Ernie Morrison

Child Actor, Film actor

1912 – 1989

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Who was Ernie Morrison?

Ernest Fredric "Ernie" Morrison was an American child actor who performed under the stage name "Sunshine Sammy." Morrison was the only black member of the East Side Kids, and was also an original Our Gang kid, a sidekick to Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard, a silent screen comedian, a vaudevillian, a dancer, and band leader.

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Born
Dec 20, 1912
New Orleans
Also known as
  • Frederick Ernest Morrison
  • Sunshine Sambo
  • Sambo
  • Little Sambo
  • Sunshine Sammy Morrisson
  • Sunshine Sammy Morrison
  • Sunshine Sammy
  • Sammy Morrison
  • Smiling Sambo
  • L'Afrique
Parents
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Jul 24, 1989
Lynwood
Resting place
Inglewood Park Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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