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