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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 20, 1912
Died
July 24, 1989
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
- Sammy Morrison
- Little Sambo
- Smiling Sambo
- Sambo
- Sunshine Sammy
- Ernest Fredric Morrison
- Ernest 'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison
- Hal Roach's Rascals
- Ernie Morrison
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
0.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
The Our Gang Story
1994
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Scruno (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
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Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
8.0
Good Times
1974
4.2
Scruno
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
5.8
Scruno
Clancy Street Boys
1943
6.3
Scruno Jackson
Kid Dynamite
1943
6.1
Scruno
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
4.8
Scruno
Let's Get Tough
1942
6.8
Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
In This Our Life
1942
Credits
The Our Gang Story
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
1994
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Scruno (archive footage)
1991
10.0
Classic Comedy Teams
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
1986
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Good Times
1974
8.0
Ghosts on the Loose
as Scruno
1943
4.2
Clancy Street Boys
as Scruno
1943
5.8
Kid Dynamite
as Scruno Jackson
1943
6.3
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Scruno
1942
6.1
Let's Get Tough
as Scruno
1942
4.8
In This Our Life
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1942
6.8
Spooks Run Wild
as Scruno
1941
4.9
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Scruno
1941
5.8
Flying Wild
as Scruno
1941
5.8
Pride of the Bowery
as Scruno
1940
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Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Chuckles
1940
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That Gang of Mine
as Scruno
1940
5.5
Boys of the City
as Scruno
1940
5.0
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Joe
1940
6.0
Gang War
as Gang Member (uncredited)
1940
5.8
Soft Pedal
as Wary
1926
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Don't Butt In
1926
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Between Meals
as In Need
1926
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Fast Company
as Ernie
1924
5.8
It's a Bear
as Ernie
1924
6.1
Cradle Robbers
as Ernie
1924
5.8
Commencement Day
as Ernie
1924
5.8
Seein' Things
as Ernie
1924
5.8
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
1924
6.8
The Buccaneers
as Ernie
1924
6.2
Big Business
as Sunshine Sammy
1924
6.2
Tire Trouble
as Ernie
1924
5.8
Sunday Calm
as Ernie
1923
6.2
Derby Day
as Ernie 'Sammy'
1923
5.6
Stage Fright
as Ernie
1923
6.2
July Days
as Ernie
1923
6.4
Lodge Night
as Ernie
1923
6.2
Dogs of War!
as Ernie
1923
5.5
Back Stage
as Ernie
1923
6.5
Giants vs. Yanks
as Ernie
1923
5.9
Boys to Board
as Ernie
1923
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A Pleasant Journey
as Ernie
1923
6.1
The Big Show
as Booker T.
1923
5.8
The Cobbler
as Ernie
1923
6.0
The Champeen
as Sammy Johnson
1923
6.5
A Quiet Street
as Booker T.
1922
6.2
Saturday Morning
as Sorghum
1922
6.2
Young Sherlocks
as Ernie
1922
7.1
Our Gang
as Sunshine Sammy
1922
6.4
Fire Fighters
as Booker T. Bacon
1922
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One Terrible Day
as Booker T.
1922
5.0
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The Sleuth
as Prince’s aid
1922
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The Non-Skid Kid
1922
4.5
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Full o' Pep
1922
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Penrod
as Herman
1922
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The Pickaninny
as Little Casino
1921
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Name the Day
as Goofy
1921
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High Rollers
1921
3.5
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Big Game
as Assistant
1921
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Rush Orders
as Narcissus
1921
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Whirl o' the West
as Sammy
1921
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Number, Please?
as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
1920
6.6
Park Your Car
1920
4.0
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Cash Customers
1920
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Get Out and Get Under
as Small Boy (uncredited)
1920
6.4
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Live and Learn
1920
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Run 'Em Ragged
1920
5.0
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Call a Taxi
1920
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Don't Rock the Boat
1920
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Any Old Port
1920
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Grab the Ghost
as Servant's Child
1920
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Drink Hearty
as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
1920
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Cracked Wedding Bells
1920
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Haunted Spooks
as Little Boy (uncredited)
1920
6.3
Waltz Me Around
as Sunny
1920
4.7
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Getting His Goat
1920
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All Lit Up
as The Kid
1920
5.0
The Dippy Dentist
as Messenger Boy
1920
5.2
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Why Go Home?
1920
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Red Hot Hottentotts
1920
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Tough Luck
1919
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Call for Mr. Caveman
as Little Henry Hercules
1919
4.3
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Giving the Bride Away
1919
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Daddy Number Two
1919
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Start Something
1919
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The Sawdust Doll
as Sambo
1919
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The Old Maid's Baby
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
1919
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Dolly Does Her Bit
as Sambo
1918
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Captain Kiddo
1917
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