Person
Eugene Jackson
Acting · 1916–2001 · Buffalo - New York - USA
Biography
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
Night Court
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
Taxi
Cabbie (uncredited)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Small Slave
Julia
Uncle Lou
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Addams Family
One-Armed Bass Player
The Apartment
Office Worker (uncredited)
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
North by Northwest
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Boston Blackie
1951
Filmography
- 1991The Addams FamilyOne-Armed Bass Player
- 1984Swing ShiftBartender at Kelly's
- 1984Night CourtShoe Shine Man (uncredited)
- 1983Off the WallOld Black Man
- 1980American GigoloBootblack
- 1979Escape from AlcatrazInmate
- 1978TaxiCabbie (uncredited)
- 1977Scott JoplinPiano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
- 1976All the President's MenReporter (uncredited)
- 1973Cleopatra JonesHenry
- 197340 CaratsParty Dancer (uncredited)
- 1973CoffyMan at Rally (uncredited)
- 1973The World's Greatest AthleteParty Guest (uncredited)
- 1972Black GunnBartender (uncredited)
- 1972MelindaParty Guest (uncredited)
- 1972The Carey TreatmentDoctor (uncredited)
- 1971ChandlerShoe Shine Boy
- 1971Support Your Local GunfighterWaiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
- 1968JuliaUncle Lou
- 1964Looking for LoveOffice Worker (uncredited)
- 1964Robin and the 7 HoodsCongregation Member
- 1960The ApartmentOffice Worker (uncredited)
- 1959North by NorthwestSecurity Guard at Auction (uncredited)
- 1959The Sound and the FuryTownsman (uncredited)
- 1958Shirley Temple's StorybookSmall Slave
- 1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- 1951Boston Blackie
- 1950The Killer That Stalked New YorkBootblack (uncredited)
- 1943Thank Your Lucky StarsDancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
- 1943Reveille with BeverlyFranklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
- 1942Take My LifeBill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
- 1941Golden HoofsCurly
- 1940Sporting BloodSam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
- 1939Reform SchoolPete
- 1939The Lady's from KentuckyWinfield
- 1938KentuckyJimmy
- 1938Arrest Bulldog DrummondHotel Page Boy
- 1938AnaesthesiaColored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
- 1938Rhythm Rodeo
- 1938The BuccaneerJames Smith, a Servant
- 1937Wine, Women and HorsesEight Ball
- 1937Midnight CourtGarfield Brown
- 1936Guns and GuitarsEightball
- 1936The Lonely TrailHarmonica Player / Dancer
- 1936Red River ValleyIodine
- 1935Tumbling TumbleweedsEightball
- 1931Secret ServiceIsrael Polk
- 1931Sporting ChanceHorseshoe
- 1931Sporting BloodSam 'Sammy'
- 1931CimarronIsaiah
- 1929Hearts in DixieChinquapin
- 1927Little Mickey GroganDancing Black Boy
- 1925Little Annie RooneyHumidor
- 1925Shootin' InjunsGene
- 1925The Love BugPineapple
- 1925Dog DaysPineapple
- 1925Circus FeverGene
- 1925The Big TownPineapple
- 1924The Mysterious Mystery!Snowball
- 1924The Thief of BagdadChild (uncredited)
- 1923Penrod and SamVerman
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