ACTOR · FROM NEW ORLEANS, USA
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
1912–198989 credits since 1917
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ABOUT SUNSHINE
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born20 December 1912
Died24 July 1989
BirthplaceNew Orleans, USA
Known forActing
On Cineora15 of 89 titles
Known for
The titles people know Sunshine from.
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 15
- Average IMDb
- 6.3
- Highest rated
- Our GangIMDb 7.6
- Working since
- 1917
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 1990s
2 titles
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
as Scruno (archive footage)
The 1980s
1 title
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
The 1970s
1 title · IMDb 7.5 on average
Series1 episode
The 1940s
15 titles · IMDb 5.8 on averageMovieas Scruno
as Scruno
as Scruno Jackson
Movieas Scruno
as Scruno
Movieas Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Movieas Scruno
Movieas Scruno
The 1920s
60 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average
as Wary
Don't Butt In
Not on CineoraBetween Meals
Not on Cineoraas In Need
as Ernie
as Ernie
as Ernie
as Ernie
as Ernie
The 1910s
10 titlesTough Luck
Not on Cineora
as Little Henry Hercules
Giving the Bride Away
Not on CineoraDaddy Number Two
Not on CineoraStart Something
Not on Cineora
as Sambo
as Snowball Snow
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Sunshine’s titles.
Leo GorceySpooks Run Wild, Ghosts on the Loose and 6 more
Bobby JordanSpooks Run Wild, Ghosts on the Loose and 6 more
Hal RoachHaunted Spooks, Number, Please? and 3 more
Dave O'BrienSpooks Run Wild, 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge and 3 more
Donald HainesSpooks Run Wild, Bowery Blitzkrieg and 3 more
David GorceySpooks Run Wild, Bowery Blitzkrieg and 3 more
Harold LloydHaunted Spooks, Number, Please? and 2 more
