Sunshine Sammy Morrison

1912-12-20 – 1989-07-24 (age 76) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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.

Photos

Known For

In This Our Life

1942

as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Spooks Run Wild

1941

as Scruno

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

as Scruno

Penrod

1922

as Herman

Let's Get Tough

1942

as Scruno

Our Gang

1922

as Sunshine Sammy

🎦

High Rollers

1921

Boys of the City

1940

as Scruno

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

1940

as Chuckles

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1940

as Joe

Captain Kiddo

1917

Peggy Does Her Darndest

1919

as Snowball Snow

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Scruno (archive footage)

Kid Dynamite

1943

as Scruno Jackson

Dogs of War!

1923

as Ernie

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1941

as Scruno

Pride of the Bowery

1940

as Scruno

Flying Wild

1941

as Scruno

🎦

Big Game

1921

as Assistant

Whirl o' the West

1921

as Sammy