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.
Acted in 67
1990s
- 1994
The Our Gang Story
Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
- 1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Scruno (archive footage)
1980s
- 1986
Classic Comedy Teams
Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
1970s
- 1974
1940s
- 1943
Clancy Street Boys
Scruno
Kid Dynamite
Scruno Jackson
- 1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Scruno
Let's Get Tough
Scruno
In This Our Life
Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
- 1941
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Scruno
Flying Wild
Scruno
- 1940
Pride of the Bowery
Scruno
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
Chuckles
That Gang of Mine
Scruno
Boys of the City
Scruno
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Joe
1920s
- 1926
Soft Pedal
Wary
- 1924
Fast Company
Ernie
It's a Bear
Ernie
Cradle Robbers
Ernie
Commencement Day
Ernie
Seein' Things
Ernie
The 'Fraidy Cat
Member of the Gang (uncredited)
The Buccaneers
Ernie
Big Business
Sunshine Sammy
Tire Trouble
Ernie
- 1923
Sunday Calm
Ernie
Derby Day
Ernie 'Sammy'
Stage Fright
Ernie
July Days
Ernie
Lodge Night
Ernie
Dogs of War!
Ernie
Back Stage
Ernie
Giants vs. Yanks
Ernie
Boys to Board
Ernie
A Pleasant Journey
Ernie
The Big Show
Booker T.
The Cobbler
Ernie
The Champeen
Sammy Johnson
- 1922
A Quiet Street
Booker T.
Saturday Morning
Sorghum
Young Sherlocks
Ernie
Our Gang
Sunshine Sammy
Fire Fighters
Booker T. Bacon
One Terrible Day
Booker T.
The Non-Skid Kid
Movie
- 1921
The Pickaninny
Little Casino
Whirl o' the West
Sammy
- 1920
Number, Please?
Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
Get Out and Get Under
Small Boy (uncredited)
Run 'Em Ragged
Movie
Call a Taxi!
Movie
Grab the Ghost
Servant's Child
Haunted Spooks
Little Boy (uncredited)
Waltz Me Around
Sunny
All Lit Up
The Kid
The Dippy Dentist
Messenger Boy
1910s
- 1919
Call for Mr. Caveman
Little Henry Hercules
The Sawdust Doll
Sambo
Peggy Does Her Darndest
Snowball Snow
The Old Maid's Baby
George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
- 1918
Dolly Does Her Bit
Sambo
- 1917
Captain Kiddo
Movie