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Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Sunshine Sammy Morrison

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.

Born

Dec 20, 1912

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died

Jul 24, 1989

Known For

Acting

Movies

88 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.7

movie
In This Our Life
In This Our Life
1942 • as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Spooks Run Wild
Spooks Run Wild
1941 • as Scruno
★ 5.1
Ghosts on the Loose
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 • as Scruno
★ 4.2
Captain Kiddo
Captain Kiddo
1917
Penrod
Penrod
1922 • as Herman
★ 10.0
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940 • as Joe
★ 7.0
Peggy Does Her Darndest
Peggy Does Her Darndest
1919 • as Snowball Snow
★ 10.0
That Gang of Mine
That Gang of Mine
1940 • as Scruno
★ 5.8
movie
Drink Hearty
1920 • as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
★ 7.0
Kid Dynamite
Kid Dynamite
1943 • as Scruno Jackson
★ 6.7
Pride of the Bowery
Pride of the Bowery
1940 • as Scruno
★ 6.2
movie
High Rollers
1921
★ 5.2
movie
Big Game
1921 • as Assistant
★ 9.0
Gang War
Gang War
1940 • as Gang Member (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Let's Get Tough
Let's Get Tough
1942 • as Scruno
★ 5.3
The Old Maid's Baby
The Old Maid's Baby
1919 • as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
★ 7.0
movie
Don't Butt In
1926
★ 8.0
The Our Gang Story
The Our Gang Story
1994 • as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 • as Scruno (archive footage)
★ 9.5
Whirl o' the West
Whirl o' the West
1921 • as Sammy
★ 8.0
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
1940 • as Chuckles
★ 9.0
Dolly Does Her Bit
Dolly Does Her Bit
1918 • as Sambo
★ 9.0
Boys of the City
Boys of the City
1940 • as Scruno
★ 5.3
Our Gang
Our Gang
1922 • as Sunshine Sammy
★ 6.6
Get Out and Get Under
Get Out and Get Under
1920 • as Small Boy (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Dogs of War!
Dogs of War!
1923 • as Ernie
★ 5.8
Grab the Ghost
Grab the Ghost
1920 • as Servant's Child
★ 8.0
The Dippy Dentist
The Dippy Dentist
1920 • as Messenger Boy
★ 6.4
Call a Taxi!
Call a Taxi!
1920
★ 5.5
Derby Day
Derby Day
1923 • as Ernie 'Sammy'
★ 6.5
Clancy Street Boys
Clancy Street Boys
1943 • as Scruno
★ 6.6
The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers
1924 • as Ernie
★ 6.6
movie
Don't Rock the Boat
1920
★ 9.0
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942 • as Scruno
★ 6.3
Stage Fright
Stage Fright
1923 • as Ernie
★ 6.9
Flying Wild
Flying Wild
1941 • as Scruno
★ 6.1
Call for Mr. Caveman
Call for Mr. Caveman
1919 • as Little Henry Hercules
★ 5.0
movie
Park Your Car
1920
★ 4.0
movie
Rush Orders
1921 • as Narcissus
★ 10.0
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941 • as Scruno
★ 6.1
The Champeen
The Champeen
1923 • as Sammy Johnson
★ 6.8
Number, Please?
Number, Please?
1920 • as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Sawdust Doll
The Sawdust Doll
1919 • as Sambo
★ 10.0
movie
Giving the Bride Away
1919
★ 9.0
movie
Full o' Pep
1922
★ 9.0
July Days
July Days
1923 • as Ernie
★ 6.5
All Lit Up
All Lit Up
1920 • as The Kid
★ 7.5
Classic Comedy Teams
Classic Comedy Teams
1986 • as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
★ 7.0
It's a Bear
It's a Bear
1924 • as Ernie
★ 6.2
movie
Red Hot Hottentotts
1920
★ 7.0
movie
The Sleuth
1922 • as Prince’s aid
movie
Cracked Wedding Bells
1920
★ 7.0
Soft Pedal
Soft Pedal
1926 • as Wary
★ 9.0
Big Business
Big Business
1924 • as Sunshine Sammy
★ 6.4
The Non-Skid Kid
The Non-Skid Kid
1922
★ 4.5
movie
Start Something
1919
★ 7.0
Sunday Calm
Sunday Calm
1923 • as Ernie
★ 6.6
Tire Trouble
Tire Trouble
1924 • as Ernie
★ 6.4
Fire Fighters
Fire Fighters
1922 • as Booker T. Bacon
★ 6.3
The Cobbler
The Cobbler
1923 • as Ernie
★ 6.7
Cradle Robbers
Cradle Robbers
1924 • as Ernie
★ 6.9
movie
Cash Customers
1920
★ 10.0
Haunted Spooks
Haunted Spooks
1920 • as Little Boy (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Young Sherlocks
Young Sherlocks
1922 • as Ernie
★ 6.8
Commencement Day
Commencement Day
1924 • as Ernie
★ 7.1
movie
Any Old Port
1920
★ 10.0
Waltz Me Around
Waltz Me Around
1920 • as Sunny
★ 6.0
Run 'Em Ragged
Run 'Em Ragged
1920
★ 7.5
One Terrible Day
One Terrible Day
1922 • as Booker T.
★ 6.5
Lodge Night
Lodge Night
1923 • as Ernie
★ 6.5
movie
Daddy Number Two
1919
Saturday Morning
Saturday Morning
1922 • as Sorghum
★ 6.9
Fast Company
Fast Company
1924 • as Ernie
★ 6.4
Seein' Things
Seein' Things
1924 • as Ernie
★ 6.9
movie
Tough Luck
1919
★ 9.0
Back Stage
Back Stage
1923 • as Ernie
★ 7.4
The Big Show
The Big Show
1923 • as Booker T.
★ 6.2
A Quiet Street
A Quiet Street
1922 • as Booker T.
★ 7.1
The 'Fraidy Cat
The 'Fraidy Cat
1924 • as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
★ 6.8
movie
Why Go Home?
1920
★ 9.0
A Pleasant Journey
A Pleasant Journey
1923 • as Ernie
★ 6.4
movie
Name the Day
1921 • as Goofy
★ 10.0
movie
Getting His Goat
1920
★ 10.0
movie
Live and Learn
1920
★ 10.0
Boys to Board
Boys to Board
1923 • as Ernie
★ 6.0
The Pickaninny
The Pickaninny
1921 • as Little Casino
★ 7.0
movie
Between Meals
1926 • as In Need
★ 8.0
Giants vs. Yanks
Giants vs. Yanks
1923 • as Ernie
★ 6.7