Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Acting

December 20, 1912 – July 24, 1989 (died at 76)

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Male

88 Movies

1 TV Shows

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.

Number, Please?

1920 6.6

as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)

Age 8 (now 76)

Get Out and Get Under

1920 6.5

as Small Boy (uncredited)

Age 7 (now 76)

Haunted Spooks

1920 6.3

as Little Boy (uncredited)

Age 7 (now 76)

Spooks Run Wild

1941 5.1

as Scruno

Age 28 (now 76)

The Buccaneers

1924 6.6

as Ernie

Age 11 (now 76)

Ghosts on the Loose

1943 4.2

as Scruno

Age 30 (now 76)

The Champeen

1923 7.1

as Sammy Johnson

Age 10 (now 76)

A Pleasant Journey

1923 6.4

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

Our Gang

1922 6.5

as Sunshine Sammy

Age 9 (now 76)

That Gang of Mine

1940 5.8

as Scruno

Age 27 (now 76)

Giants vs. Yanks

1923 6.7

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

July Days

1923 6.5

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

Derby Day

1923 6.5

as Ernie 'Sammy'

Age 10 (now 76)

Dogs of War!

1923 5.8

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

Flying Wild

1941 6.1

as Scruno

Age 28 (now 76)

Back Stage

1923 7.4

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

The Our Gang Story

1994

as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)

Age 81 (now 76)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991 9.5

as Scruno (archive footage)

Age 78 (now 76)

Classic Comedy Teams

1986 7.0

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

Age 73 (now 76)

Ghosts on the Loose

1943 4.2

as Scruno

Age 30 (now 76)

Clancy Street Boys

1943 6.6

as Scruno

Age 30 (now 76)

Kid Dynamite

1943 7.0

as Scruno Jackson

Age 30 (now 76)

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942 6.3

as Scruno

Age 29 (now 76)

Let's Get Tough

1942 5.4

as Scruno

Age 29 (now 76)

In This Our Life

1942 6.9

as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Age 29 (now 76)

Spooks Run Wild

1941 5.1

as Scruno

Age 28 (now 76)

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1941 6.1

as Scruno

Age 28 (now 76)

Flying Wild

1941 6.1

as Scruno

Age 28 (now 76)

Pride of the Bowery

1940 6.2

as Scruno

Age 27 (now 76)

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

1940 9.0

as Chuckles

Age 27 (now 76)

That Gang of Mine

1940 5.8

as Scruno

Age 27 (now 76)

Boys of the City

1940 5.2

as Scruno

Age 27 (now 76)

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1940 7.0

as Joe

Age 27 (now 76)

Gang War

1940 6.3

as Gang Member (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 76)

Soft Pedal

1926 9.0

as Wary

Age 13 (now 76)

Don't Butt In

1926 8.0

Age 13 (now 76)

Between Meals

1926 8.0

as In Need

Age 13 (now 76)

Fast Company

1924 6.4

as Ernie

Age 11 (now 76)

It's a Bear

1924 6.3

as Ernie

Age 11 (now 76)

Cradle Robbers

1924 6.9

as Ernie

Age 11 (now 76)

Commencement Day

1924 7.1

as Ernie

Age 11 (now 76)

Seein' Things

1924 6.9

as Ernie

Age 11 (now 76)

The 'Fraidy Cat

1924 6.8

as Member of the Gang (uncredited)

Age 11 (now 76)

The Buccaneers

1924 6.6

as Ernie

Age 11 (now 76)

Big Business

1924 6.4

as Sunshine Sammy

Age 11 (now 76)

Tire Trouble

1924 6.4

as Ernie

Age 11 (now 76)

Sunday Calm

1923 6.6

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

Derby Day

1923 6.5

as Ernie 'Sammy'

Age 10 (now 76)

Stage Fright

1923 6.9

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

July Days

1923 6.5

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

Lodge Night

1923 6.5

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

Dogs of War!

