Actor info
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Name :
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
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Born :
December 20, 1912 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (76 years at death)
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Died :
July 24, 1989
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
88 films (1917–1994)
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Also known as :
Sammy Morrison, Little Sambo, Smiling Sambo, Sambo, Sunshine Sammy
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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.
Notable films
- The Our Gang Story (1994) as Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as Scruno (archive footage)
- In This Our Life (1942) as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940) as Joe
- That Gang of Mine (1940) as Scruno
