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Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

20/12/1912

Day of Death

24/07/1989
(77) 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.

Known For

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

Spooks Run Wild

Bowery Blitzkrieg

The Our Gang Story

Saturday Morning

A Quiet Street

The Big Show

Filmography

Cast

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...

1943

Ghosts on the Loose

as Scruno

1943

Clancy Street Boys

as Scruno

1943

Kid Dynamite

as Scruno Jackson

1942

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

as Scruno

1942

Let's Get Tough

as Scruno

1942

In This Our Life

as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

1941

Spooks Run Wild

as Scruno

1941

Bowery Blitzkrieg

as Scruno

1941

Flying Wild

as Scruno

1940

Pride of the Bowery

as Scruno

1940

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

as Chuckles

1940

That Gang of Mine

as Scruno

1940

Boys of the City

as Scruno

1940

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

as Joe

1940

Gang War

as Gang Member (uncredited)

1926

Soft Pedal

as Wary

1926

Don't Butt In

1926

Between Meals

as In Need

1924

Fast Company

as Ernie

1924

It's a Bear

as Ernie

1924

Cradle Robbers

as Ernie

1924

Commencement Day

as Ernie

1924

Seein' Things

as Ernie

1924

The 'Fraidy Cat

as Member of the Gang (uncredited)

1924

The Buccaneers

as Ernie

1924

Big Business

as Sunshine Sammy

1924

Tire Trouble

as Ernie

1923

Sunday Calm

as Ernie

1923

Derby Day

as Ernie 'Sammy'

1923

Stage Fright

as Ernie

1923

July Days

as Ernie

1923

Lodge Night

as Ernie

1923

Dogs of War!

as Ernie

1923

Back Stage

as Ernie

1923

Giants vs. Yanks

as Ernie

1923

Boys to Board

as Ernie

1923

A Pleasant Journey

as Ernie

1923

The Big Show

as Booker T.

1923

The Cobbler

as Ernie

1923

The Champeen

as Sammy Johnson

1922

A Quiet Street

as Booker T.

1922

Saturday Morning

as Sorghum

1922

Young Sherlocks

as Ernie

1922

Our Gang

as Sunshine Sammy

1922

Fire Fighters

as Booker T. Bacon

1922

One Terrible Day

as Booker T.

1922

The Sleuth

as Prince’s aid

1922

The Non-Skid Kid

1922

Full o' Pep

1922

Penrod

as Herman

1921

The Pickaninny

as Little Casino

1921

Name the Day

as Goofy

1921

High Rollers

1921

Big Game

as Assistant

1921

Rush Orders

as Narcissus

1921

Whirl o' the West

as Sammy

1920

Number, Please?

as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)

1920

Park Your Car

1920

Cash Customers

1920

Get Out and Get Under

as Small Boy (uncredited)

1920

Live and Learn

1920

Run 'Em Ragged

1920

Call a Taxi!

1920

Don't Rock the Boat

1920

Any Old Port

1920

Grab the Ghost

as Servant's Child

1920

Drink Hearty

as George Washington Tarfoot Lee

1920

Cracked Wedding Bells

1920

Haunted Spooks

as Little Boy (uncredited)

1920

Waltz Me Around

as Sunny

1920

Getting His Goat

1920

All Lit Up

as The Kid

1920

The Dippy Dentist

as Messenger Boy

1920

Why Go Home?

1920

Red Hot Hottentotts

1919

Tough Luck

1919

Call for Mr. Caveman

as Little Henry Hercules

1919

Giving the Bride Away

1919

Daddy Number Two

1919

Start Something

1919

The Sawdust Doll

as Sambo

1919

Peggy Does Her Darndest

as Snowball Snow

1919

The Old Maid's Baby

as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing J...

1918

Dolly Does Her Bit

as Sambo

1917