Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Acting

December 20, 1912

— July 24, 1989(76 years old)

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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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.

Also Known As

Sammy Morrison • Little Sambo • Smiling Sambo • Sambo • Sunshine Sammy

Known For

8.0

Good Times

6.5

Fire Fighters

Booker T. Bacon

5.1

Spooks Run Wild

Scruno

6.6

The Buccaneers

Ernie

6.1

Flying Wild

Scruno

5.8

That Gang of Mine

Scruno

6.5

Our Gang

Sunshine Sammy

6.9

Seein' Things

Ernie

7.1

Commencement Day

Ernie

7.0

Kid Dynamite

Scruno Jackson

6.1

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Scruno

10.0

Penrod

Herman

Photos of Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Filmography

1990s

The Our Gang Story

Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)

9.5

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Scruno (archive footage)

1980s

7.0

Classic Comedy Teams

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

1940s

7.0

Kid Dynamite

Scruno Jackson

6.6

Clancy Street Boys

Scruno

4.2

Ghosts on the Loose

Scruno

6.9

In This Our Life

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

5.4

Let's Get Tough

Scruno

6.3

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Scruno

6.1

Flying Wild

Scruno

5.1

Spooks Run Wild

Scruno

6.1

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Scruno

5.8

That Gang of Mine

Scruno

6.2

Pride of the Bowery

Scruno

7.0

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Joe

5.2

Boys of the City

Scruno

9.0

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

Chuckles

6.3

Gang War

Gang Member (uncredited)

1920s

9.0

Soft Pedal

Wary

6.6

The Buccaneers

Ernie

6.9

Seein' Things

Ernie

7.1

Commencement Day

Ernie

6.4

Tire Trouble

Ernie

6.4

Big Business

Sunshine Sammy

6.9

Cradle Robbers

Ernie

6.3

It's a Bear

Ernie

6.4

Fast Company

Ernie

6.8

The 'Fraidy Cat

Member of the Gang (uncredited)

6.7

Giants vs. Yanks

Ernie

7.0

The Cobbler

Ernie

6.5

July Days

Ernie

6.6

Sunday Calm

Ernie

5.8

Dogs of War!

Ernie

6.9

Stage Fright

Ernie

7.4

Back Stage

Ernie

6.4

A Pleasant Journey

Ernie

6.5

Derby Day

Ernie 'Sammy'

6.0

Boys to Board

Ernie

7.1

The Champeen

Sammy Johnson

6.4

The Big Show

Booker T.

6.5

Lodge Night

Ernie

6.5

Fire Fighters

Booker T. Bacon

6.5

Our Gang

Sunshine Sammy

10.0

Penrod

Herman

7.9

Young Sherlocks

Ernie

7.4

Saturday Morning

Sorghum

7.1

A Quiet Street

Booker T.

6.7

One Terrible Day

Booker T.

4.5

The Non-Skid Kid

9.0

The Pickaninny

Little Casino

8.0

Whirl o' the West

Sammy

8.0

Grab the Ghost

Servant's Child

6.4

The Dippy Dentist

Messenger Boy

6.6

Number, Please?

Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)

6.3

Haunted Spooks

Little Boy (uncredited)

6.0

Waltz Me Around

Sunny

7.5

Run 'Em Ragged

7.5

All Lit Up

The Kid

6.5

Get Out and Get Under

Small Boy (uncredited)

5.5

Call a Taxi!

1910s

7.0

The Old Maid's Baby

George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson

10.0

The Sawdust Doll

Sambo

5.0

Call for Mr. Caveman

Little Henry Hercules

10.0

Peggy Does Her Darndest

Snowball Snow

9.0

Dolly Does Her Bit

Sambo