man

1998

As Chatham County Sheriff

Payday

1973

As Dabney

The Rainmaker

1997

As Delbert Birdsong

Unconditional

2012

As Pauly

The Longest Yard

1974

As Tannen

Forrest Gump

1994

As College Football Coach

Gator

1976

As 4th Agent

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