Acting
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Also Known As: Sammy Morrison, Little Sambo, Smiling Sambo
Birth Date
December 20, 1912
Death Date
July 24, 1989
(passed away at 76)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Popularity
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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.
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TV Show
Good Times
1974 • 1 episode
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Movie
High Rollers
1921
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Movie
Penrod
Herman
1922
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Movie
In This Our Life
Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1942
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Movie
Spooks Run Wild
Scruno
1941
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Movie
Drink Hearty
George Washington Tarfoot Lee
1920
Movie
Captain Kiddo
1917
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Movie
Big Game
Assistant
1921
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Movie
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Joe
1940
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Movie
Gang War
Gang Member (uncredited)
1940
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Movie
Rush Orders
Narcissus
1921
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Movie
Call a Taxi!
1920
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Movie
Our Gang
Sunshine Sammy
1922
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Movie
Whirl o' the West
Sammy
1921
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Movie
That Gang of Mine
Scruno
1940
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Movie
Cracked Wedding Bells
1920
star6.0
Movie
Waltz Me Around
Sunny
1920
star9.5
Movie
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Scruno (archive footage)
1991
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Movie
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Scruno
1941
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Movie
Ghosts on the Loose
Scruno
1943