Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Acting • Born 1912-12-20 – Died 1989-07-24
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.
Filmography
89 credits
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
Movie • 1940
Chuckles
Spooks Run Wild
Movie • 1941
Scruno
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Movie • 1941
Scruno
The Our Gang Story
Movie • 1994
Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
A Quiet Street
Movie • 1922
Booker T.
The Big Show
Movie • 1923
Booker T.
Saturday Morning
Movie • 1922
Sorghum
Don't Rock the Boat
Movie • 1920
Live and Learn
Movie • 1920
Between Meals
Movie • 1926
In Need
Ghosts on the Loose
Movie • 1943
Scruno
The Old Maid's Baby
Movie • 1919
George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
The Sawdust Doll
Movie • 1919
Sambo
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Scruno (archive footage)
Clancy Street Boys
Movie • 1943
Scruno
Captain Kiddo
Movie • 1917
Get Out and Get Under
Movie • 1920
Small Boy (uncredited)
The Non-Skid Kid
Movie • 1922
Dolly Does Her Bit
Movie • 1918
Sambo
Call for Mr. Caveman
Movie • 1919
Little Henry Hercules
Drink Hearty
Movie • 1920
George Washington Tarfoot Lee
Full o' Pep
Movie • 1922
Waltz Me Around
Movie • 1920
Sunny
The Sleuth
Movie • 1922
Prince’s aid
Soft Pedal
Movie • 1926
Wary
Run 'Em Ragged
Movie • 1920
Park Your Car
Movie • 1920
Big Game
Movie • 1921
Assistant
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Movie • 1940
Joe
The Champeen
Movie • 1923
Sammy Johnson
Rush Orders
Movie • 1921
Narcissus
The Cobbler
Movie • 1923
Ernie
A Pleasant Journey
Movie • 1923
Ernie
Name the Day
Movie • 1921
Goofy
One Terrible Day
Movie • 1922
Booker T.
Pride of the Bowery
Movie • 1940
Scruno
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Movie • 1942
Scruno
Whirl o' the West
Movie • 1921
Sammy
The Pickaninny
Movie • 1921
Little Casino
Boys of the City
Movie • 1940
Scruno
Gang War
Movie • 1940
Gang Member (uncredited)
Flying Wild
Movie • 1941
Scruno
The Dippy Dentist
Movie • 1920
Messenger Boy
Fire Fighters
Movie • 1922
Booker T. Bacon
That Gang of Mine
Movie • 1940
Scruno
Lodge Night
Movie • 1923
Ernie
Seein' Things
Movie • 1924
Ernie
Back Stage
Movie • 1923
Ernie
Stage Fright
Movie • 1923
Ernie
Fast Company
Movie • 1924
Ernie
Big Business
Movie • 1924
Sunshine Sammy
Derby Day
Movie • 1923
Ernie 'Sammy'
Commencement Day
Movie • 1924
Ernie
The 'Fraidy Cat
Movie • 1924
Member of the Gang (uncredited)
The Buccaneers
Movie • 1924
Ernie
July Days
Movie • 1923
Ernie
Kid Dynamite
Movie • 1943
Scruno Jackson
Tire Trouble
Movie • 1924
Ernie
Cradle Robbers
Movie • 1924
Ernie
Dogs of War!
Movie • 1923
Ernie
Our Gang
Movie • 1922
Sunshine Sammy
Young Sherlocks
Movie • 1922
Ernie
Boys to Board
Movie • 1923
Ernie
Giants vs. Yanks
Movie • 1923
Ernie
Sunday Calm
Movie • 1923
Ernie
It's a Bear
Movie • 1924
Ernie
Let's Get Tough
Movie • 1942
Scruno
All Lit Up
Movie • 1920
The Kid
Any Old Port
Movie • 1920
Call a Taxi!
Movie • 1920
Grab the Ghost
Movie • 1920
Servant's Child
Cash Customers
Movie • 1920
Cracked Wedding Bells
Movie • 1920
High Rollers
Movie • 1921
Don't Butt In
Movie • 1926
Haunted Spooks
Movie • 1920
Little Boy (uncredited)
Penrod
Movie • 1922
Herman
In This Our Life
Movie • 1942
Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Number, Please?
Movie • 1920
Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
Start Something
Movie • 1919
Giving the Bride Away
Movie • 1919
Tough Luck
Movie • 1919
Red Hot Hottentotts
Movie • 1920
Why Go Home?
Movie • 1920
Getting His Goat
Movie • 1920
Daddy Number Two
Movie • 1919
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie • 1986
Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
Peggy Does Her Darndest
Movie • 1919
Snowball Snow
Good Times
TV • 1974