Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

20 December 1912, 112 years old

Known For

In This Our Life

Haunted Spooks

Ghosts on the Loose

Number, Please?

Spooks Run Wild

Get Out and Get Under

That Gang of Mine

Boys of the City

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

The Our Gang Story

Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)

1994

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Scruno (archive footage)

1991

Classic Comedy Teams

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

1986

Ghosts on the Loose

Scruno

1943

Clancy Street Boys

Scruno

1943

Kid Dynamite

Scruno Jackson

1943

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Scruno

1942

Let's Get Tough

Scruno

1942

In This Our Life

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

1942

Spooks Run Wild

Scruno

1941

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Scruno

1941

Flying Wild

Scruno

1941

Pride of the Bowery

Scruno

1940

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

Chuckles

1940

That Gang of Mine

Scruno

1940

Boys of the City

Scruno

1940

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Joe

1940

Gang War

Gang Member (uncredited)

1940

Soft Pedal

Wary

1926

Don't Butt In

1926

Between Meals

In Need

1926

Fast Company

Ernie

1924

It's a Bear

Ernie

1924

Cradle Robbers

Ernie

1924

Commencement Day

Ernie

1924

Seein' Things

Ernie

1924

The 'Fraidy Cat

Member of the Gang (uncredited)

1924

The Buccaneers

Ernie

1924

Big Business

Sunshine Sammy

1924

Tire Trouble

Ernie

1924

Sunday Calm

Ernie

1923

Derby Day

Ernie 'Sammy'

1923

Stage Fright

Ernie

1923

July Days

Ernie

1923

Lodge Night

Ernie

1923

Dogs of War!

Ernie

1923

Back Stage

Ernie

1923

Giants vs. Yanks

Ernie

1923

Boys to Board

Ernie

1923

A Pleasant Journey

Ernie

1923

The Big Show

Booker T.

1923

The Cobbler

Ernie

1923

The Champeen

Sammy Johnson

1923

A Quiet Street

Booker T.

1922

Saturday Morning

Sorghum

1922

Young Sherlocks

Ernie

1922

Our Gang

Sunshine Sammy

1922

Fire Fighters

Booker T. Bacon

1922

One Terrible Day

Booker T.

1922

The Sleuth

Prince’s aid

1922

The Non-Skid Kid

1922

Full o' Pep

1922

Penrod

Herman

1922

The Pickaninny

Little Casino

1921

Name the Day

Goofy

1921

High Rollers

1921

Big Game

Assistant

1921

Rush Orders

Narcissus

1921

Whirl o' the West

Sammy

1921

Number, Please?

Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)

1920

Park Your Car

1920

Cash Customers

1920

Get Out and Get Under

Small Boy (uncredited)

1920

Live and Learn

1920

Run 'Em Ragged

1920

Call a Taxi

1920

Don't Rock the Boat

1920

Any Old Port

1920

Grab the Ghost

Servant's Child

1920

Drink Hearty

George Washington Tarfoot Lee

1920

Cracked Wedding Bells

1920

Haunted Spooks

Little Boy (uncredited)

1920

Waltz Me Around

Sunny

1920

Getting His Goat

1920

All Lit Up

The Kid

1920

The Dippy Dentist

Messenger Boy

1920

Why Go Home?

1920

Red Hot Hottentotts

1920

Tough Luck

1919

Call for Mr. Caveman

Little Henry Hercules

1919

Giving the Bride Away

1919

Daddy Number Two

1919

Start Something

1919

The Sawdust Doll

Sambo

1919

The Old Maid's Baby

George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson

1919

Dolly Does Her Bit

Sambo

1918

Captain Kiddo

1917