Sonny West

West intrigues me less as an actor and stunt performer than as a witness to one of the twentieth century's biggest legends. Sixteen years guarding Elvis Presley as part of the so-called Memphis Mafia is a front-row seat to fame, loyalty and its eventual fractures. I find the geography poignant: his parents from Pontotoc, Mississippi, just down the road from Elvis's Tupelo, as if proximity to greatness ran in the family. He reminds me that history is also carried by the people standing just outside the spotlight, and that the supporting cast often holds the most honest stories.

Name (English)

Sonny West

Name (Japanese)

デル・ソニー・ウェスト

Reading

でる・そにー・うぇすと

Born

July 5, 1938 – May 24, 2017

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

Origin

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Occupation

actor / stunt performer

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88

Tags

• Tennessee
• actor
• stunt performer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.