Eugene Jackson
Acting
Born December 25, 1916 · Buffalo - New York - USA
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.
Films (54)
The Addams Family
1991
Swing Shift
1984
Off the Wall
1983
American Gigolo
1980
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
Scott Joplin
1977
All the President's Men
1976
Cleopatra Jones
1973
40 Carats
1973
Coffy
1973
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973
Black Gunn
1972
Melinda
1972
The Carey Treatment
1972
Chandler
1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
Looking for Love
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
The Apartment
1960
North by Northwest
1959
The Sound and the Fury
1959
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Take My Life
1942
Golden Hoofs
1941
Sporting Blood
1940
Reform School
1939
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
Kentucky
1938
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
Anaesthesia
1938
Rhythm Rodeo
1938
The Buccaneer
1938
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
Midnight Court
1937
Guns and Guitars
1936
The Lonely Trail
1936
Red River Valley
1936
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
Secret Service
1931
Sporting Chance
1931
Sporting Blood
1931
Cimarron
1931
Hearts in Dixie
1929
Little Annie Rooney
1925
Shootin' Injuns
1925
The Love Bug
1925
Dog Days
1925
Circus Fever
1925
The Big Town
1925
The Mysterious Mystery!
1924
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
Penrod and Sam
1923