SUNSHINE SAMMY MORRISON

Ernest 'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison was an actor from the one of the 1910s to the 1940s and is known for being among the original Our Gang and later, as Scruno in the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids films. Some of his movies include: Spooks Run Wild, Ghosts on the Loose, and Hal Roach's The Pickaninny. He was one of the first black African American actors to achieve success in mainstream sound movies. In fact, he was the first black child star! He passed away in 1989 at the age of 76.