Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-12-20
Day of Death
1989-07-24 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Biography
Ernie 'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison (born Ernest Fredric Morrison) was a popular African American child actor of the Silent films era. Leaving the screen in 1926, he eventually returned for a time, from 1940 to 1944.
Acting
(1994)
The Our Gang Story
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
(1991)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Scruno (archive footage)
(1943)
Ghosts on the Loose
as Scruno
(1943)
Kid Dynamite
as Scruno Jackson
(1943)
Clancy Street Boys
as Scruno
(1942)
In This Our Life
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
(1942)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Scruno
(1942)
Let's Get Tough
as Scruno
(1941)
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Scruno
(1941)
Flying Wild
as Scruno
(1941)
Spooks Run Wild
as Scruno
(1940)
Gang War
as Gang Member (uncredited)
(1940)
That Gang of Mine
as Scruno
(1940)
Pride of the Bowery
as Scruno
(1940)
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Chuckles
(1940)
Boys of the City
as Scruno
(1940)
(1926)
Between Meals
as In Need
(1926)
Soft Pedal
as Wary
(1926)
(1924)
Seein' Things
as Ernie
(1924)
The Buccaneers
as Ernie
(1924)
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
(1924)
Commencement Day
as Ernie
(1924)
Cradle Robbers
as Ernie
(1924)
Big Business
as Sunshine Sammy
(1924)
Fast Company
as Ernie
(1924)
Tire Trouble
as Ernie
(1924)
It's a Bear
as Ernie
(1923)
Back Stage
as Ernie
(1923)
Dogs of War!
as Ernie
(1923)
The Champeen
as Sammy Johnson
(1923)
July Days
as Ernie
(1923)
Stage Fright
as Ernie
(1923)
Lodge Night
as Ernie
(1923)
Sunday Calm
as Ernie
(1923)
Derby Day
as Ernie 'Sammy'
(1923)
Boys to Board
as Ernie
(1923)
The Cobbler
as Ernie
(1923)
The Big Show
as Booker T.
(1923)
A Pleasant Journey
as Ernie
(1923)
Giants vs. Yanks
as Ernie
(1922)
Penrod
as Herman
(1922)
Our Gang
as Sunshine Sammy
(1922)
(1922)
Saturday Morning
as Sorghum
(1922)
Young Sherlocks
as Ernie
(1922)
Fire Fighters
as Booker T. Bacon
(1922)
A Quiet Street
as Booker T.
(1922)
One Terrible Day
as Booker T.
(1922)
The Sleuth
as Prince’s aid
(1922)
(1921)
Big Game
as Assistant
(1921)
The Pickaninny
as Little Casino
(1921)
(1921)
Rush Orders
as Narcissus
(1921)
Whirl o' the West
as Sammy
(1921)
Name the Day
as Goofy
(1920)
Haunted Spooks
as Little Boy (uncredited)
(1920)
Number, Please?
as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
(1920)
The Dippy Dentist
as Messenger Boy
(1920)
(1920)
Drink Hearty
as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
(1920)
All Lit Up
as The Kid
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
Get Out and Get Under
as Small Boy (uncredited)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
Grab the Ghost
as Servant's Child
(1920)
(1920)
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
The Sawdust Doll
as Sambo
(1919)
The Old Maid's Baby
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
(1919)
(1919)
Call for Mr. Caveman
as Little Henry Hercules
(1919)
(1918)
Dolly Does Her Bit
as Sambo
(1917)