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Eugene Jackson

Eugene Jackson

Actor · 1916–2001 · Buffalo, New York, USA

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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.

Acted in 60

1980s

  1. 1984

    Swing Shift

    Bartender at Kelly's

  2. Night Court

    Shoe Shine Man (uncredited), Shoe Shine Man · 2 episodes

    76
  3. 1983

    Off the Wall

    Old Black Man

  4. 1980

    American Gigolo

    Bootblack

    64

1970s

  1. 1979

    Escape from Alcatraz

    Inmate

    80
  2. 1977

    Scott Joplin

    Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)

  3. 1976

    All the President's Men

    Reporter (uncredited)

    83
  4. 1973

    Cleopatra Jones

    Henry

  5. 40 Carats

    Party Dancer (uncredited)

    62

  6. Coffy

    Man at Rally (uncredited)

    70

  7. The World's Greatest Athlete

    Party Guest (uncredited)

  8. 1972

    Black Gunn

    Bartender (uncredited)

  9. Melinda

    Party Guest (uncredited)

  10. The Carey Treatment

    Doctor (uncredited)

  11. 1971

    Chandler

    Shoe Shine Boy

  12. Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)

    66

1940s

  1. 1943

    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)

    66

  2. Reveille with Beverly

    Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)

  3. 1942

    Take My Life

    Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber

  4. 1941

    Golden Hoofs

    Curly

  5. 1940

    Sporting Blood

    Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom

1930s

  1. 1939

    Reform School

    Pete

  2. The Lady's from Kentucky

    Winfield

  3. 1938

    Kentucky

    Jimmy

  4. Arrest Bulldog Drummond

    Hotel Page Boy

  5. Anaesthesia

    Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)

  6. Rhythm Rodeo

    Movie

  7. The Buccaneer

    James Smith, a Servant

  8. 1937

    Wine, Women and Horses

    Eight Ball

  9. Midnight Court

    Garfield Brown

  10. 1936

    Guns and Guitars

    Eightball

  11. The Lonely Trail

    Harmonica Player / Dancer

  12. Red River Valley

    Iodine

  13. 1935

    Tumbling Tumbleweeds

    Eightball

  14. 1931

    Secret Service

    Israel Polk

  15. Sporting Blood

    Sam 'Sammy'

  16. Cimarron

    Isaiah

    59

1920s

  1. 1929

    Hearts in Dixie

    Chinquapin

  2. 1927

    Little Mickey Grogan

    Dancing Black Boy

  3. 1925

    Little Annie Rooney

    Humidor

  4. Shootin' Injuns

    Gene

  5. The Love Bug

    Pineapple

  6. Dog Days

    Pineapple

  7. Circus Fever

    Gene

  8. The Big Town

    Pineapple

  9. 1924

    The Mysterious Mystery!

    Snowball

  10. The Thief of Bagdad

    Child (uncredited)

    81
  11. 1923

    Penrod and Sam

    Verman