Eugene Jackson
Born
December 25, 1916
Died
October 26, 2001 (84 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
The Addams Family
One-Armed Bass Player
1991
Swing Shift
Bartender at Kelly's
1984
Night Court
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited) · (2 episodes)
1984
Night Court
Shoe Shine Man · (1 episode)
1984
Off the Wall
Old Black Man
1983
American Gigolo
Bootblack
1980
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
1979
Taxi
Cabbie (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1978
Scott Joplin
Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1977
All the President's Men
Reporter (uncredited)
1976
Cleopatra Jones
Henry
1973
40 Carats
Party Dancer (uncredited)
1973
Coffy
Man at Rally (uncredited)
1973
The World's Greatest Athlete
Party Guest (uncredited)
1973
Black Gunn
Bartender (uncredited)
1972
Melinda
Party Guest (uncredited)
1972
Chandler
Shoe Shine Boy
1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
1971
Julia
Uncle Lou · (86 episodes)
1968
Looking for Love
Office Worker (uncredited)
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Congregation Member
1964
The Apartment
Office Worker (uncredited)
1960
North by Northwest
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
1959
The Sound and the Fury
Townsman (uncredited)
1959
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Small Slave · (1 episode)
1958
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
(1 episode)
1956
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
(1 episode)
1951
The Killer That Stalked New York
Bootblack (uncredited)
1950
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
1943
Reveille with Beverly
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
1943
Take My Life
Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
1942
Golden Hoofs
Curly
1941
Sporting Blood
Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
1940
Reform School
Pete
1939
The Lady's from Kentucky
Winfield
1939
Kentucky
Jimmy
1938
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Hotel Page Boy
1938
Anaesthesia
Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
1938
Rhythm Rodeo
1938
The Buccaneer
James Smith, a Servant
1938
Wine, Women and Horses
Eight Ball
1937
Midnight Court
Garfield Brown
1937
Guns and Guitars
Eightball
1936
The Lonely Trail
Harmonica Player / Dancer
1936
Red River Valley
Iodine
1936
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Eightball
1935
Secret Service
Israel Polk
1931
Sporting Chance
Horseshoe
1931
Sporting Blood
Sam 'Sammy'
1931
Cimarron
Isaiah
1931
Hearts in Dixie
Chinquapin
1929
Little Annie Rooney
Humidor
1925
Shootin' Injuns
Gene
1925
The Love Bug
Pineapple
1925
Dog Days
Pineapple
1925
Circus Fever
Gene
1925
The Big Town
Pineapple
1925
The Mysterious Mystery!
Snowball
1924
The Thief of Bagdad
Child (uncredited)
1924
Penrod and Sam
Verman
1923