Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Known for

Acting

Born

December 20, 1912

Birthplace

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died

July 24, 1989 (aged 76)

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.

Best known work

Good Times

1974

In This Our Life

1942

Haunted Spooks

1920

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

Number, Please?

1920

Spooks Run Wild

1941

Get Out and Get Under

1920

Boys of the City

1940

That Gang of Mine

1940

Dogs of War!

1923

Filmography

1994
The Our Gang Story
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Scruno (archive footage)
1986
Classic Comedy Teams
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
1974
Good TimesTV
1943
Ghosts on the Loose
as Scruno
1943
Clancy Street Boys
as Scruno
1943
Kid Dynamite
as Scruno Jackson
1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Scruno
1942
Let's Get Tough
as Scruno
1942
In This Our Life
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1941
Spooks Run Wild
as Scruno
1941
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Scruno
1941
Flying Wild
as Scruno
1940
Pride of the Bowery
as Scruno
1940
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Chuckles
1940
That Gang of Mine
as Scruno
1940
Boys of the City
as Scruno
1940
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Joe
1940
Gang War
as Gang Member (uncredited)
1926
Soft Pedal
as Wary
1926
Don't Butt In
1926
Between Meals
as In Need
1924
Fast Company
as Ernie
1924
It's a Bear
as Ernie
1924
Cradle Robbers
as Ernie