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.

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Known For

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High Rollers

1921

Penrod

1922

as Herman

Captain Kiddo

1917

In This Our Life

1942

as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

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Rush Orders

1921

as Narcissus

Gang War

1940

as Gang Member (uncredited)

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Drink Hearty

1920

as George Washington Tarfoot Lee

Spooks Run Wild

1941

as Scruno

Grab the Ghost

1920

as Servant's Child

Call a Taxi!

1920

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Cracked Wedding Bells

1920

Our Gang

1922

as Sunshine Sammy

That Gang of Mine

1940

as Scruno

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1940

as Joe

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Big Game

1921

as Assistant

Whirl o' the West

1921

as Sammy

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1941

as Scruno

Peggy Does Her Darndest

1919

as Snowball Snow

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

as Scruno

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Scruno (archive footage)