Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Known for: Acting

Born: 1912-12-20 – 1989-07-24 (aged 76)

From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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 (89)

MOVIE
The Our Gang Story
1994
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.5
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Scruno (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
TV★ 8.0
Good Times
1974
MOVIE★ 4.2
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
as Scruno
MOVIE★ 6.6
Clancy Street Boys
1943
as Scruno
MOVIE★ 7.0
Kid Dynamite
1943
as Scruno Jackson
MOVIE★ 6.3
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
as Scruno
MOVIE★ 5.3
Let's Get Tough
1942
as Scruno
MOVIE★ 6.9
In This Our Life
1942
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.1
Spooks Run Wild
1941
as Scruno
MOVIE★ 6.1
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941
as Scruno
MOVIE★ 6.1
Flying Wild
1941
as Scruno
MOVIE★ 6.2
Pride of the Bowery
1940
as Scruno
MOVIE★ 9.0
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
1940
as Chuckles
MOVIE★ 5.8
That Gang of Mine
1940
as Scruno
MOVIE★ 5.2
Boys of the City
1940
as Scruno
MOVIE★ 7.0
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940
as Joe
MOVIE★ 6.3
Gang War
1940
as Gang Member (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Soft Pedal
1926
as Wary
MOVIE★ 8.0
Don't Butt In
1926
MOVIE★ 8.0
Between Meals
1926
as In Need
MOVIE★ 6.4
Fast Company
1924
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.3
It's a Bear
1924
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.9
Cradle Robbers
1924
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 7.1
Commencement Day
1924
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.9
Seein' Things
1924
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.8
The 'Fraidy Cat
1924
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Buccaneers
1924
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.4
Big Business
1924
as Sunshine Sammy
MOVIE★ 6.4
Tire Trouble
1924
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.6
Sunday Calm
1923
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.5
Derby Day
1923
as Ernie 'Sammy'
MOVIE★ 6.9
Stage Fright
1923
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.5
July Days
1923
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.5
Lodge Night
1923
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 5.8
Dogs of War!
1923
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 7.4
Back Stage
1923
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.7
Giants vs. Yanks
1923
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.0
Boys to Board
1923
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Pleasant Journey
1923
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Big Show
1923
as Booker T.
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Cobbler
1923
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Champeen
1923
as Sammy Johnson
MOVIE★ 7.1
A Quiet Street
1922
as Booker T.
MOVIE★ 7.4
Saturday Morning
1922
as Sorghum
MOVIE★ 7.9
Young Sherlocks
1922
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 6.5
Our Gang
1922
as Sunshine Sammy
MOVIE★ 6.4
Fire Fighters
1922
as Booker T. Bacon
MOVIE★ 6.7
One Terrible Day
1922
as Booker T.
MOVIE
The Sleuth
1922
as Prince’s aid
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Non-Skid Kid
1922
MOVIE★ 9.0
Full o' Pep
1922
MOVIE★ 10.0
Penrod
1922
as Herman
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Pickaninny
1921
as Little Casino
MOVIE★ 10.0
Name the Day
1921
as Goofy
MOVIE★ 5.3
High Rollers
1921
MOVIE★ 9.0
Big Game
1921
as Assistant
MOVIE★ 10.0
Rush Orders
1921
as Narcissus
MOVIE★ 8.0
Whirl o' the West
1921
as Sammy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Number, Please?
1920
as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Park Your Car
1920
MOVIE★ 10.0
Cash Customers
1920
MOVIE★ 6.5
Get Out and Get Under
1920
as Small Boy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Live and Learn
1920
MOVIE★ 7.5
Run 'Em Ragged
1920
MOVIE★ 5.5
Call a Taxi!
1920
MOVIE★ 9.0
Don't Rock the Boat
1920
MOVIE★ 10.0
Any Old Port
1920
MOVIE★ 8.0
Grab the Ghost
1920
as Servant's Child
MOVIE★ 7.0
Drink Hearty
1920
as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cracked Wedding Bells
1920
MOVIE★ 6.3
Haunted Spooks
1920
as Little Boy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Waltz Me Around
1920
as Sunny
MOVIE★ 10.0
Getting His Goat
1920
MOVIE★ 7.5
All Lit Up
1920
as The Kid
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Dippy Dentist
1920
as Messenger Boy
MOVIE★ 9.0
Why Go Home?
1920
MOVIE★ 7.0
Red Hot Hottentotts
1920
MOVIE★ 9.0
Tough Luck
1919
MOVIE★ 5.0
Call for Mr. Caveman
1919
as Little Henry Hercules
MOVIE★ 9.0
Giving the Bride Away
1919
MOVIE
Daddy Number Two
1919
MOVIE★ 7.0
Start Something
1919
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Sawdust Doll
1919
as Sambo
MOVIE★ 10.0
Peggy Does Her Darndest
1919
as Snowball Snow
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Old Maid's Baby
1919
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Dolly Does Her Bit
1918
as Sambo
MOVIE
Captain Kiddo
1917