Eugene Jackson

Actor

1916-12-25 – 2001-10-26 · 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.

• The Addams Family (1991) — One-Armed Bass Player
• North by Northwest (1959) — Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
• Escape from Alcatraz (1979) — Inmate
• The Apartment (1960) — Office Worker (uncredited)
• All the President's Men (1976) — Reporter (uncredited)
• American Gigolo (1980) — Bootblack
• Coffy (1973) — Man at Rally (uncredited)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924) — Child (uncredited)
• Cimarron (1931) — Isaiah
• Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) — Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
• Swing Shift (1984) — Bartender at Kelly's
• Cleopatra Jones (1973) — Henry
• Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) — Congregation Member (uncredited)
• The Best Man (1964) — Delegate (uncredited)
• Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) — Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
• The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) — Party Guest (uncredited)
• The Carey Treatment (1972) — Doctor (uncredited)
• The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) — Bootblack (uncredited)
• Black Gunn (1972) — Bartender (uncredited)
• Little Annie Rooney (1925) — Humidor
• 40 Carats (1973) — Party Dancer (uncredited)
• The Sound and the Fury (1959) — Townsman (uncredited)
• Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938) — Hotel Page Boy
• Kentucky (1938) — Jimmy