Eugene Jackson
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(54 total)
The Addams Family
as One-Armed Bass Player
North by Northwest
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
The Apartment
as Office Worker (uncredited)
All the President's Men
as Reporter (uncredited)
American Gigolo
as Bootblack
Coffy
as Man at Rally (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
as Child (uncredited)
Cimarron
as Isaiah
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Swing Shift
as Bartender at Kelly's
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Congregation Member
Cleopatra Jones
as Henry
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Bootblack (uncredited)
The Carey Treatment
as Doctor (uncredited)
Black Gunn
as Bartender (uncredited)
Little Annie Rooney
as Humidor
40 Carats
as Party Dancer (uncredited)
TV Shows
(7 total)
Taxi
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Night Court
as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
Night Court
as Shoe Shine Man
Julia
as Uncle Lou
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Small Slave
