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Ernie Morrison
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ernest Fredric Morrison, Ernest Morrison, "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison
American actor (1912–1989)
Film & TV
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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
- The Our Gang Story — Sunshine Sammy (archive footage)1994
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook — Scruno (archive footage)1991
- Classic Comedy Teams — Our Gang and The East Side Kids (segment "Sunshine Sammy") (archive footage)1986
- Good Times1974
- Ghosts on the Loose — Scruno1943
- Clancy Street Boys — Scruno1943
- Kid Dynamite — Scruno Jackson1943
- 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge — Scruno1942
- Let's Get Tough — Scruno1942
- In This Our Life — Black Man in Jail (uncredited)1942
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Morrison
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- Lynwood
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Erniemorrison.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ernie Morrison
- cause of death
- cancer
- place of burial
- Inglewood Park Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1912-12-20
- date of death
- 1989-06-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1916-00-00
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