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
- In This Our Life (1942) as Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
- Our Gang (1922) as Sunshine Sammy
- Penrod (1922) as Herman
- High Rollers (1921)
- Call for Mr. Caveman (1919) as Little Henry Hercules
