Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 20, 1912
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
- Sammy Morrison
- Little Sambo
- Smiling Sambo
- Sambo
- Sunshine Sammy
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 - Movies
In This Our Life
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Scruno (archive footage)
The Our Gang Story
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
Ghosts on the Loose
as Scruno
Classic Comedy Teams
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
Flying Wild
as Scruno
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Chuckles
Boys of the City
as Scruno
Clancy Street Boys
as Scruno
🎬
Big Game
as Assistant
