- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 25, 1916
- Place of Birth
- Buffalo - New York - USA
- Died
- October 26, 2001
Eugene Jackson
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.
Filmography
movieThe Addams Family
1991 · One-Armed Bass Player
movieSwing Shift
1984 · Bartender at Kelly's
tvNight Court
1984 · Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
movieOff the Wall
1983 · Old Black Man
movieAmerican Gigolo
1980 · Bootblack
movieEscape from Alcatraz
1979 · Inmate
tvTaxi
1978 · Cabbie (uncredited)
movieScott Joplin
1977 · Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
movieAll the President's Men
1976 · Reporter (uncredited)
movieCleopatra Jones
1973 · Henry
movie40 Carats
1973 · Party Dancer (uncredited)
movieCoffy
1973 · Man at Rally (uncredited)
movieThe World's Greatest Athlete
1973 · Party Guest (uncredited)
movieBlack Gunn
1972 · Bartender (uncredited)
movieMelinda
1972 · Party Guest (uncredited)
movieThe Carey Treatment
1972 · Doctor (uncredited)
movieChandler
1971 · Shoe Shine Boy
movieSupport Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
tvJulia
1968 · Uncle Lou
movieLooking for Love
1964 · Office Worker (uncredited)
movieRobin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · Congregation Member
movieThe Apartment
1960 · Office Worker (uncredited)
movieNorth by Northwest
1959 · Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
movieThe Sound and the Fury
1959 · Townsman (uncredited)
tvShirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Small Slave
tvThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
tvBoston Blackie
1951
movieThe Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Bootblack (uncredited)
movieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
movieReveille with Beverly
1943 · Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
movieTake My Life
1942 · Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
movieGolden Hoofs
1941 · Curly
movieSporting Blood
1940 · Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
movieReform School
1939 · Pete
movieThe Lady's from Kentucky
1939 · Winfield
movieKentucky
1938 · Jimmy
movieArrest Bulldog Drummond
1938 · Hotel Page Boy
movieAnaesthesia
1938 · Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
movieRhythm Rodeo
1938
movieThe Buccaneer
1938 · James Smith, a Servant
movieWine, Women and Horses
1937 · Eight Ball
movieMidnight Court
1937 · Garfield Brown
movieGuns and Guitars
1936 · Eightball
movieThe Lonely Trail
1936 · Harmonica Player / Dancer
movieRed River Valley
1936 · Iodine
movieTumbling Tumbleweeds
1935 · Eightball
movieSecret Service
1931 · Israel Polk
Sporting Chance
movieSporting Chance
1931 · Horseshoe
movieSporting Blood
1931 · Sam 'Sammy'
movieCimarron
1931 · Isaiah
movieHearts in Dixie
1929 · Chinquapin
movieLittle Mickey Grogan
1927 · Dancing Black Boy
movieLittle Annie Rooney
1925 · Humidor
movieShootin' Injuns
1925 · Gene
movieThe Love Bug
1925 · Pineapple
movieDog Days
1925 · Pineapple
movieCircus Fever
1925 · Gene
movieThe Big Town
1925 · Pineapple
movieThe Mysterious Mystery!
1924 · Snowball
movieThe Thief of Bagdad
1924 · Child (uncredited)
moviePenrod and Sam
1923 · Verman