Acting
Eugene Jackson
EN cinema · 57 credits
Born
25 December 1916
Died
26 October 2001 (aged 84)
Birthplace
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
Filmography
The Addams Family
as One-Armed Bass Player
Swing Shift
as Bartender at Kelly's
Off the Wall
as Old Black Man
American Gigolo
as Bootblack
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
Scott Joplin
as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
All the President's Men
as Reporter (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones
as Henry
40 Carats
as Party Dancer (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Coffy
as Man at Rally (uncredited)
Black Gunn
as Bartender (uncredited)
Melinda
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Carey Treatment
as Doctor (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Chandler
as Shoe Shine Boy
Looking for Love
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Congregation Member (uncredited)
The Best Man
as Delegate (uncredited)
The Apartment
as Office Worker (uncredited)
North by Northwest
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
The Sound and the Fury
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Long, Hot Summer
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Bootblack (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
Take My Life
as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
Golden Hoofs
as Curly
Sporting Blood
as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
Reform School
as Pete
The Lady's from Kentucky
as Winfield
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
as Hotel Page Boy
Kentucky
as Jimmy
The Buccaneer
as James Smith, a Servant
Anaesthesia
as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
Wine, Women and Horses
as Eight Ball
Midnight Court
as Garfield Brown
Guns and Guitars
as Eightball
The Lonely Trail
as Harmonica Player / Dancer
Red River Valley
as Iodine
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Eightball
Sporting Chance
1931
Sporting Chance
as Horseshoe
Secret Service
as Israel Polk
Sporting Blood
as Sam 'Sammy'
Cimarron
as Isaiah
Hearts in Dixie
as Chinquapin
Little Mickey Grogan
as Dancing Black Boy
Circus Fever
as Gene
The Big Town
as Pineapple
The Love Bug
as Pineapple
Little Annie Rooney
as Humidor
Dog Days
as Pineapple
Shootin' Injuns
as Gene
The Mysterious Mystery!
as Snowball
The Thief of Bagdad
as Child (uncredited)
Penrod and Sam
as Verman