Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Known for
Acting
Life
1912 – 1989 (aged 76)
Born in
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Credits
View on IMDb89 acting credits
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.
Known For
Good Times
08 Feb 1974
In This Our Life
08 May 1942
Haunted Spooks
14 Mar 1920
Ghosts on the Loose
30 Jul 1943
Number, Please?
26 Dec 1920
Spooks Run Wild
24 Oct 1941
Get Out and Get Under
26 Sep 1920
Boys of the City
15 Jul 1940
Photos
Filmography
1994
- The Our Gang Storyas Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
1991
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbookas Scruno (archive footage)
1986
- Classic Comedy Teamsas Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
1974
- Good Times1 episode
1943
- Ghosts on the Looseas Scruno
- Clancy Street Boysas Scruno
- Kid Dynamiteas Scruno Jackson
1942
- 'Neath Brooklyn Bridgeas Scruno
- Let's Get Toughas Scruno
- In This Our Lifeas Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1941
- Spooks Run Wildas Scruno
- Bowery Blitzkriegas Scruno
- Flying Wildas Scruno
1940
- Pride of the Boweryas Scruno
- Fugitive from a Prison Campas Chuckles
- That Gang of Mineas Scruno
- Boys of the Cityas Scruno
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Babyas Joe
- Gang Waras Gang Member (uncredited)
1926
- Soft Pedalas Wary
- Don't Butt In
- Between Mealsas In Need
1924
- Fast Companyas Ernie
- It's a Bearas Ernie
- Cradle Robbersas Ernie
- Commencement Dayas Ernie
- Seein' Thingsas Ernie
- The 'Fraidy Catas Member of the Gang (uncredited)
- The Buccaneersas Ernie
- Big Businessas Sunshine Sammy
- Tire Troubleas Ernie
1923
- Sunday Calmas Ernie
- Derby Dayas Ernie 'Sammy'
- Stage Frightas Ernie
- July Daysas Ernie
- Lodge Nightas Ernie
- Dogs of War!as Ernie
- Back Stageas Ernie
- Giants vs. Yanksas Ernie
- Boys to Boardas Ernie
- A Pleasant Journeyas Ernie
- The Big Showas Booker T.
- The Cobbleras Ernie
- The Champeenas Sammy Johnson
1922
- A Quiet Streetas Booker T.
- Saturday Morningas Sorghum
- Young Sherlocksas Ernie
- Our Gangas Sunshine Sammy
- Fire Fightersas Booker T. Bacon
- One Terrible Dayas Booker T.
- The Sleuthas Prince’s aid
- The Non-Skid Kid
- Full o' Pep
- Penrodas Herman
1921
- The Pickaninnyas Little Casino
- Name the Dayas Goofy
- High Rollers
- Big Gameas Assistant
- Rush Ordersas Narcissus
- Whirl o' the Westas Sammy
1920
- Number, Please?as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
- Park Your Car
- Cash Customers
- Get Out and Get Underas Small Boy (uncredited)
- Live and Learn
- Run 'Em Ragged
- Call a Taxi!
- Don't Rock the Boat
- Any Old Port
- Grab the Ghostas Servant's Child
- Drink Heartyas George Washington Tarfoot Lee
- Cracked Wedding Bells
- Haunted Spooksas Little Boy (uncredited)
- Waltz Me Aroundas Sunny
- Getting His Goat
- All Lit Upas The Kid
- The Dippy Dentistas Messenger Boy
- Why Go Home?
- Red Hot Hottentotts
1919
- Tough Luck
- Call for Mr. Cavemanas Little Henry Hercules
- Giving the Bride Away
- Daddy Number Two
- Start Something
- The Sawdust Dollas Sambo
- Peggy Does Her Darndestas Snowball Snow
- The Old Maid's Babyas George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
1918
- Dolly Does Her Bitas Sambo