
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
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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.
Known for
Credits

Penrod (1922)
as Herman

In This Our Life (1942)
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Scruno (archive footage)

July Days (1923)
as Ernie

The Our Gang Story (1994)
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)

Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
as Scruno

Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
as Scruno

A Pleasant Journey (1923)
as Ernie

Fire Fighters (1922)
as Booker T. Bacon

Flying Wild (1941)
as Scruno

Spooks Run Wild (1941)
as Scruno

Get Out and Get Under (1920)
as Small Boy (uncredited)

The Cobbler (1923)
as Ernie

Dogs of War! (1923)
as Ernie

That Gang of Mine (1940)
as Scruno

Haunted Spooks (1920)
as Little Boy (uncredited)

Let's Get Tough (1942)
as Scruno

Call for Mr. Caveman (1919)
as Little Henry Hercules

Kid Dynamite (1943)
as Scruno Jackson

The Champeen (1923)
as Sammy Johnson
Don't Butt In (1926)
Actor

Number, Please? (1920)
as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)

Our Gang (1922)
as Sunshine Sammy

Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940)
as Chuckles

It's a Bear (1924)
as Ernie

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
as Joe

Waltz Me Around (1920)
as Sunny

The Buccaneers (1924)
as Ernie

Pride of the Bowery (1940)
as Scruno
Big Game (1921)
as Assistant
Rush Orders (1921)
as Narcissus

The Big Show (1923)
as Booker T.
Drink Hearty (1920)
as George Washington Tarfoot Lee

Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)

Gang War (1940)
as Gang Member (uncredited)

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
as Scruno
Any Old Port (1920)
Actor

Clancy Street Boys (1943)
as Scruno

Dolly Does Her Bit (1918)
as Sambo

Peggy Does Her Darndest (1919)
as Snowball Snow

Whirl o' the West (1921)
as Sammy

The Old Maid's Baby (1919)
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson

The Non-Skid Kid (1922)
Actor

The Dippy Dentist (1920)
as Messenger Boy

Big Business (1924)
as Sunshine Sammy
Full o' Pep (1922)
Actor

Stage Fright (1923)
as Ernie
Park Your Car (1920)
Actor

Tire Trouble (1924)
as Ernie

Captain Kiddo (1917)
Actor

Boys of the City (1940)
as Scruno

Call a Taxi! (1920)
Actor
Tough Luck (1919)
Actor
The Sleuth (1922)
as Prince’s aid
Why Go Home? (1920)
Actor

One Terrible Day (1922)
as Booker T.
Red Hot Hottentotts (1920)
Actor

Run 'Em Ragged (1920)
Actor

The 'Fraidy Cat (1924)
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)

Commencement Day (1924)
as Ernie

The Sawdust Doll (1919)
as Sambo

A Quiet Street (1922)
as Booker T.
Don't Rock the Boat (1920)
Actor

All Lit Up (1920)
as The Kid

Back Stage (1923)
as Ernie
Name the Day (1921)
as Goofy

Cradle Robbers (1924)
as Ernie

Fast Company (1924)
as Ernie
Cracked Wedding Bells (1920)
Actor
Getting His Goat (1920)
Actor

Seein' Things (1924)
as Ernie

Soft Pedal (1926)
as Wary
Between Meals (1926)
as In Need

The Pickaninny (1921)
as Little Casino

Sunday Calm (1923)
as Ernie

Young Sherlocks (1922)
as Ernie

Grab the Ghost (1920)
as Servant's Child

Derby Day (1923)
as Ernie 'Sammy'
Start Something (1919)
Actor
High Rollers (1921)
Actor
Daddy Number Two (1919)
Actor

Lodge Night (1923)
as Ernie
Cash Customers (1920)
Actor

Boys to Board (1923)
as Ernie

Giants vs. Yanks (1923)
as Ernie

Saturday Morning (1922)
as Sorghum
Giving the Bride Away (1919)
Actor
Live and Learn (1920)
Actor





