Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Acting

Born: 1912-12-20 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died: 1989-07-24

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.

Acting

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

Chuckles

Spooks Run Wild

Scruno

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Scruno

The Our Gang Story

Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)

A Quiet Street

Booker T.

The Big Show

Booker T.

Saturday Morning

Sorghum

Don't Rock the Boat

Live and Learn

Between Meals

In Need

Ghosts on the Loose

Scruno

The Old Maid's Baby

George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson

The Sawdust Doll

Sambo

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Scruno (archive footage)

Clancy Street Boys

Scruno

Captain Kiddo

Get Out and Get Under

Small Boy (uncredited)

The Non-Skid Kid

Dolly Does Her Bit

Sambo

Call for Mr. Caveman

Little Henry Hercules

Drink Hearty

George Washington Tarfoot Lee

Full o' Pep

Waltz Me Around

Sunny

The Sleuth

Prince’s aid

Soft Pedal

Wary

Run 'Em Ragged

Park Your Car

Big Game

Assistant

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Joe

The Champeen

Sammy Johnson

Rush Orders

Narcissus

The Cobbler

Ernie

A Pleasant Journey

Ernie

Name the Day

Goofy

One Terrible Day

Booker T.

Pride of the Bowery

Scruno

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Scruno

Whirl o' the West

Sammy

The Pickaninny

Little Casino

Boys of the City

Scruno

Gang War

Gang Member (uncredited)

Flying Wild

Scruno

The Dippy Dentist

Messenger Boy

Fire Fighters

Booker T. Bacon

That Gang of Mine

Scruno

Lodge Night

Ernie

Seein' Things

Ernie

Back Stage

Ernie

Stage Fright

Ernie

Fast Company

Ernie

Big Business

Sunshine Sammy

Derby Day

Ernie 'Sammy'

Commencement Day

Ernie

The 'Fraidy Cat

Member of the Gang (uncredited)

The Buccaneers

Ernie

July Days

Ernie

Kid Dynamite

Scruno Jackson

Tire Trouble

Ernie

Cradle Robbers

Ernie

Dogs of War!

Ernie

Our Gang

Sunshine Sammy

Young Sherlocks

Ernie

Boys to Board

Ernie

Giants vs. Yanks

Ernie

Sunday Calm

Ernie

It's a Bear

Ernie

Let's Get Tough

Scruno

All Lit Up

The Kid

Any Old Port

Call a Taxi!

Grab the Ghost

Servant's Child

Cash Customers

Cracked Wedding Bells

High Rollers

Don't Butt In

Haunted Spooks

Little Boy (uncredited)

Penrod

Herman

In This Our Life

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Number, Please?

Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)

Start Something

Giving the Bride Away

Tough Luck

Red Hot Hottentotts

Why Go Home?

Getting His Goat

Daddy Number Two

Classic Comedy Teams

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

Peggy Does Her Darndest

Snowball Snow

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

Chuckles

Spooks Run Wild

Scruno

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Scruno

The Our Gang Story

Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)

A Quiet Street

Booker T.

The Big Show

Booker T.

Saturday Morning

Sorghum

Don't Rock the Boat

Live and Learn

Between Meals

In Need

Ghosts on the Loose

Scruno

The Old Maid's Baby

George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson

The Sawdust Doll

Sambo

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Scruno (archive footage)

Clancy Street Boys

Scruno

Captain Kiddo

Get Out and Get Under

Small Boy (uncredited)

The Non-Skid Kid

Dolly Does Her Bit

Sambo

Call for Mr. Caveman

Little Henry Hercules

Drink Hearty

George Washington Tarfoot Lee

Full o' Pep

Waltz Me Around

Sunny

The Sleuth

Prince’s aid

Soft Pedal

Wary

Run 'Em Ragged

Park Your Car

Big Game

Assistant

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Joe

The Champeen

Sammy Johnson

Rush Orders

Narcissus

The Cobbler

Ernie

A Pleasant Journey

Ernie

Name the Day

Goofy

One Terrible Day

Booker T.

Pride of the Bowery

Scruno

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Scruno

Whirl o' the West

Sammy

The Pickaninny

Little Casino

Boys of the City

Scruno

Gang War

Gang Member (uncredited)

Flying Wild

Scruno

The Dippy Dentist

Messenger Boy

Fire Fighters

Booker T. Bacon

That Gang of Mine

Scruno

Lodge Night

Ernie

Seein' Things

Ernie

Back Stage

Ernie

Stage Fright

Ernie

Fast Company

Ernie

Big Business

Sunshine Sammy

Derby Day

Ernie 'Sammy'

Commencement Day

Ernie

The 'Fraidy Cat

Member of the Gang (uncredited)

The Buccaneers

Ernie

July Days

Ernie

Kid Dynamite

Scruno Jackson

Tire Trouble

Ernie

Cradle Robbers

Ernie

Dogs of War!

Ernie

Our Gang

Sunshine Sammy

Young Sherlocks

Ernie

Boys to Board

Ernie

Giants vs. Yanks

Ernie

Sunday Calm

Ernie

It's a Bear

Ernie

Let's Get Tough

Scruno

All Lit Up

The Kid

Any Old Port

Call a Taxi!

Grab the Ghost

Servant's Child

Cash Customers

Cracked Wedding Bells

High Rollers

Don't Butt In

Haunted Spooks

Little Boy (uncredited)

Penrod

Herman

In This Our Life

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Number, Please?

Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)

Start Something

Giving the Bride Away

Tough Luck

Red Hot Hottentotts

Why Go Home?

Getting His Goat

Daddy Number Two

Classic Comedy Teams

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

Peggy Does Her Darndest

Snowball Snow