Birthday:
Dec 20, 1912
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Fugitive from a Prison Camp | Chuckles | 1940 |
| Spooks Run Wild | Scruno | 1941 |
| Bowery Blitzkrieg | Scruno | 1941 |
| The Our Gang Story | Sunshine Sammy (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Saturday Morning | Sorghum | 1922 |
| A Quiet Street | Booker T. | 1922 |
| The Big Show | Booker T. | 1923 |
| Don't Rock the Boat | 1920 | |
| Live and Learn | 1920 | |
| Between Meals | In Need | 1926 |
| Ghosts on the Loose | Scruno | 1943 |
| Horrible Horror | Scruno in 'Ghosts on the loose' | 1986 |
| The Old Maid's Baby | George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson | 1919 |
| The Sawdust Doll | Sambo | 1919 |
| Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Scruno (archive footage) | 1991 |
| Clancy Street Boys | Scruno | 1943 |
| Captain Kiddo | 1917 | |
| Get Out and Get Under | Small Boy (uncredited) | 1920 |
| The Non-Skid Kid | 1922 | |
| Dolly Does Her Bit | Sambo | 1918 |
| Call for Mr. Caveman | Little Henry Hercules | 1919 |
| Drink Hearty | George Washington Tarfoot Lee | 1920 |
| Full o' Pep | 1922 | |
| Waltz Me Around | 1920 | |
| The Sleuth | Prince’s aid | 1922 |
| Soft Pedal | Wary | 1926 |
| Run 'Em Ragged | 1920 | |
| Park Your Car | 1920 | |
| Big Game | Assistant | 1921 |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby | Joe | 1940 |
| The Champeen | Sammy Johnson | 1923 |
| A Pleasant Journey | Ernie | 1923 |
| The Cobbler | Ernie | 1923 |
| The Dippy Dentist | Messenger Boy | 1920 |
| Whirl o' the West | Sammy | 1921 |
| Rush Orders | Narcissus | 1921 |
| Name the Day | Goofy | 1921 |
| The Pickaninny | Little Casino | 1921 |
| One Terrible Day | Booker T. | 1922 |
| Fire Fighters | Booker T. Bacon | 1922 |
| Gang War | Gang Member (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Boys of the City | Scruno | 1940 |
| That Gang of Mine | Scruno | 1940 |
| Pride of the Bowery | Scruno | 1940 |
| Flying Wild | Scruno | 1941 |
| 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge | Scruno | 1942 |
| Kid Dynamite | Scruno Jackson | 1943 |
| Big Business | Sunshine Sammy | 1924 |
| The 'Fraidy Cat | Member of the Gang (uncredited) | 1924 |
| Our Gang | Sunshine Sammy | 1922 |
| Young Sherlocks | Ernie | 1922 |
| Boys to Board | Ernie | 1923 |
| Giants vs. Yanks | Ernie | 1923 |
| Back Stage | Ernie | 1923 |
| Dogs of War! | Ernie | 1923 |
| Lodge Night | Ernie | 1923 |
| July Days | Ernie | 1923 |
| Stage Fright | Ernie | 1923 |
| Derby Day | Ernie 'Sammy' | 1923 |
| Sunday Calm | Ernie | 1923 |
| Tire Trouble | Ernie | 1924 |
| The Buccaneers | Ernie | 1924 |
| Seein' Things | Ernie | 1924 |
| Commencement Day | Ernie | 1924 |
| Cradle Robbers | Ernie | 1924 |
| It's a Bear | Ernie | 1924 |
| Fast Company | Ernie | 1924 |
| Let's Get Tough | Scruno | 1942 |
| All Lit Up | The Kid | 1920 |
| Any Old Port | 1920 | |
| Call a Taxi | 1920 | |
| Cash Customers | 1920 | |
| Cracked Wedding Bells | 1920 | |
| Grab the Ghost | Servant's Child | 1920 |
| High Rollers | 1921 | |
| Don't Butt In | 1926 | |
| Haunted Spooks | Little Boy (uncredited) | 1920 |
| Penrod | Herman | 1922 |
| In This Our Life | Black Man in Jail (uncredited) | 1942 |
| Number, Please? | Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited) | 1920 |
| Start Something | 1919 | |
| Giving the Bride Away | 1919 | |
| Tough Luck | 1919 | |
| Red Hot Hottentotts | 1920 | |
| Why Go Home? | 1920 | |
| Getting His Goat | 1920 | |
| Daddy Number Two | 1919 | |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| Good Times | 1974 |
