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Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Acting
Born December 20, 1912 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died July 24, 1989
Also known as Sammy Morrison · Little Sambo · Smiling Sambo
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.
Filmography16 titles
Good Times
1974
1974
In This Our Life
1942as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1942as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Clancy Street Boys
1943as Scruno
1943as Scruno
Number, Please?
1920as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
1920as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
Get Out and Get Under
1920as Small Boy (uncredited)
1920as Small Boy (uncredited)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942as Scruno
1942as Scruno
Gang War
1940as Gang Member (uncredited)
1940as Gang Member (uncredited)
Haunted Spooks
1920as Little Boy (uncredited)
1920as Little Boy (uncredited)
Pride of the Bowery
1940as Scruno
1940as Scruno
Flying Wild
1941as Scruno
1941as Scruno
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941as Scruno
1941as Scruno
That Gang of Mine
1940as Scruno
1940as Scruno
Let's Get Tough
1942as Scruno
1942as Scruno
Boys of the City
1940as Scruno
1940as Scruno
Spooks Run Wild
1941as Scruno
1941as Scruno
Ghosts on the Loose
1943as Scruno
1943as Scruno