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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

87

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-12-20

Day of Death

1989-07-24 (77 years old)

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

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

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Young Sherlocks

Young Sherlocks

Acting

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

1940

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

as

Chuckles

Spooks Run Wild

1941

Spooks Run Wild

as

Scruno

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1941

Bowery Blitzkrieg

as

Scruno

The Our Gang Story

1994

The Our Gang Story

as

Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)

Saturday Morning

1922

Saturday Morning

as

Sorghum

A Quiet Street

1922

A Quiet Street

as

Booker T.

The Big Show

1923

The Big Show

as

Booker T.

Live and Learn

1920

Live and Learn

as

Don't Rock the Boat

1920

Don't Rock the Boat

as

Between Meals

1926

Between Meals

as

In Need

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

Ghosts on the Loose

as

Scruno

The Old Maid's Baby

1919

The Old Maid's Baby

as

George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson

The Sawdust Doll

1919

The Sawdust Doll

as

Sambo

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as

Scruno (archive footage)

Clancy Street Boys

1943

Clancy Street Boys

as

Scruno

Captain Kiddo

1917

Captain Kiddo

as

Get Out and Get Under

1920

Get Out and Get Under

as

Small Boy (uncredited)

The Non-Skid Kid

1922

The Non-Skid Kid

as

Dolly Does Her Bit

1918

Dolly Does Her Bit

as

Sambo

Call for Mr. Caveman

1919

Call for Mr. Caveman

as

Little Henry Hercules

Drink Hearty

1920

Drink Hearty

as

George Washington Tarfoot Lee

Full o' Pep

1922

Full o' Pep

as

Waltz Me Around

1920

Waltz Me Around

as

The Sleuth

1922

The Sleuth

as

Prince’s aid

Soft Pedal

1926

Soft Pedal

as

Wary

Run 'Em Ragged

1920

Run 'Em Ragged

as

Park Your Car

1920

Park Your Car

as

Big Game

1921

Big Game

as

Assistant

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1940

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

as

Joe

A Pleasant Journey

1923

A Pleasant Journey

as

Ernie

The Cobbler

1923

The Cobbler

as

Ernie

The Champeen

1923

The Champeen

as

Sammy Johnson

Whirl o' the West

1921

Whirl o' the West

as

Sammy

The Pickaninny

1921

The Pickaninny

as

Little Casino

Gang War

1940

Gang War

as

Gang Member (uncredited)

Tire Trouble

1924

Tire Trouble

as

Ernie

Name the Day

1921

Name the Day

as

Goofy

Back Stage

1923

Back Stage

as

Ernie

Kid Dynamite

1943

Kid Dynamite

as

Scruno Jackson

Seein' Things

1924

Seein' Things

as

Ernie

Our Gang

1922

Our Gang

as

Sunshine Sammy

Young Sherlocks

1922

Young Sherlocks

as

Ernie

Boys to Board

1923

Boys to Board

as

Ernie

Sunday Calm

1923

Sunday Calm

as

Ernie

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

as

Scruno

It's a Bear

1924

It's a Bear

as

Ernie

Boys of the City

1940

Boys of the City

as

Scruno

Giants vs. Yanks

1923

Giants vs. Yanks

as

Ernie

Dogs of War!

1923

Dogs of War!

as

Ernie

Fire Fighters

1922

Fire Fighters

as

Booker T. Bacon

Pride of the Bowery

1940

Pride of the Bowery

as

Scruno

The Buccaneers

1924

The Buccaneers

as

Ernie

Cradle Robbers

1924

Cradle Robbers

as

Ernie

Rush Orders

1921

Rush Orders

as

Narcissus

One Terrible Day

1922

One Terrible Day

as

Booker T.

Stage Fright

1923

Stage Fright

as

Ernie

Fast Company

1924

Fast Company

as

Ernie

Big Business

1924

Big Business

as

Sunshine Sammy

Derby Day

1923

Derby Day

as

Ernie 'Sammy'

The 'Fraidy Cat

1924

The 'Fraidy Cat

as

Member of the Gang (uncredited)

That Gang of Mine

1940

That Gang of Mine

as

Scruno

Commencement Day

1924

Commencement Day

as

Ernie

The Dippy Dentist

1920

The Dippy Dentist

as

Messenger Boy

Lodge Night

1923

Lodge Night

as

Ernie

Flying Wild

1941

Flying Wild

as

Scruno

July Days

1923

July Days

as

Ernie

Let's Get Tough

1942

Let's Get Tough

as

Scruno

All Lit Up

1920

All Lit Up

as

The Kid

Any Old Port

1920

Any Old Port

as

Call a Taxi

1920

Call a Taxi

as

Cracked Wedding Bells

1920

Cracked Wedding Bells

as

Cash Customers

1920

Cash Customers

as

Grab the Ghost

1920

Grab the Ghost

as

Servant's Child

High Rollers

1921

High Rollers

as

Don't Butt In

1926

Don't Butt In

as

Haunted Spooks

1920

Haunted Spooks

as

Little Boy (uncredited)

Penrod

1922

Penrod

as

Herman

In This Our Life

1942

In This Our Life

as

Black Man in Jail (uncredited)

Number, Please?

1920

Number, Please?

as

Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)

Start Something

1919

Start Something

as

Giving the Bride Away

1919

Giving the Bride Away

as

Tough Luck

1919

Tough Luck

as

Red Hot Hottentotts

1920

Red Hot Hottentotts

as

Getting His Goat

1920

Getting His Goat

as

Why Go Home?

1920

Why Go Home?

as

Daddy Number Two

1919

Daddy Number Two

as

Good Times

Good Times

as

Production

Crew

Directing