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

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

5 October, 1940

Spooks Run Wild

24 October, 1941

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1 August, 1941

The Our Gang Story

1 January, 1994

A Quiet Street

30 December, 1922

The Big Show

24 February, 1923

Saturday Morning

3 December, 1922

Don't Rock the Boat

4 July, 1920

Live and Learn

1 August, 1920

Between Meals

3 January, 1926

Ghosts on the Loose

30 July, 1943

The Old Maid's Baby

23 February, 1919

The Sawdust Doll

20 April, 1919

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1 January, 1991

Clancy Street Boys

23 April, 1943

Captain Kiddo

5 August, 1917

Get Out and Get Under

26 September, 1920

The Non-Skid Kid

11 June, 1922

Dolly Does Her Bit

29 April, 1918

Call for Mr. Caveman

19 November, 1919

Drink Hearty

2 May, 1920

Full o' Pep

23 April, 1922

Waltz Me Around

22 February, 1920

The Sleuth

16 July, 1922

Soft Pedal

31 January, 1926

Run 'Em Ragged

1 August, 1920

Park Your Car

19 December, 1920

Big Game

22 May, 1921

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

1 May, 1940

The Champeen

27 January, 1923

Rush Orders

7 April, 1921

The Cobbler

18 February, 1923

A Pleasant Journey

25 March, 1923

Name the Day

20 August, 1921

One Terrible Day

9 September, 1922

Pride of the Bowery

15 December, 1940

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

20 November, 1942

Whirl o' the West

23 January, 1921

The Pickaninny

4 December, 1921

Boys of the City

15 July, 1940

Gang War

28 March, 1940

Flying Wild

10 March, 1941

The Dippy Dentist

25 January, 1920

Fire Fighters

8 October, 1922

That Gang of Mine

23 September, 1940

Lodge Night

28 July, 1923

Seein' Things

5 April, 1924

Back Stage

2 June, 1923

Stage Fright

20 October, 1923

Fast Company

15 November, 1924

Big Business

9 February, 1924

Derby Day

17 November, 1923

Commencement Day

3 May, 1924

The 'Fraidy Cat

29 March, 1924

The Buccaneers

9 March, 1924

July Days

26 August, 1923

Kid Dynamite

5 February, 1943

Tire Trouble

12 January, 1924

Cradle Robbers

1 June, 1924

Dogs of War!

1 July, 1923

Our Gang

4 November, 1922

Young Sherlocks

25 November, 1922

Boys to Board

7 April, 1923

Giants vs. Yanks

12 May, 1923

Sunday Calm

15 December, 1923

It's a Bear

27 July, 1924

Let's Get Tough

29 May, 1942

All Lit Up

1 February, 1920

Any Old Port

27 June, 1920

Call a Taxi

25 July, 1920

Grab the Ghost

30 May, 1920

Cash Customers

6 December, 1920

Cracked Wedding Bells

4 April, 1920

High Rollers

26 June, 1921

Don't Butt In

17 January, 1926

Haunted Spooks

14 March, 1920

Penrod

20 February, 1922

In This Our Life

8 May, 1942

Number, Please?

26 December, 1920

Start Something

7 October, 1919

Giving the Bride Away

16 November, 1919

Tough Luck

21 December, 1919

Red Hot Hottentotts

4 January, 1920

Why Go Home?

11 January, 1920

Getting His Goat

8 February, 1920

Daddy Number Two

12 October, 1919

Good Times

1974