Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Known for: Acting
Born: December 20, 1912, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died: July 24, 1989
Movies: 88

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.9

In This Our Life

1942

6.4

Haunted Spooks

1920

4.2

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

6.5

Number, Please?

1920

5.1

Spooks Run Wild

1941

6.4

Get Out and Get Under

1920

5.3

Boys of the City

1940

5.8

That Gang of Mine

1940

5.8

Dogs of War!

1923

6.1

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1941

Filmography

1994	The Our Gang Story	Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
1991	Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook	Scruno (archive footage)
1986	Classic Comedy Teams	Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
1943	Ghosts on the Loose	Scruno
1943	Clancy Street Boys	Scruno
1943	Kid Dynamite	Scruno Jackson
1942	'Neath Brooklyn Bridge	Scruno
1942	Let's Get Tough	Scruno
1942	In This Our Life	Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1941	Spooks Run Wild	Scruno
1941	Bowery Blitzkrieg	Scruno
1941	Flying Wild	Scruno
1940	Pride of the Bowery	Scruno
1940	Fugitive from a Prison Camp	Chuckles
1940	That Gang of Mine	Scruno
1940	Boys of the City	Scruno
1940	I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby	Joe
1940	Gang War	Gang Member (uncredited)
1926	Soft Pedal	Wary
1926	Don't Butt In
1926	Between Meals	In Need
1924	Fast Company	Ernie
1924	It's a Bear	Ernie
1924	Cradle Robbers	Ernie
1924	Commencement Day	Ernie
1924	Seein' Things	Ernie
1924	The 'Fraidy Cat	Member of the Gang (uncredited)
1924	The Buccaneers	Ernie
1924	Big Business	Sunshine Sammy
1924	Tire Trouble	Ernie
1923	Sunday Calm	Ernie
1923	Derby Day	Ernie 'Sammy'
1923	Stage Fright	Ernie
1923	July Days	Ernie
1923	Lodge Night	Ernie
1923	Dogs of War!	Ernie
1923	Back Stage	Ernie
1923	Giants vs. Yanks	Ernie
1923	Boys to Board	Ernie
1923	A Pleasant Journey	Ernie
1923	The Big Show	Booker T.
1923	The Cobbler	Ernie
1923	The Champeen	Sammy Johnson
1922	A Quiet Street	Booker T.
1922	Saturday Morning	Sorghum
1922	Young Sherlocks	Ernie
1922	Our Gang	Sunshine Sammy
1922	Fire Fighters	Booker T. Bacon
1922	One Terrible Day	Booker T.
1922	The Sleuth	Prince’s aid
1922	The Non-Skid Kid
1922	Full o' Pep
1922	Penrod	Herman
1921	The Pickaninny	Little Casino
1921	Name the Day	Goofy
1921	High Rollers
1921	Big Game	Assistant
1921	Rush Orders	Narcissus
1921	Whirl o' the West	Sammy
1920	Number, Please?	Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
1920	Park Your Car
1920	Cash Customers
1920	Get Out and Get Under	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	Servant's Child
1920	Drink Hearty	George Washington Tarfoot Lee
1920	Cracked Wedding Bells
1920	Haunted Spooks	Little Boy (uncredited)
1920	Waltz Me Around	Sunny
1920	Getting His Goat
1920	All Lit Up	The Kid
1920	The Dippy Dentist	Messenger Boy
1920	Why Go Home?
1920	Red Hot Hottentotts
1919	Tough Luck
1919	Call for Mr. Caveman	Little Henry Hercules
1919	Giving the Bride Away
1919	Daddy Number Two
1919	Start Something
1919	The Sawdust Doll	Sambo
1919	Peggy Does Her Darndest	Snowball Snow
1919	The Old Maid's Baby	George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
1918	Dolly Does Her Bit	Sambo
1917	Captain Kiddo

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