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
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Scruno (archive footage)
In This Our Life
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
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)
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Big Game
as Assistant
The Buccaneers
as Ernie
Dogs of War!
as Ernie
Gang War
as Gang Member (uncredited)
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Chuckles
