Sunshine Sammy Morrison

Known for Acting

Sunshine Sammy Morrison's portrait

Details

Birthday: December 20, 1912

Deathday: July 24, 1989

Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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.

Actor

1994

The Our Gang Story

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1986

Classic Comedy Teams

1943

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

Clancy Street Boys

1943

Kid Dynamite

1942

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942

Let's Get Tough

1942

In This Our Life

1941

Spooks Run Wild

1941

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1941

Flying Wild

1940

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

1940

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1940

Gang War

1940

Boys of the City

1940

Pride of the Bowery

1940

That Gang of Mine

1926

Between Meals

1926

Soft Pedal

1926

Don't Butt In

1924

Tire Trouble

1924

Seein' Things

1924

It's a Bear

1924

The Buccaneers

1924

Cradle Robbers

1924

Fast Company

1924

Big Business

1924

The 'Fraidy Cat

1924

Commencement Day

1923

The Big Show

1923

A Pleasant Journey

1923

The Cobbler

1923

The Champeen

1923

Back Stage

1923

Boys to Board

1923

Sunday Calm

1923

Giants vs. Yanks

1923

Dogs of War!

1923

Stage Fright

1923

Derby Day

1923

Lodge Night

1923

July Days

1922

Saturday Morning

1922

A Quiet Street

1922

The Non-Skid Kid

1922

Full o' Pep

1922

The Sleuth

1922

Our Gang

1922

Young Sherlocks

1922

Fire Fighters

1922

One Terrible Day

1922

Penrod

1921

Big Game

1921

Whirl o' the West

1921

The Pickaninny

1921

Name the Day

1921

Rush Orders

1921

High Rollers

1920

Live and Learn

1920

Don't Rock the Boat

1920

Get Out and Get Under

1920

Drink Hearty

1920

Waltz Me Around

1920

Run 'Em Ragged

1920

Park Your Car

1920

The Dippy Dentist

1920

All Lit Up

1920

Any Old Port

1920

Call a Taxi!

1920

Cracked Wedding Bells

1920

Cash Customers

1920

Grab the Ghost

1920

Haunted Spooks

1920

Number, Please?

1920

Red Hot Hottentotts

1920

Getting His Goat

1920

Why Go Home?

1919

The Old Maid's Baby

1919

The Sawdust Doll

1919

Call for Mr. Caveman

1919

Start Something

1919

Giving the Bride Away

1919

Tough Luck

1919

Daddy Number Two

1919

Peggy Does Her Darndest

1918

Dolly Does Her Bit

1917

Captain Kiddo