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
In This Our Life
(1942)
Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Flying Wild
(1941)
Scruno
Full Filmography
Acting
Captain Kiddo
(1917)
Dolly Does Her Bit
(1918)
Sambo
The Old Maid's Baby
(1919)
George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
The Sawdust Doll
(1919)
Sambo
Tough Luck
(1919)
Call for Mr. Caveman
(1919)
Little Henry Hercules
Giving the Bride Away
(1919)
Daddy Number Two
(1919)
Start Something
(1919)
Waltz Me Around
(1920)
Don't Rock the Boat
(1920)
Park Your Car
(1920)
Red Hot Hottentotts
(1920)
The Dippy Dentist
(1920)
Messenger Boy
Drink Hearty
(1920)
George Washington Tarfoot Lee
Run 'Em Ragged
(1920)
Getting His Goat
(1920)
Number, Please?
(1920)
Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
All Lit Up
(1920)
The Kid
Get Out and Get Under
(1920)
Small Boy (uncredited)
Haunted Spooks
(1920)
Little Boy (uncredited)
Grab the Ghost
(1920)
Servant's Child
Call a Taxi
(1920)
Any Old Port
(1920)
Cash Customers
(1920)
Cracked Wedding Bells
(1920)
Why Go Home?
(1920)
Live and Learn
(1920)
High Rollers
(1921)
The Pickaninny
(1921)
Little Casino
Big Game
(1921)
Assistant
Rush Orders
(1921)
Narcissus
Name the Day
(1921)
Goofy
Whirl o' the West
(1921)
Sammy
Fire Fighters
(1922)
Booker T. Bacon
Our Gang
(1922)
Sunshine Sammy
Full o' Pep
(1922)
The Sleuth
(1922)
Prince’s aid
Young Sherlocks
(1922)
Ernie
Penrod
(1922)
Herman
Saturday Morning
(1922)
Sorghum
One Terrible Day
(1922)
Booker T.
The Non-Skid Kid
(1922)
A Quiet Street
(1922)
Booker T.
A Pleasant Journey
(1923)
Ernie
The Big Show
(1923)
Booker T.
The Champeen
(1923)
Sammy Johnson
Giants vs. Yanks
(1923)
Ernie
Derby Day
(1923)
Ernie 'Sammy'
Stage Fright
(1923)
Ernie
The Cobbler
(1923)
Ernie
Boys to Board
(1923)
Ernie
July Days
(1923)
Ernie
Sunday Calm
(1923)
Ernie
Dogs of War!
(1923)
Ernie
Lodge Night
(1923)
Ernie
Back Stage
(1923)
Ernie
Big Business
(1924)
Sunshine Sammy
Tire Trouble
(1924)
Ernie
Commencement Day
(1924)
Ernie
The Buccaneers
(1924)
Ernie
Fast Company
(1924)
Ernie
It's a Bear
(1924)
Ernie
The 'Fraidy Cat
(1924)
Member of the Gang (uncredited)
Seein' Things
(1924)
Ernie
Cradle Robbers
(1924)
Ernie
Don't Butt In
(1926)
Soft Pedal
(1926)
Wary
Between Meals
(1926)
In Need
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
(1940)
Chuckles
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
(1940)
Joe
Gang War
(1940)
Gang Member (uncredited)
Boys of the City
(1940)
Scruno
Pride of the Bowery
(1940)
Scruno
That Gang of Mine
(1940)
Scruno
Flying Wild
(1941)
Scruno
Bowery Blitzkrieg
(1941)
Scruno
Spooks Run Wild
(1941)
Scruno
In This Our Life
(1942)
Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Let's Get Tough
(1942)
Scruno
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
(1942)
Scruno
Kid Dynamite
(1943)
Scruno Jackson
Ghosts on the Loose
(1943)
Scruno
Clancy Street Boys
(1943)
Scruno
Horrible Horror
(1986)
Scruno in 'Ghosts on the loose'
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
(1991)
Scruno (archive footage)
The Our Gang Story
(1994)
Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)