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.

KNOWN FOR

Good Times
1974
In This Our Life
1942
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940
Penrod
1922
Spooks Run Wild
1941
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
The Our Gang Story
1994
Let's Get Tough
1942
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Whirl o' the West
1921
Boys of the City
1940
Gang War
1940

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
89
1994
The Our Gang Story
as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Scruno (archive footage)
1986
Classic Comedy Teams
as Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
1974
Good Times
1943
Ghosts on the Loose
as Scruno
1943
Clancy Street Boys
as Scruno
1943
Kid Dynamite
as Scruno Jackson
1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Scruno
1942
Let's Get Tough
as Scruno
1942
In This Our Life
as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1941
Spooks Run Wild
as Scruno
1941
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Scruno
1941
Flying Wild
as Scruno
1940
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Chuckles
1940
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Joe
1940
Gang War
as Gang Member (uncredited)
1940
Boys of the City
as Scruno
1940
That Gang of Mine
as Scruno
1940
Pride of the Bowery
as Scruno
1926
Between Meals
as In Need
1926
Soft Pedal
as Wary
1926
Don't Butt In
1924
Big Business
as Sunshine Sammy
1924
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Member of the Gang (uncredited)
1924
Tire Trouble
as Ernie
1924
The Buccaneers
as Ernie
1924
Seein' Things
as Ernie
1924
Commencement Day
as Ernie
1924
Cradle Robbers
as Ernie
1924
It's a Bear
as Ernie
1924
Fast Company
as Ernie
1923
The Big Show
as Booker T.
1923
The Champeen
as Sammy Johnson
1923
A Pleasant Journey
as Ernie
1923
The Cobbler
as Ernie
1923
Boys to Board
as Ernie
1923
Giants vs. Yanks
as Ernie
1923
Back Stage
as Ernie
1923
Dogs of War!
as Ernie
1923
Lodge Night
as Ernie
1923
July Days
as Ernie
1923
Stage Fright
as Ernie
1923
Derby Day
as Ernie 'Sammy'
1923
Sunday Calm
as Ernie
1922
Saturday Morning
as Sorghum
1922
A Quiet Street
as Booker T.
1922
The Non-Skid Kid
1922
Full o' Pep
1922
The Sleuth
as Prince’s aid
1922
One Terrible Day
as Booker T.
1922
Fire Fighters
as Booker T. Bacon
1922
Our Gang
as Sunshine Sammy
1922
Young Sherlocks
as Ernie
1922
Penrod
as Herman
1921
Big Game
as Assistant
1921
Whirl o' the West
as Sammy
1921
Rush Orders
as Narcissus
1921
Name the Day
as Goofy
1921
The Pickaninny
as Little Casino
1921
High Rollers
1920
Don't Rock the Boat
1920
Live and Learn
1920
Get Out and Get Under
as Small Boy (uncredited)
1920
Drink Hearty
as George Washington Tarfoot Lee
1920
Waltz Me Around
as Sunny
1920
Run 'Em Ragged
1920
Park Your Car
1920
The Dippy Dentist
as Messenger Boy
1920
All Lit Up
as The Kid
1920
Any Old Port
1920
Call a Taxi!
1920
Cash Customers
1920
Cracked Wedding Bells
1920
Grab the Ghost
as Servant's Child
1920
Haunted Spooks
as Little Boy (uncredited)
1920
Number, Please?
as Little Boy with Whisk Broom (uncredited)
1920
Red Hot Hottentotts
1920
Why Go Home?
1920
Getting His Goat
1919
The Old Maid's Baby
as George Washington Joffre Foch Pershing Johnson
1919
The Sawdust Doll
as Sambo
1919
Call for Mr. Caveman
as Little Henry Hercules
1919
Start Something
1919
Giving the Bride Away
1919
Tough Luck
1919
Daddy Number Two
1919
Peggy Does Her Darndest
as Snowball Snow
1918
Dolly Does Her Bit
as Sambo
1917
Captain Kiddo