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