1923 5.8

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

Back Stage

1923 7.4

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

Giants vs. Yanks

1923 6.7

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

Boys to Board

1923 6.0

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

A Pleasant Journey

1923 6.4

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

The Big Show

1923 6.4

as Booker T.

Age 10 (now 76)

The Cobbler

1923 7.0

as Ernie

Age 10 (now 76)

The Champeen

1923 7.1

as Sammy Johnson

Age 10 (now 76)

A Quiet Street

1922 7.1

as Booker T.

Age 10 (now 76)

Saturday Morning

1922 7.4

as Sorghum

Age 9 (now 76)

Young Sherlocks

1922 7.9

as Ernie

Age 9 (now 76)

Our Gang

1922 6.5

as Sunshine Sammy

Age 9 (now 76)

Fire Fighters

1922 6.5

as Booker T. Bacon

Age 9 (now 76)

One Terrible Day

1922 6.7

as Booker T.

Age 9 (now 76)

The Sleuth

1922

as Prince’s aid

Age 9 (now 76)

The Non-Skid Kid

1922 4.5

Age 9 (now 76)

Full o' Pep

1922 9.0

Age 9 (now 76)

Penrod

1922 10.0

as Herman

Age 9 (now 76)

The Pickaninny

1921 9.0

as Little Casino

Age 8 (now 76)

Name the Day

1921 10.0

as Goofy

Age 8 (now 76)

High Rollers

1921 5.3

Age 8 (now 76)

Big Game

1921 9.0

as Assistant

Age 8 (now 76)

Rush Orders

1921 10.0

as Narcissus

Age 8 (now 76)

Whirl o' the West

1921 8.0

as Sammy

Age 8 (now 76)

Number, Please?

1920 6.6

as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)

Age 8 (now 76)

Park Your Car

1920 4.0

Age 7 (now 76)

Cash Customers

1920 10.0

Age 7 (now 76)

Get Out and Get Under

1920 6.5

as Small Boy (uncredited)

Age 7 (now 76)

Live and Learn

1920 10.0

Age 7 (now 76)

Run 'Em Ragged

1920 7.5

Age 7 (now 76)

Call a Taxi!

1920 5.5

Age 7 (now 76)

Don't Rock the Boat

1920 9.0

Age 7 (now 76)

Any Old Port

1920 10.0

Age 7 (now 76)

Grab the Ghost

1920 8.0

as Servant's Child

Age 7 (now 76)

Drink Hearty

1920 7.0

as George Washington Tarfoot Lee

Age 7 (now 76)

Cracked Wedding Bells

1920 7.0

Age 7 (now 76)

Haunted Spooks

1920 6.3

as Little Boy (uncredited)

Age 7 (now 76)

Waltz Me Around

1920 6.0

as Sunny

Age 7 (now 76)

Getting His Goat

1920 10.0

Age 7 (now 76)

All Lit Up

1920 7.5

as The Kid

Age 7 (now 76)

The Dippy Dentist

1920 6.4

as Messenger Boy

Age 7 (now 76)

Why Go Home?

1920 9.0

Age 7 (now 76)

Red Hot Hottentotts

1920 7.0

Age 7 (now 76)

Tough Luck

1919 9.0

Age 7 (now 76)

Call for Mr. Caveman

1919 5.0

as Little Henry Hercules

Age 6 (now 76)

Giving the Bride Away

1919 9.0

Age 6 (now 76)

Daddy Number Two

1919

Age 6 (now 76)

Start Something

1919 7.0

Age 6 (now 76)

The Sawdust Doll

1919 10.0

as Sambo

Age 6 (now 76)

Peggy Does Her Darndest

1919 10.0

as Snowball Snow

Age 6 (now 76)

The Old Maid's Baby

1919 7.0

as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson

Age 6 (now 76)

Dolly Does Her Bit

1918 9.0

as Sambo

Age 5 (now 76)

Captain Kiddo

1917

Age 4 (now 76)