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)
(1986)
Classic Comedy Teams
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
(1943)
Kid Dynamite
as Scruno Jackson
(1943)
Clancy Street Boys
as Scruno
(1943)
Ghosts on the Loose
as Scruno
(1942)
Let's Get Tough
as Scruno
(1942)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Scruno
(1942)
In This Our Life
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
(1941)
Flying Wild
as Scruno
(1941)
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Scruno
(1941)
Spooks Run Wild
as Scruno
(1940)
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Chuckles
(1940)
Pride of the Bowery
as Scruno
(1940)
That Gang of Mine
as Scruno
(1940)
Gang War
as Gang Member (uncredited)
(1940)
Boys of the City
as Scruno
(1940)
(1926)
Between Meals
as In Need
(1926)
Soft Pedal
as Wary
(1926)
(1924)
The Buccaneers
as Ernie
(1924)
Cradle Robbers
as Ernie
(1924)
Fast Company
as Ernie
(1924)
Big Business
as Sunshine Sammy
(1924)
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
(1924)
Seein' Things
as Ernie
(1924)
It's a Bear
as Ernie
(1924)
Commencement Day
as Ernie
(1924)
Tire Trouble
as Ernie
(1923)
A Pleasant Journey
as Ernie
(1923)
Lodge Night
as Ernie
(1923)
The Champeen
as Sammy Johnson
(1923)
Back Stage
as Ernie
(1923)
Sunday Calm
as Ernie
(1923)
The Big Show
as Booker T.
(1923)
Dogs of War!
as Ernie
(1923)
July Days
as Ernie
(1923)
The Cobbler
as Ernie
(1923)
Boys to Board
as Ernie
(1923)
Stage Fright
as Ernie
(1923)
Derby Day
as Ernie 'Sammy'
(1923)
Giants vs. Yanks
as Ernie
(1922)
One Terrible Day
as Booker T.
(1922)
A Quiet Street
as Booker T.
(1922)
Fire Fighters
as Booker T. Bacon
(1922)
(1922)
Saturday Morning
as Sorghum
(1922)
The Sleuth
as Prince’s aid
(1922)
Young Sherlocks
as Ernie
(1922)
Our Gang
as Sunshine Sammy
(1922)
(1922)
Penrod
as Herman
(1921)
The Pickaninny
as Little Casino
(1921)
Whirl o' the West
as Sammy
(1921)
Rush Orders
as Narcissus
(1921)
(1921)
Big Game
as Assistant
(1921)
Name the Day
as Goofy
(1920)
(1920)
Number, Please?
as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
(1920)
Haunted Spooks
as Little Boy (uncredited)
(1920)
(1920)
The Dippy Dentist
as Messenger Boy
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
Drink Hearty
as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
(1920)
Grab the Ghost
as Servant's Child
(1920)
(1920)
All Lit Up
as The Kid
(1920)
(1920)
Get Out and Get Under
as Small Boy (uncredited)
(1920)
(1920)
(1919)
(1919)
The Old Maid's Baby
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
(1919)
(1919)
The Sawdust Doll
as Sambo
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
Call for Mr. Caveman
as Little Henry Hercules
(1918)
Dolly Does Her Bit
as Sambo
(1917)