Acting
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Acting · Born 1912-12-20 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
Credits · 85
FilmDracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Scruno (archive footage)
FilmClassic Comedy Teams
1986 · Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
Good Times
1974
FilmGhosts on the Loose
1943 · Scruno
FilmClancy Street Boys
1943 · Scruno
FilmKid Dynamite
1943 · Scruno Jackson
Film'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942 · Scruno
FilmLet's Get Tough
1942 · Scruno
FilmIn This Our Life
1942 · Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
FilmSpooks Run Wild
1941 · Scruno
FilmBowery Blitzkrieg
1941 · Scruno
FilmFlying Wild
1941 · Scruno
FilmPride of the Bowery
1940 · Scruno
FilmFugitive from a Prison Camp
1940 · Chuckles
FilmThat Gang of Mine
1940 · Scruno
FilmBoys of the City
1940 · Scruno
FilmI Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940 · Joe
FilmGang War
1940 · Gang Member (uncredited)
FilmSoft Pedal
1926 · Wary
Don't Butt In
FilmDon't Butt In
1926
Between Meals
FilmBetween Meals
1926 · In Need
FilmFast Company
1924 · Ernie
FilmIt's a Bear
1924 · Ernie
FilmCradle Robbers
1924 · Ernie
FilmCommencement Day
1924 · Ernie
FilmSeein' Things
1924 · Ernie
FilmThe 'Fraidy Cat
1924 · Member of the Gang (uncredited)
FilmThe Buccaneers
1924 · Ernie
FilmBig Business
1924 · Sunshine Sammy
FilmTire Trouble
1924 · Ernie
FilmSunday Calm
1923 · Ernie
FilmDerby Day
1923 · Ernie 'Sammy'
FilmStage Fright
1923 · Ernie
FilmJuly Days
1923 · Ernie
FilmLodge Night
1923 · Ernie
FilmDogs of War!
1923 · Ernie
FilmBack Stage
1923 · Ernie
FilmGiants vs. Yanks
1923 · Ernie
FilmBoys to Board
1923 · Ernie
FilmA Pleasant Journey
1923 · Ernie
FilmThe Big Show
1923 · Booker T.
FilmThe Cobbler
1923 · Ernie
FilmThe Champeen
1923 · Sammy Johnson
FilmA Quiet Street
1922 · Booker T.
FilmSaturday Morning
1922 · Sorghum
FilmYoung Sherlocks
1922 · Ernie
FilmOur Gang
1922 · Sunshine Sammy
FilmFire Fighters
1922 · Booker T. Bacon
FilmOne Terrible Day
1922 · Booker T.
FilmThe Non-Skid Kid
1922
Full o' Pep
FilmFull o' Pep
1922
FilmPenrod
1922 · Herman
FilmThe Pickaninny
1921 · Little Casino
Name the Day
FilmName the Day
1921 · Goofy
High Rollers
FilmHigh Rollers
1921
Big Game
FilmBig Game
1921 · Assistant
Rush Orders
FilmRush Orders
1921 · Narcissus
FilmWhirl o' the West
1921 · Sammy
FilmNumber, Please?
1920 · Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
Park Your Car
FilmPark Your Car
1920
Cash Customers
FilmCash Customers
1920
FilmGet Out and Get Under
1920 · Small Boy (uncredited)
Live and Learn
FilmLive and Learn
1920
FilmRun 'Em Ragged
1920
FilmCall a Taxi!
1920
Don't Rock the Boat
FilmDon't Rock the Boat
1920
Any Old Port
FilmAny Old Port
1920
FilmGrab the Ghost
1920 · Servant's Child
Drink Hearty
FilmDrink Hearty
1920 · George Washington Tarfoot Lee
Cracked Wedding Bells
FilmCracked Wedding Bells
1920
FilmHaunted Spooks
1920 · Little Boy (uncredited)
FilmWaltz Me Around
1920 · Sunny
Getting His Goat
FilmGetting His Goat
1920
FilmAll Lit Up
1920 · The Kid
FilmThe Dippy Dentist
1920 · Messenger Boy
Why Go Home?
FilmWhy Go Home?
1920
Red Hot Hottentotts
FilmRed Hot Hottentotts
1920
Tough Luck
FilmTough Luck
1919
FilmCall for Mr. Caveman
1919 · Little Henry Hercules
Giving the Bride Away
FilmGiving the Bride Away
1919
Start Something
FilmStart Something
1919
FilmThe Sawdust Doll
1919 · Sambo
FilmPeggy Does Her Darndest
1919 · Snowball Snow
FilmThe Old Maid's Baby
1919 · George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
FilmDolly Does Her Bit
1918 · Sambo