Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 20, 1912
Died
July 24, 1989
Age
76
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Popularity
0.7
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Acting
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.
Also known as
Sammy Morrison · Little Sambo · Smiling Sambo · Sambo · Sunshine Sammy · Ernest Fredric Morrison
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Known For
8.0
Good Times
1974 · TV
10.0
Penrod
1922 · Movie
6.9
In This Our Life
1942 · Movie
7.0
Drink Hearty
1920 · Movie
5.1
Spooks Run Wild
1941 · Movie
6.3
Gang War
1940 · Movie
4.2
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 · Movie
0.0
Captain Kiddo
1917 · Movie
7.0
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940 · Movie
10.0
Peggy Does Her Darndest
1919 · Movie
5.3
High Rollers
1921 · Movie
6.6
Our Gang
1922 · Movie
Filmography
1994
The Our Gang Story
Movie · Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
0.0
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · Scruno (archive footage)
9.5
1986
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie · Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
7.0
1974
Good Times
TV
8.0
1943
Ghosts on the Loose
Movie · Scruno
4.2
1943
Clancy Street Boys
Movie · Scruno
6.6
1943
Kid Dynamite
Movie · Scruno Jackson
6.7
1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Movie · Scruno
6.3
1942
Let's Get Tough
Movie · Scruno
5.3
1942
In This Our Life
Movie · Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
6.9
1941
Spooks Run Wild
Movie · Scruno
5.1
1941
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Movie · Scruno
6.1
1941
Flying Wild
Movie · Scruno
6.1
1940
Pride of the Bowery
Movie · Scruno
6.2
1940
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
Movie · Chuckles
9.0
1940
That Gang of Mine
Movie · Scruno
5.8
1940
Boys of the City
Movie · Scruno
5.3
1940
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Movie · Joe
7.0
1940
Gang War
Movie · Gang Member (uncredited)
6.3
1926
Soft Pedal
Movie · Wary
9.0
1926
Don't Butt In
Movie
8.0
1926
Between Meals
Movie · In Need
8.0
1924
Fast Company
Movie · Ernie
6.4
1924
It's a Bear
Movie · Ernie
6.3