Acting · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA · Born December 20, 1912
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.
MovieThe Our Gang Story
1994
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
MovieDracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Scruno (archive footage)
MovieClassic Comedy Teams
1986
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
TVGood Times
1974
MovieGhosts on the Loose
1943
as Scruno
MovieClancy Street Boys
1943
as Scruno
MovieKid Dynamite
1943
as Scruno Jackson
Movie'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
as Scruno
MovieLet's Get Tough
1942
as Scruno
MovieIn This Our Life
1942
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
MovieSpooks Run Wild
1941
as Scruno
MovieBowery Blitzkrieg
1941
as Scruno
MovieFlying Wild
1941
as Scruno
MoviePride of the Bowery
1940
as Scruno
MovieFugitive from a Prison Camp
1940
as Chuckles
MovieThat Gang of Mine
1940
as Scruno
MovieBoys of the City
1940
as Scruno
MovieI Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940
as Joe
MovieGang War
1940
as Gang Member (uncredited)
MovieSoft Pedal
1926
as Wary
Don't Butt In
1926
Between Meals
1926
as In Need
MovieFast Company
1924
as Ernie
MovieIt's a Bear
1924
as Ernie
MovieCradle Robbers
1924
as Ernie
MovieCommencement Day
1924
as Ernie
MovieSeein' Things
1924
as Ernie
MovieThe 'Fraidy Cat
1924
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
MovieThe Buccaneers
1924
as Ernie
MovieBig Business
1924
as Sunshine Sammy
MovieTire Trouble
1924
as Ernie
MovieSunday Calm
1923
as Ernie
MovieDerby Day
1923
as Ernie 'Sammy'
MovieStage Fright
1923
as Ernie
MovieJuly Days
1923
as Ernie
MovieLodge Night
1923
as Ernie
MovieDogs of War!
1923
as Ernie
MovieBack Stage
1923
as Ernie
MovieGiants vs. Yanks
1923
as Ernie
MovieBoys to Board
1923
as Ernie
MovieA Pleasant Journey
1923
as Ernie
MovieThe Big Show
1923
as Booker T.
MovieThe Cobbler
1923
as Ernie
MovieThe Champeen
1923
as Sammy Johnson
MovieA Quiet Street
1922
as Booker T.
MovieSaturday Morning
1922
as Sorghum
MovieYoung Sherlocks
1922
as Ernie
MovieOur Gang
1922
as Sunshine Sammy
MovieFire Fighters
1922
as Booker T. Bacon
MovieOne Terrible Day
1922
as Booker T.
The Sleuth
1922
as Prince’s aid
MovieThe Non-Skid Kid
1922
Full o' Pep
1922
MoviePenrod
1922
as Herman
MovieThe Pickaninny
1921
as Little Casino
Name the Day
1921
as Goofy
High Rollers
1921
Big Game
1921
as Assistant
Rush Orders
1921
as Narcissus
MovieWhirl o' the West
1921
as Sammy
MovieNumber, Please?
1920
as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
Park Your Car
1920
Cash Customers
1920
MovieGet Out and Get Under
1920
as Small Boy (uncredited)
Live and Learn
1920
MovieRun 'Em Ragged
1920
MovieCall a Taxi!
1920
Don't Rock the Boat
1920
Any Old Port
1920
MovieGrab the Ghost
1920
as Servant's Child
Drink Hearty
1920
as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
Cracked Wedding Bells
1920
MovieHaunted Spooks
1920
as Little Boy (uncredited)
MovieWaltz Me Around
1920
as Sunny
Getting His Goat
1920
MovieAll Lit Up
1920
as The Kid
MovieThe Dippy Dentist
1920
as Messenger Boy
Why Go Home?
1920
Red Hot Hottentotts
1920
Tough Luck
1919
MovieCall for Mr. Caveman
1919
as Little Henry Hercules
Giving the Bride Away
1919
Daddy Number Two
1919
Start Something
1919
MovieThe Sawdust Doll
1919
as Sambo
MoviePeggy Does Her Darndest
1919
as Snowball Snow
MovieThe Old Maid's Baby
1919
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
MovieDolly Does Her Bit
1918
as Sambo
MovieCaptain Kiddo
1917
