Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Born: 1912-12-20 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died: 1989-07-24
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
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)
1974
1943
- Kid Dynamite as Scruno Jackson
- Clancy Street Boys as Scruno
- Ghosts on the Loose as Scruno
1942
- 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge as Scruno
- Let's Get Tough as Scruno
- In This Our Life as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1941
- Bowery Blitzkrieg as Scruno
- Flying Wild as Scruno
- Spooks Run Wild as Scruno
1940
- Fugitive from a Prison Camp as Chuckles
- Pride of the Bowery as Scruno
- Boys of the City as Scruno
- Gang War as Gang Member (uncredited)
- That Gang of Mine as Scruno
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby as Joe
1926
- Soft Pedal as Wary
- Don't Butt In
- Between Meals as In Need
1924
- Fast Company as Ernie
- The Buccaneers as Ernie
- Big Business as Sunshine Sammy
- Seein' Things as Ernie
- It's a Bear as Ernie
- The 'Fraidy Cat as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
- Commencement Day as Ernie
- Tire Trouble as Ernie
- Cradle Robbers as Ernie
1923
- The Champeen as Sammy Johnson
- July Days as Ernie
- Derby Day as Ernie 'Sammy'
- Back Stage as Ernie
- Lodge Night as Ernie
- Sunday Calm as Ernie
- The Cobbler as Ernie
- Stage Fright as Ernie
- A Pleasant Journey as Ernie
- Dogs of War! as Ernie
- The Big Show as Booker T.
- Boys to Board as Ernie
- Giants vs. Yanks as Ernie
1922
- Fire Fighters as Booker T. Bacon
- Saturday Morning as Sorghum
- Our Gang as Sunshine Sammy
- Penrod as Herman
- One Terrible Day as Booker T.
- A Quiet Street as Booker T.
- The Non-Skid Kid
- The Sleuth as Prince’s aid
- Full o' Pep
- Young Sherlocks as Ernie
1921
- The Pickaninny as Little Casino
- Rush Orders as Narcissus
- High Rollers
- Big Game as Assistant
- Whirl o' the West as Sammy
- Name the Day as Goofy
1920
- Number, Please? as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
- Cash Customers
- Haunted Spooks as Little Boy (uncredited)
- Any Old Port
- Drink Hearty as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
- Run 'Em Ragged
- Call a Taxi
- All Lit Up as The Kid
- Park Your Car
- Grab the Ghost as Servant's Child
- Waltz Me Around as Sunny
- Get Out and Get Under as Small Boy (uncredited)
- Live and Learn
- Cracked Wedding Bells
- Don't Rock the Boat
- The Dippy Dentist as Messenger Boy
- Why Go Home?
- Red Hot Hottentotts
- Getting His Goat
1919
- The Sawdust Doll as Sambo
- The Old Maid's Baby as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
- Start Something
- Call for Mr. Caveman as Little Henry Hercules
- Tough Luck
- Giving the Bride Away
- Daddy Number Two
1918
- Dolly Does Her Bit as Sambo