Eugene Jackson
Acting
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
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movieThe Addams Family
1991
One-Armed Bass Player
movieSwing Shift
1984
Bartender at Kelly's
tvNight Court
1984
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited) / Shoe Shine Man
movieOff the Wall
1983
Old Black Man
movieAmerican Gigolo
1980
Bootblack
tvTaxi
1978
Cabbie (uncredited)
movieScott Joplin
1977
Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
movieAll the President's Men
1976
Reporter (uncredited)
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
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
movieSporting Blood
1940
Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
movieKentucky
1938
Jimmy
movieArrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
Hotel Page Boy
movieAnaesthesia
1938
Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
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
movieTumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
Eightball
movieSecret Service
1931
Israel Polk
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
movieThe Love Bug
1925
Pineapple
movieDog Days
1925
Pineapple
movieThe Big Town
1925
Pineapple
movieThe Mysterious Mystery!
1924
Snowball
movieThe Thief of Bagdad
1924
Child (uncredited)
moviePenrod and Sam
1923
Verman