Person Details

Birthday: 1912-12-20 03:14:04

Death: 1989-07-24 03:14:04

Aliases: Sammy Morrison , Little Sambo , Smiling Sambo , Sambo , Sunshine Sammy , Ernest Fredric Morrison , Ernest 'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison , Hal Roach's Rascals , Ernie Morrison

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 10

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

In This Our Life
Average
7

In This Our Life

(1942) Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
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0

Fugitive from a Prison Camp

(1940) Chuckles
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
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10

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

(1991) Scruno (archive footage)
Horrible Horror
Average
7

Horrible Horror

(1986) Scruno in 'Ghosts on the loose'
The Sawdust Doll
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0

The Sawdust Doll

(1919) Sambo
The Our Gang Story
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0

The Our Gang Story

(2001) Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
Call for Mr. Caveman
Average
5

Call for Mr. Caveman

(1919) Little Henry Hercules
Gang War
Average
6

Gang War

(1940) Gang Member (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2001 Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
1991 Scruno (archive footage)
1986 Scruno in 'Ghosts on the loose'
1974 N/A
1943 Scruno
Scruno
Scruno Jackson
1942 Scruno
Scruno
Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1941 Scruno
Scruno
Scruno
1940 Scruno
Chuckles
Scruno
Scruno
Joe
Gang Member (uncredited)
1926 Wary
N/A
In Need
1924 Ernie
Ernie
Ernie
Ernie
Ernie
Member of the Gang (uncredited)
Ernie
Sunshine Sammy
Ernie
1923 Ernie
Ernie 'Sammy'
Ernie
Ernie
Ernie
Ernie
Ernie
Ernie
Ernie
Ernie
Booker T.
Ernie
Sammy Johnson
1922 Booker T.
Sorghum
Ernie
Sunshine Sammy
Booker T. Bacon
Booker T.
Prince’s aid
N/A
N/A
Herman
1921 Little Casino
Goofy
N/A
Assistant
Narcissus
Sammy
1920 Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
Small Boy (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Servant's Child
George Washington Tarfoot Lee
N/A
Little Boy (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
The Kid
Messenger Boy
N/A
N/A
1919 N/A
Little Henry Hercules
N/A
N/A
N/A
Sambo
George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
1918 Sambo
1917 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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