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Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Born
Dec 20, 1912
Died: Jul 24, 1989
Lived 76 years
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
88
Movies
1
TV Shows
Also Known As
Sammy Morrison
Little Sambo
Smiling Sambo
Sambo
Sunshine Sammy
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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
88
TV Shows
1
The Our Gang Story
as
Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
1994
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as
Scruno (archive footage)
1991
Classic Comedy Teams
as
Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)
1986
Ghosts on the Loose
as
Scruno
1943
Clancy Street Boys
as
Scruno
1943
Kid Dynamite
as
Scruno Jackson
1943
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as
Scruno
1942
Let's Get Tough
as
Scruno
1942
In This Our Life
as
Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
1942
Spooks Run Wild
as
Scruno
1941
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as
Scruno
1941
Flying Wild
as
Scruno
1941
Pride of the Bowery
as
Scruno
1940
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as
Chuckles
1940
That Gang of Mine
as
Scruno
1940
Boys of the City
as
Scruno
1940
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as
Joe
1940
Gang War
as
Gang Member (uncredited)
1940
Soft Pedal
as
Wary
1926
Don't Butt In
Cast
1926
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