Sunshine Sammy Morrison
- Acting
- December 20, 1912 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- July 24, 1989
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
Filmography
- The Our Gang Story · Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook · Scruno (archive footage)
- Classic Comedy Teams · Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
- Good Times
- Ghosts on the Loose · Scruno
- Clancy Street Boys · Scruno
- Kid Dynamite · Scruno Jackson
- 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge · Scruno
- Let's Get Tough · Scruno
- In This Our Life · Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
- Spooks Run Wild · Scruno
- Bowery Blitzkrieg · Scruno
- Flying Wild · Scruno
- Pride of the Bowery · Scruno
- Fugitive from a Prison Camp · Chuckles
- That Gang of Mine · Scruno
- Boys of the City · Scruno
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby · Joe
- Gang War · Gang Member (uncredited)
- Soft Pedal · Wary
- Don't Butt In
- Between Meals · In Need
- Fast Company · Ernie
- It's a Bear · Ernie
- Cradle Robbers · Ernie
- Commencement Day · Ernie
- Seein' Things · Ernie
- The 'Fraidy Cat · Member of the Gang (uncredited)
- The Buccaneers · Ernie
- Big Business · Sunshine Sammy
- Tire Trouble · Ernie
- Sunday Calm · Ernie
- Derby Day · Ernie 'Sammy'
- Stage Fright · Ernie
- July Days · Ernie
- Lodge Night · Ernie
- Dogs of War! · Ernie
- Back Stage · Ernie
- Giants vs. Yanks · Ernie
- Boys to Board · Ernie
- A Pleasant Journey · Ernie
- The Big Show · Booker T.
- The Cobbler · Ernie
- The Champeen · Sammy Johnson
- A Quiet Street · Booker T.
- Saturday Morning · Sorghum
- Young Sherlocks · Ernie
- Our Gang · Sunshine Sammy
- Fire Fighters · Booker T. Bacon
- One Terrible Day · Booker T.
- The Sleuth · Prince’s aid
- The Non-Skid Kid
- Full o' Pep
- Penrod · Herman
- The Pickaninny · Little Casino
- Name the Day · Goofy
- High Rollers
- Big Game · Assistant
- Rush Orders · Narcissus
- Whirl o' the West · Sammy
- Number, Please? · Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
- Park Your Car
- Cash Customers
- Get Out and Get Under · Small Boy (uncredited)
- Live and Learn
- Run 'Em Ragged
- Call a Taxi!
- Don't Rock the Boat
- Any Old Port
- Grab the Ghost · Servant's Child
- Drink Hearty · George Washington Tarfoot Lee
- Cracked Wedding Bells
- Haunted Spooks · Little Boy (uncredited)
- Waltz Me Around · Sunny
- Getting His Goat
- All Lit Up · The Kid
- The Dippy Dentist · Messenger Boy
- Why Go Home?
- Red Hot Hottentotts
- Tough Luck