Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Acting

December 20, 1912

— July 24, 1989(76 years old)

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Popularity: 1

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.

Also Known As

Sammy Morrison • Little Sambo • Smiling Sambo • Sambo • Sunshine Sammy

Known For

8.0

Good Times

5.1

Spooks Run Wild

Scruno

6.1

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Scruno

6.3

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Scruno

4.2

Ghosts on the Loose

Scruno

7.0

Kid Dynamite

Scruno Jackson

6.1

Flying Wild

Scruno

5.2

Boys of the City

Scruno

5.8

That Gang of Mine

Scruno

6.2

Pride of the Bowery

Scruno

5.4

Let's Get Tough

Scruno

5.8

Dogs of War!

Ernie

Photos of Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Filmography

1990s

The Our Gang Story

Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)

9.5

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Scruno (archive footage)

1980s

7.0

Classic Comedy Teams

Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)

1940s

7.0

Kid Dynamite

Scruno Jackson

4.2

Ghosts on the Loose

Scruno

6.6

Clancy Street Boys

Scruno

6.9

In This Our Life

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

6.3

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Scruno

5.4

Let's Get Tough

Scruno

6.1

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Scruno

5.1

Spooks Run Wild

Scruno

6.1

Flying Wild

Scruno

5.2

Boys of the City

Scruno

5.8

That Gang of Mine

Scruno

6.2

Pride of the Bowery

Scruno

9.0

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

Chuckles

7.0

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Joe

6.3

Gang War

Gang Member (uncredited)

1920s

9.0

Soft Pedal

Wary

6.4

Fast Company

Ernie

6.4

Tire Trouble

Ernie

6.9

Seein' Things

Ernie

6.9

Cradle Robbers

Ernie

7.1

Commencement Day

Ernie

6.4

Big Business

Sunshine Sammy

6.6

The Buccaneers

Ernie

6.8

The 'Fraidy Cat

Member of the Gang (uncredited)

6.3

It's a Bear

Ernie

5.8

Dogs of War!

Ernie

6.9

Stage Fright

Ernie

7.0

The Cobbler

Ernie

6.4

A Pleasant Journey

Ernie

7.1

The Champeen

Sammy Johnson

6.5

July Days

Ernie

6.6

Sunday Calm

Ernie

6.5

Derby Day

Ernie 'Sammy'

7.4

Back Stage

Ernie

6.7

Giants vs. Yanks

Ernie

6.4

The Big Show

Booker T.

6.0

Boys to Board

Ernie

6.5

Lodge Night

Ernie

10.0

Penrod

Herman

6.5

Our Gang

Sunshine Sammy

6.5

Fire Fighters

Booker T. Bacon

7.1

A Quiet Street

Booker T.

7.4

Saturday Morning

Sorghum

7.9

Young Sherlocks

Ernie

6.7

One Terrible Day

Booker T.

4.5

The Non-Skid Kid

8.0

Whirl o' the West

Sammy

9.0

The Pickaninny

Little Casino

6.6

Number, Please?

Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)

6.4

The Dippy Dentist

Messenger Boy

6.3

Haunted Spooks

Little Boy (uncredited)

8.0

Grab the Ghost

Servant's Child

6.0

Waltz Me Around

Sunny

6.5

Get Out and Get Under

Small Boy (uncredited)

7.5

Run 'Em Ragged

7.5

All Lit Up

The Kid

5.5

Call a Taxi!

1910s

7.0

The Old Maid's Baby

George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson

10.0

The Sawdust Doll

Sambo

5.0

Call for Mr. Caveman

Little Henry Hercules

10.0

Peggy Does Her Darndest

Snowball Snow

9.0

Dolly Does Her Bit

Sambo