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