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)
Classic Comedy Teams
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Scruno
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Scruno (archive footage)
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Big Game
as Assistant
Spooks Run Wild
as Scruno
Ghosts on the Loose
as Scruno
July Days
as Ernie
Flying Wild
as Scruno
The Our Gang Story
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
