Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Birthday
1912/12/20
Day of death
1989/07/24 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also know as
Sammy Morrison, Little Sambo, Smiling Sambo, Sambo, Sunshine Sammy, Ernest Fredric Morrison, Ernest 'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison, Hal Roach's Rascals, Ernie 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.
Acting
(1940) Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Chuckles
(1941) Spooks Run Wild
as Scruno
(1941) Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Scruno
(1994) The Our Gang Story
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
(1922) Saturday Morning
as Sorghum
(1922) A Quiet Street
as Booker T.
(1923) The Big Show
as Booker T.
(1920) Don't Rock the Boat
as ---
(1920) Live and Learn
as ---
(1926) Between Meals
as In Need
(1943) Ghosts on the Loose
as Scruno
(1919) The Old Maid's Baby
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
(1919) The Sawdust Doll
as Sambo
(1991) Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Scruno (archive footage)
(1943) Clancy Street Boys
as Scruno
(1917) Captain Kiddo
as ---
(1920) Get Out and Get Under
as Small Boy (uncredited)
(1922) The Non-Skid Kid
as ---
(1918) Dolly Does Her Bit
as Sambo
(1919) Call for Mr. Caveman
as Little Henry Hercules
(1920) Drink Hearty
as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
(1922) Full o' Pep
as ---
(1920) Waltz Me Around
as ---
(1922) The Sleuth
as Prince’s aid
(1926) Soft Pedal
as Wary
(1920) Run 'Em Ragged
as ---
(1920) Park Your Car
as ---
(1921) Big Game
as Assistant
(1940) I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Joe
(1923) The Champeen
as Sammy Johnson
(1923) A Pleasant Journey
as Ernie
(1923) The Cobbler
as Ernie
(1920) The Dippy Dentist
as Messenger Boy
(1921) Whirl o' the West
as Sammy
(1921) Rush Orders
as Narcissus
(1921) Name the Day
as Goofy
(1921) The Pickaninny
as Little Casino
(1922) One Terrible Day
as Booker T.
(1922) Fire Fighters
as Booker T. Bacon
(1940) Gang War
as Gang Member (uncredited)
(1940) Boys of the City
as Scruno
(1940) That Gang of Mine
as Scruno
(1940) Pride of the Bowery
as Scruno
(1941) Flying Wild
as Scruno
(1942) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Scruno
(1943) Kid Dynamite
as Scruno Jackson
(1924) Big Business
as Sunshine Sammy
(1924) The 'Fraidy Cat
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
(1922) Our Gang
as Sunshine Sammy
(1922) Young Sherlocks
as Ernie
(1923) Boys to Board
as Ernie
(1923) Giants vs. Yanks
as Ernie
(1923) Back Stage
as Ernie
(1923) Dogs of War!
as Ernie
(1923) Lodge Night
as Ernie
(1923) July Days
as Ernie
(1923) Stage Fright
as Ernie
(1923) Derby Day
as Ernie 'Sammy'
(1923) Sunday Calm
as Ernie
(1924) Tire Trouble
as Ernie
(1924) The Buccaneers
as Ernie
(1924) Seein' Things
as Ernie
(1924) Commencement Day
as Ernie
(1924) Cradle Robbers
as Ernie
(1924) It's a Bear
as Ernie
(1924) Fast Company
as Ernie
(1942) Let's Get Tough
as Scruno
(1920) All Lit Up
as The Kid
(1920) Any Old Port
as ---
(1920) Call a Taxi
as ---
(1920) Cash Customers
as ---
(1920) Cracked Wedding Bells
as ---
(1920) Grab the Ghost
as Servant's Child
(1921) High Rollers
as ---
(1926) Don't Butt In
as ---
(1920) Haunted Spooks
as Little Boy (uncredited)
(1922) Penrod
as Herman
(1942) In This Our Life
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
(1920) Number, Please?
as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
(1919) Start Something
as ---
(1919) Giving the Bride Away
as ---
(1919) Tough Luck
as ---
(1920) Red Hot Hottentotts
as ---
(1920) Why Go Home?
as ---
(1920) Getting His Goat
as ---
(1919) Daddy Number Two
as ---
(1974) Good Times
as ---