Sunshine Sammy Morrison

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.

Cast

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

(Chuckles)

Spooks Run Wild

(Scruno)

Bowery Blitzkrieg

(Scruno)

The Our Gang Story

(Sunshine Sammy (archive footage))

Saturday Morning

(Sorghum)

A Quiet Street

(Booker T.)

The Big Show

(Booker T.)

Live and Learn

Don't Rock the Boat

Between Meals

(In Need)

Ghosts on the Loose

(Scruno)

The Old Maid's Baby

(George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson)

The Sawdust Doll

(Sambo)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

(Scruno (archive footage))

Clancy Street Boys

(Scruno)

Captain Kiddo

Get Out and Get Under

(Small Boy (uncredited))

The Non-Skid Kid

Dolly Does Her Bit

(Sambo)

Call for Mr. Caveman

(Little Henry Hercules)

Drink Hearty

(George Washington Tarfoot Lee)

Full o' Pep

Waltz Me Around

(Sunny)

The Sleuth

(Prince’s aid)

Soft Pedal

(Wary)

Run 'Em Ragged

Park Your Car

Big Game

(Assistant)

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

(Joe)

A Pleasant Journey

(Ernie)

The Cobbler

(Ernie)

The Champeen

(Sammy Johnson)

Whirl o' the West

(Sammy)

The Pickaninny

(Little Casino)

Gang War

(Gang Member (uncredited))

Tire Trouble

(Ernie)

Name the Day

(Goofy)

Back Stage

(Ernie)

Kid Dynamite

(Scruno Jackson)

Seein' Things

(Ernie)

Our Gang

(Sunshine Sammy)

Young Sherlocks

(Ernie)

Boys to Board

(Ernie)

Sunday Calm

(Ernie)

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

(Scruno)

It's a Bear

(Ernie)

Boys of the City

(Scruno)

Giants vs. Yanks

(Ernie)

Dogs of War!

(Ernie)

Fire Fighters

(Booker T. Bacon)

Pride of the Bowery

(Scruno)

The Buccaneers

(Ernie)

Cradle Robbers

(Ernie)

Rush Orders

(Narcissus)

One Terrible Day

(Booker T.)

Stage Fright

(Ernie)

Fast Company

(Ernie)

Big Business

(Sunshine Sammy)

Derby Day

(Ernie 'Sammy')

The 'Fraidy Cat

(Member of the Gang (uncredited))

That Gang of Mine

(Scruno)

Commencement Day

(Ernie)

The Dippy Dentist

(Messenger Boy)

Lodge Night

(Ernie)

Flying Wild

(Scruno)

July Days

(Ernie)

Let's Get Tough

(Scruno)

All Lit Up

(The Kid)

Any Old Port

Call a Taxi

Cracked Wedding Bells

Cash Customers

Grab the Ghost

(Servant's Child)

High Rollers

Don't Butt In

Haunted Spooks

(Little Boy (uncredited))

Penrod

(Herman)

In This Our Life

(Black Man in Jail (uncredited))

Number, Please?

(Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited))

Start Something

Giving the Bride Away

Tough Luck

Red Hot Hottentotts

Getting His Goat

Why Go Home?

Daddy Number Two

Classic Comedy Teams

(Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage))

Good Times