Sunshine Sammy Morrison

1912-12-20 – 1989-07-24 (age 76) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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.

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Known For

In This Our Life

1942

as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1941

as Scruno

Kid Dynamite

1943

as Scruno Jackson

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942

as Scruno

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

as Scruno

Flying Wild

1941

as Scruno

July Days

1923

as Ernie

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Scruno (archive footage)

That Gang of Mine

1940

as Scruno

Let's Get Tough

1942

as Scruno

Spooks Run Wild

1941

as Scruno

Pride of the Bowery

1940

as Scruno

Classic Comedy Teams

1986

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

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Full o' Pep

1922

The Our Gang Story

1994

as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)

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Drink Hearty

1920

as George Washington Tarfoot Lee

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1940

as Joe

Our Gang

1922

as Sunshine Sammy

The Old Maid's Baby

1919

as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson

Dogs of War!

1923

as Ernie