Eugene Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 25, 1916
- Died
- October 26, 2001 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
The Addams Family
Movie · as One-Armed Bass Player
Swing Shift
Movie · as Bartender at Kelly's
Night Court
TV · as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited) · 2 eps
Off the Wall
Movie · as Old Black Man
American Gigolo
Movie · as Bootblack
Escape from Alcatraz
Movie · as Inmate
Scott Joplin
Movie · as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
All the President's Men
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones
Movie · as Henry
40 Carats
Movie · as Party Dancer (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Athlete
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Coffy
Movie · as Man at Rally (uncredited)
Black Gunn
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)
Melinda
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Carey Treatment
Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Movie · as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Chandler
Movie · as Shoe Shine Boy
Looking for Love
Movie · as Office Worker (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie · as Congregation Member (uncredited)
The Best Man
Movie · as Delegate (uncredited)
The Apartment
Movie · as Office Worker (uncredited)
North by Northwest
Movie · as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
The Sound and the Fury
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)
The Long, Hot Summer
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV · as Small Slave · 1 ep
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV · 1 ep
Boston Blackie
TV · 1 ep
The Killer That Stalked New York
Movie · as Bootblack (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie · as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
Movie · as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
Take My Life
Movie · as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
Golden Hoofs
Movie · as Curly
Sporting Blood
Movie · as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
Reform School
Movie · as Pete
The Lady's from Kentucky
Movie · as Winfield
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Movie · as Hotel Page Boy
Kentucky
Movie · as Jimmy
Rhythm Rodeo
Movie
The Buccaneer
Movie · as James Smith, a Servant
Anaesthesia
Movie · as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
Wine, Women and Horses
Movie · as Eight Ball
Midnight Court
Movie · as Garfield Brown
Guns and Guitars
Movie · as Eightball
The Lonely Trail
Movie · as Harmonica Player / Dancer
Red River Valley
Movie · as Iodine
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Movie · as Eightball
Sporting Chance
Movie · as Horseshoe
Secret Service
Movie · as Israel Polk
Sporting Blood
Movie · as Sam 'Sammy'
Cimarron
Movie · as Isaiah
Hearts in Dixie
Movie · as Chinquapin
Little Mickey Grogan
Movie · as Dancing Black Boy
The Big Town
Movie · as Pineapple
Circus Fever
Movie · as Gene
The Love Bug
Movie · as Pineapple
Little Annie Rooney
Movie · as Humidor
Dog Days
Movie · as Pineapple
Shootin' Injuns
Movie · as Gene
The Mysterious Mystery!
Movie · as Snowball
The Thief of Bagdad
Movie · as Child (uncredited)
Penrod and Sam
Movie · as Verman