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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.

Known For: Acting

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

Died: 1989-07-24

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1917	Captain Kiddo		0
2	1918	Dolly Does Her Bit	Sambo	0
3	1919	The Old Maid's Baby	George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson	0
4	1919	The Sawdust Doll	Sambo	0
5	1919	Start Something		0
6	1919	Daddy Number Two		0
7	1919	Giving the Bride Away		0
8	1919	Call for Mr. Caveman	Little Henry Hercules	45
9	1919	Tough Luck		0
10	1920	Red Hot Hottentotts		0
11	1920	Why Go Home?		0
12	1920	The Dippy Dentist	Messenger Boy	52
13	1920	All Lit Up	The Kid	50
14	1920	Getting His Goat		0
15	1920	Waltz Me Around	Sunny	47
16	1920	Haunted Spooks	Little Boy (uncredited)	63
17	1920	Cracked Wedding Bells		0
18	1920	Drink Hearty	George Washington Tarfoot Lee	0
19	1920	Grab the Ghost	Servant's Child	0
20	1920	Any Old Port		0
21	1920	Don't Rock the Boat		0
22	1920	Call a Taxi		0
23	1920	Live and Learn		0
24	1920	Run 'Em Ragged		50
25	1920	Get Out and Get Under	Small Boy (uncredited)	63
26	1920	Cash Customers		0
27	1920	Park Your Car		40
28	1920	Number, Please?	Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)	65
29	1921	Whirl o' the West	Sammy	0
30	1921	Rush Orders	Narcissus	0
31	1921	Big Game	Assistant	0
32	1921	High Rollers		35
33	1921	Name the Day	Goofy	0
34	1921	The Pickaninny	Little Casino	0
35	1922	Penrod	Herman	0
36	1922	Full o' Pep		0
37	1922	The Non-Skid Kid		50
38	1922	The Sleuth	Prince’s aid	0
39	1922	One Terrible Day	Booker T.	50
40	1922	Fire Fighters	Booker T. Bacon	60
41	1922	Our Gang	Sunshine Sammy	64
42	1922	Young Sherlocks	Ernie	71
43	1922	Saturday Morning	Sorghum	62
44	1922	A Quiet Street	Booker T.	62
45	1923	The Champeen	Sammy Johnson	65
46	1923	The Cobbler	Ernie	60
47	1923	The Big Show	Booker T.	58
48	1923	A Pleasant Journey	Ernie	61
49	1923	Boys to Board	Ernie	50
50	1923	Giants vs. Yanks	Ernie	59
51	1923	Back Stage	Ernie	65
52	1923	Dogs of War!	Ernie	55
53	1923	Lodge Night	Ernie	62
54	1923	July Days	Ernie	64
55	1923	Stage Fright	Ernie	62
56	1923	Derby Day	Ernie 'Sammy'	56
57	1923	Sunday Calm	Ernie	62
58	1924	Tire Trouble	Ernie	58
59	1924	Big Business	Sunshine Sammy	62
60	1924	The Buccaneers	Ernie	62
61	1924	The 'Fraidy Cat	Member of the Gang (uncredited)	68
62	1924	Seein' Things	Ernie	58
63	1924	Commencement Day	Ernie	58
64	1924	Cradle Robbers	Ernie	58
65	1924	It's a Bear	Ernie	61
66	1924	Fast Company	Ernie	58
67	1926	Between Meals	In Need	0
68	1926	Don't Butt In		0
69	1926	Soft Pedal	Wary	0
70	1940	Gang War	Gang Member (uncredited)	58
71	1940	I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby	Joe	60
72	1940	Boys of the City	Scruno	50
73	1940	That Gang of Mine	Scruno	56
74	1940	Fugitive from a Prison Camp	Chuckles	0
75	1940	Pride of the Bowery	Scruno	61
76	1941	Flying Wild	Scruno	60
77	1941	Bowery Blitzkrieg	Scruno	58
78	1941	Spooks Run Wild	Scruno	49
79	1942	In This Our Life	Black Man in Jail (uncredited)	68
80	1942	Let's Get Tough	Scruno	51
81	1942	'Neath Brooklyn Bridge	Scruno	63
82	1943	Kid Dynamite	Scruno Jackson	66
83	1943	Clancy Street Boys	Scruno	58
84	1943	Ghosts on the Loose	Scruno	42
85	1986	Classic Comedy Teams	Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)	0
86	1991	Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook	Scruno (archive footage)	100
87	1994	The Our Gang Story	Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	Good Times		80