Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Personal Info

Birthday

December 20, 1912

Day of Death

1989-07-24

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

Sammy Morrison

Little Sambo

Smiling Sambo

Sambo

Sunshine Sammy

Ernest Fredric Morrison

Ernest 'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison

Hal Roach's Rascals

Ernie Morrison

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.

Known For

Lodge Night

Back Stage

Dogs of War!

Ghosts on the Loose

Let's Get Tough

Haunted Spooks

In This Our Life

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Filmography

1994
The Our Gang Story
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Scruno (archive footage)
1943
Ghosts on the Loose
as Scruno
Clancy Street Boys
as Scruno
Kid Dynamite
as Scruno Jackson
1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Scruno
Let's Get Tough
as Scruno
In This Our Life
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1941
Spooks Run Wild
as Scruno
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Scruno
Flying Wild
as Scruno
1940
Pride of the Bowery
as Scruno
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Chuckles
That Gang of Mine
as Scruno
Boys of the City
as Scruno
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Joe
Gang War
as Gang Member (uncredited)
1926
Soft Pedal
as Wary
Between Meals
as In Need
1924
Fast Company
as Ernie
It's a Bear
as Ernie
Cradle Robbers
as Ernie
Commencement Day
as Ernie
Seein' Things
as Ernie
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
The Buccaneers
as Ernie
Big Business
as Sunshine Sammy
Tire Trouble
as Ernie
1923
Sunday Calm
as Ernie
Derby Day
as Ernie 'Sammy'
Stage Fright
as Ernie
July Days
as Ernie
Lodge Night
as Ernie
Dogs of War!
as Ernie
Back Stage
as Ernie
Giants vs. Yanks
as Ernie
Boys to Board
as Ernie
A Pleasant Journey
as Ernie
The Big Show
as Booker T.
The Cobbler
as Ernie
The Champeen
as Sammy Johnson
1922
A Quiet Street
as Booker T.
Saturday Morning
as Sorghum
Young Sherlocks
as Ernie
Our Gang
as Sunshine Sammy
Fire Fighters
as Booker T. Bacon
One Terrible Day
as Booker T.
The Sleuth
as Prince’s aid
Penrod
as Herman
1921
The Pickaninny
as Little Casino
Name the Day
as Goofy
Big Game
as Assistant
Rush Orders
as Narcissus
Whirl o' the West
as Sammy
1920
Number, Please?
as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
Get Out and Get Under
as Small Boy (uncredited)
Grab the Ghost
as Servant's Child
Drink Hearty
as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
Haunted Spooks
as Little Boy (uncredited)
All Lit Up
as The Kid
The Dippy Dentist
as Messenger Boy
1919
Call for Mr. Caveman
as Little Henry Hercules
The Sawdust Doll
as Sambo
The Old Maid's Baby
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
1918
Dolly Does Her Bit
as Sambo