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)

Penrod

1922

as Herman

Spooks Run Wild

1941

as Scruno

Gang War

1940

as Gang Member (uncredited)

Captain Kiddo

1917

That Gang of Mine

1940

as Scruno

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Scruno (archive footage)

Peggy Does Her Darndest

1919

as Snowball Snow

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Drink Hearty

1920

as George Washington Tarfoot Lee

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1940

as Joe

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

as Scruno

Whirl o' the West

1921

as Sammy

Dolly Does Her Bit

1918

as Sambo

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942

as Scruno

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1941

as Scruno

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Rush Orders

1921

as Narcissus

Let's Get Tough

1942

as Scruno

The Old Maid's Baby

1919

as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson

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Big Game

1921

as Assistant

Boys of the City

1940

as Scruno