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) A Quiet Street
as Booker T.
(1923) The Big Show
as Booker T.
(1922) Saturday Morning
as Sorghum
(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 Sunny
(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
(1921) Rush Orders
as Narcissus
(1923) The Cobbler
as Ernie
(1923) A Pleasant Journey
as Ernie
(1921) Name the Day
as Goofy
(1922) One Terrible Day
as Booker T.
(1940) Pride of the Bowery
as Scruno
(1942) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Scruno
(1921) Whirl o' the West
as Sammy
(1921) The Pickaninny
as Little Casino
(1940) Boys of the City
as Scruno
(1940) Gang War
as Gang Member (uncredited)
(1941) Flying Wild
as Scruno
(1920) The Dippy Dentist
as Messenger Boy
(1922) Fire Fighters
as Booker T. Bacon
(1940) That Gang of Mine
as Scruno
(1923) Lodge Night
as Ernie
(1924) Seein' Things
as Ernie
(1923) Back Stage
as Ernie
(1923) Stage Fright
as Ernie
(1924) Fast Company
as Ernie
(1924) Big Business
as Sunshine Sammy
(1923) Derby Day
as Ernie 'Sammy'
(1924) Commencement Day
as Ernie
(1924) The 'Fraidy Cat
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
(1924) The Buccaneers
as Ernie
(1923) July Days
as Ernie
(1943) Kid Dynamite
as Scruno Jackson
(1924) Tire Trouble
as Ernie
(1924) Cradle Robbers
as Ernie
(1923) Dogs of War!
as Ernie
(1922) Our Gang
as Sunshine Sammy
(1922) Young Sherlocks
as Ernie
(1923) Boys to Board
as Ernie
(1923) Giants vs. Yanks
as Ernie
(1923) Sunday Calm
as Ernie
(1924) It's a Bear
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) Grab the Ghost
as Servant's Child
(1920) Cash Customers
as ---
(1920) Cracked Wedding Bells
as ---
(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 ---
(1986) Classic Comedy Teams
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
(1974) Good Times
as ---