Cast
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Acting
Cast
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Known for
Acting
Born
1912-12-20
From
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died
1989-07-24
Also known as Sammy Morrison, Little Sambo, Smiling Sambo
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.
Fire Fighters
as Booker T. Bacon
Fast Company
as Ernie
Between Meals
as In Need
Haunted Spooks
as Little Boy (uncredited)
Penrod
as Herman
Seein' Things
as Ernie
Saturday Morning
as Sorghum
Tire Trouble
as Ernie
The Pickaninny
as Little Casino
High Rollers
Kid Dynamite
as Scruno Jackson
In This Our Life
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
The Cobbler
as Ernie
Let's Get Tough
as Scruno
Young Sherlocks
as Ernie
Classic Comedy Teams
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Scruno (archive footage)
Our Gang
as Sunshine Sammy
Big Business
as Sunshine Sammy
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Scruno
Pride of the Bowery
as Scruno
Gang War
as Gang Member (uncredited)
Clancy Street Boys
as Scruno
Ghosts on the Loose
as Scruno
The Champeen
as Sammy Johnson
Lodge Night
as Ernie
Derby Day
as Ernie 'Sammy'
Flying Wild
as Scruno
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Scruno
Get Out and Get Under
as Small Boy (uncredited)
July Days
as Ernie
The Sawdust Doll
as Sambo
That Gang of Mine
as Scruno
Boys of the City
as Scruno
Number, Please?
as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
Any Old Port
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Joe
Spooks Run Wild
as Scruno
Back Stage
as Ernie
Captain Kiddo
The Our Gang Story
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
Peggy Does Her Darndest
as Snowball Snow
Grab the Ghost
as Servant's Child
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Chuckles
Commencement Day
as Ernie
Big Game
as Assistant
Drink Hearty
as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
Waltz Me Around
as Sunny
Full o' Pep
The Old Maid's Baby
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
A Pleasant Journey
as Ernie
Cradle Robbers
as Ernie
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
Sunday Calm
as Ernie
Rush Orders
as Narcissus
Park Your Car
The Buccaneers
as Ernie
Call a Taxi!
Dolly Does Her Bit
as Sambo
Stage Fright
as Ernie
A Quiet Street
as Booker T.
It's a Bear
as Ernie
Cash Customers
All Lit Up
as The Kid
Why Go Home?
Giants vs. Yanks
as Ernie
Dogs of War!
as Ernie
Tough Luck
Whirl o' the West
as Sammy
Red Hot Hottentotts
The Non-Skid Kid
Name the Day
as Goofy
The Dippy Dentist
as Messenger Boy
The Big Show
as Booker T.
Don't Rock the Boat
One Terrible Day
as Booker T.
Start Something
Getting His Goat
Cracked Wedding Bells
Boys to Board
as Ernie
Soft Pedal
as Wary
Call for Mr. Caveman
as Little Henry Hercules
Giving the Bride Away
The Sleuth
as Prince’s aid
Live and Learn
Run 'Em Ragged
Don't Butt In