The Couch Critic
Couch Critic
Trending
What to Watch
Movies
TV Shows
Top Reviewed
Open menu
Trending
What to Watch
Movies
TV Shows
Top Reviewed
Sunshine Sammy Morrison - Actor & Filmmaker | The Couch Critic
Home
/
People
/
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Born
December 20, 1912
Died: July 24, 1989
Lived 76 years
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
87
Movies
1
TV Shows
Also Known As
Sammy Morrison
Little Sambo
Smiling Sambo
Sambo
Sunshine Sammy
+4 more
IMDb Profile
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Acting
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.
Movies
87
TV Shows
1
0
The Our Gang Story
as
Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
1994
10.0
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as
Scruno (archive footage)
1991
0
Classic Comedy Teams
as
Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
1986
4.2
Ghosts on the Loose
as
Scruno
1943
5.8
Clancy Street Boys
as
Scruno
1943
6.6
Kid Dynamite
as
Scruno Jackson
1943
6.3
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as
Scruno
1942
5.1
Let's Get Tough
as
Scruno
1942
6.8
In This Our Life
as
Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1942
4.9
Spooks Run Wild
as
Scruno
1941
5.8
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as
Scruno
1941
6.0
Flying Wild
as
Scruno
1941
6.1
Pride of the Bowery
as
Scruno
1940
0
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as
Chuckles
1940
5.6
That Gang of Mine
as
Scruno
1940
5.0
Boys of the City
as
Scruno
1940
6.0
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as
Joe
1940
5.8
Gang War
as
Gang Member (uncredited)
1940
0
Soft Pedal
as
Wary
1926
0
Don't Butt In
Cast
1926
0
Between Meals
as
In Need
1926
5.8
Fast Company
as
Ernie
1924
6.1
It's a Bear
as
Ernie
1924
5.8
Cradle Robbers
as
Ernie
1924
5.8
Commencement Day
as
Ernie
1924
5.8
Seein' Things
as
Ernie
1924
6.8
The 'Fraidy Cat
as
Member of the Gang (uncredited)
1924
6.2
The Buccaneers
as
Ernie
1924
6.2
Big Business
as
Sunshine Sammy
1924
5.8
Tire Trouble
as
Ernie
1924
6.2
Sunday Calm
as
Ernie
1923
5.6
Derby Day
as
Ernie 'Sammy'
1923
6.2
Stage Fright
as
Ernie
1923
6.4
July Days
as
Ernie
1923
6.2
Lodge Night
as
Ernie
1923
5.5
Dogs of War!
as
Ernie
1923
6.5
Back Stage
as
Ernie
1923
5.9
Giants vs. Yanks
as
Ernie
1923
5.0
Boys to Board
as
Ernie
1923
6.1
A Pleasant Journey
as
Ernie
1923
5.8
The Big Show
as
Booker T.
1923
6.0
The Cobbler
as
Ernie
1923
6.5
The Champeen
as
Sammy Johnson
1923
6.2
A Quiet Street
as
Booker T.
1922
6.2
Saturday Morning
as
Sorghum
1922
7.1
Young Sherlocks
as
Ernie
1922
6.4
Our Gang
as
Sunshine Sammy
1922
6.0
Fire Fighters
as
Booker T. Bacon
1922
5.0
One Terrible Day
as
Booker T.
1922
0
The Sleuth
as
Prince’s aid
1922
4.5
The Non-Skid Kid
Cast
1922
0
Full o' Pep
Cast
1922
0
Penrod
as
Herman
1922
0
The Pickaninny
as
Little Casino
1921
0
Name the Day
as
Goofy
1921
3.5
High Rollers
Cast
1921
0
Big Game
as
Assistant
1921
0
Rush Orders
as
Narcissus
1921
0
Whirl o' the West
as
Sammy
1921
6.6
Number, Please?
as
Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
1920
4.0
Park Your Car
Cast
1920
0
Cash Customers
Cast
1920
6.3
Get Out and Get Under
as
Small Boy (uncredited)
1920
0
Live and Learn
Cast
1920
5.0
Run 'Em Ragged
Cast
1920
0
Call a Taxi
Cast
1920
0
Don't Rock the Boat
Cast
1920
0
Any Old Port
Cast
1920
0
Grab the Ghost
as
Servant's Child
1920
0
Drink Hearty
as
George Washington Tarfoot Lee
1920
0
Cracked Wedding Bells
Cast
1920
6.3
Haunted Spooks
as
Little Boy (uncredited)
1920
4.7
Waltz Me Around
as
Sunny
1920
0
Getting His Goat
Cast
1920
5.0
All Lit Up
as
The Kid
1920
5.2
The Dippy Dentist
as
Messenger Boy
1920
0
Why Go Home?
Cast
1920
0
Red Hot Hottentotts
Cast
1920
0
Tough Luck
Cast
1919
4.3
Call for Mr. Caveman
as
Little Henry Hercules
1919
0
Giving the Bride Away
Cast
1919
0
Daddy Number Two
Cast
1919
0
Start Something
Cast
1919
0
The Sawdust Doll
as
Sambo
1919
0
The Old Maid's Baby
as
George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
1919
0
Dolly Does Her Bit
as
Sambo
1918
0
Captain Kiddo
Cast
1917
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0