Eugene Jackson
Biography
Eugene Jackson gained fame as Farina's older brother, Pineapple, in six of Hal Roach's "Our Gang" serials - "The Mysterious Mystery", "The Big Town", "Circus Fever", "Dog Days", "The Love Bug" and "Shootin Injuns". Besides films he sang and danced on the vaudeville circuit - billed as "Hollywood's most famous colored kid star". Most of his film roles were bit parts, most uncredited. He did appear as Diahann Carroll's Uncle Lou on TV's "Julia" and Redd Foxx's friend on "Sanford and Son". In later years he taught dance at studios he started in Compton and Pasadena. He trained several performers in the 1959 film Porgy and Bess. His work was featured in a dance retrospective for the 1993 Los Angeles Festival.
Known For
Bartender (uncredited)
Black Gunn
Henry
Cleopatra Jones
Horseshoe
Sporting Chance
Pete
Reform School
Snowball
The Mysterious Mystery!
Pineapple
The Big Town
Gene
Circus Fever
Pineapple
The Love Bug
Office Worker (uncredited)
Looking for Love
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Eightball
Guns and Guitars
Harmonica Player / Dancer
The Lonely Trail
Office Worker (uncredited)
The Apartment
Shoe Shine Boy
Chandler
Israel Polk
Secret Service
Sam 'Sammy'
Sporting Blood
Chinquapin
Hearts in Dixie
Party Dancer (uncredited)
40 Carats
Congregation Member
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Eight Ball
Wine, Women and Horses
Isaiah
Cimarron
Iodine
Red River Valley
Hotel Page Boy
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Jimmy
Kentucky
Reporter (uncredited)
All the President's Men
Garfield Brown
Midnight Court
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
North by Northwest
Bootblack
American Gigolo
Humidor
Little Annie Rooney
Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
Take My Life
Child (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Scott Joplin
Party Guest (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Athlete
Rhythm Rodeo
Inmate
Escape from Alcatraz
Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
Sporting Blood
Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Pineapple
Dog Days
Old Black Man
Off the Wall
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
Man at Rally (uncredited)
Coffy
Curly
Golden Hoofs
James Smith, a Servant
The Buccaneer
Gene
Shootin' Injuns
Verman
Penrod and Sam
One-Armed Bass Player
The Addams Family
Bootblack (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York
Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
Anaesthesia
Winfield
The Lady's from Kentucky
Eightball
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Bartender at Kelly's
Swing Shift
Party Guest (uncredited)
Melinda
Townsman (uncredited)
The Sound and the Fury
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
53
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-12-25
Place of Birth
Buffalo - New York - USA
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