Eugene Jackson
Acting
1916-12-25 · 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.
Filmography
The Addams Family
1991 · Movie
Swing Shift
1984 · Movie
Night Court
1984 · Series
Off the Wall
1983 · Movie
American Gigolo
1980 · Movie
Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · Movie
Taxi
1978 · Series
Scott Joplin
1977 · Movie
All the President's Men
1976 · Movie
Cleopatra Jones
1973 · Movie
40 Carats
1973 · Movie
Coffy
1973 · Movie
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973 · Movie
Black Gunn
1972 · Movie
Melinda
1972 · Movie
The Carey Treatment
1972 · Movie
Chandler
1971 · Movie
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Movie
Julia
1968 · Series
Looking for Love
1964 · Movie
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · Movie
The Best Man
1964 · Movie
The Apartment
1960 · Movie
North by Northwest
1959 · Movie
The Sound and the Fury
1959 · Movie
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
Boston Blackie
1951 · Series
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Movie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Movie
Reveille with Beverly
1943 · Movie
Take My Life
1942 · Movie
Golden Hoofs
1941 · Movie
Sporting Blood
1940 · Movie
Reform School
1939 · Movie
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939 · Movie
Kentucky
1938 · Movie
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938 · Movie
Anaesthesia
1938 · Movie
Rhythm Rodeo
1938 · Movie
The Buccaneer
1938 · Movie
Wine, Women and Horses
1937 · Movie
Midnight Court
1937 · Movie
Guns and Guitars
1936 · Movie
The Lonely Trail
1936 · Movie
Red River Valley
1936 · Movie
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935 · Movie
Secret Service
1931 · Movie
Sporting Chance
1931 · Movie
Sporting Blood
1931 · Movie
Cimarron
1931 · Movie
Hearts in Dixie
1929 · Movie
Little Mickey Grogan
1927 · Movie
Little Annie Rooney
1925 · Movie
Shootin' Injuns
1925 · Movie
The Love Bug
1925 · Movie
Dog Days
1925 · Movie
Circus Fever
1925 · Movie
The Big Town
1925 · Movie
The Mysterious Mystery!
1924 · Movie
The Thief of Bagdad
1924 · Movie
Penrod and Sam
1923 · Movie