Eugene Jackson
Acting
Born: 1916-12-25 in Buffalo, New York, USA
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
Taxi
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Taxi
Cab Driver / Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
Night Court
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
Night Court
Shoe Shine Man
Julia
Uncle Lou
The Addams Family
One-Armed Bass Player
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
The Apartment
Office Worker (uncredited)
North by Northwest
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Small Slave
Boston Blackie
American Gigolo
Bootblack
All the President's Men
Reporter (uncredited)
Coffy
Man at Rally (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Congregation Member (uncredited)
Reform School
Pete
40 Carats
Party Dancer (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
Child (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Swing Shift
Bartender at Kelly's
Cleopatra Jones
Henry
The Best Man
Delegate (uncredited)
Cimarron
Isaiah
The World's Greatest Athlete
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Carey Treatment
Doctor (uncredited)
Black Gunn
Bartender (uncredited)
Chandler
Shoe Shine Boy
The Killer That Stalked New York
Bootblack (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
James Smith, a Servant
Looking for Love
Office Worker (uncredited)
Off the Wall
Old Black Man
Melinda
Party Guest (uncredited)
Scott Joplin
Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
The Sound and the Fury
Townsman (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
Kentucky
Jimmy
Little Annie Rooney
Humidor
The Lonely Trail
Harmonica Player / Dancer
Anaesthesia
Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)