Eugene Jackson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-12-25
Day of Death
2001-10-26 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Buffalo - New York - USA
Eugene Jackson
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
Acting
(1991)
The Addams Family
as One-Armed Bass Player
(1984)
Swing Shift
as Bartender at Kelly's
(1983)
Off the Wall
as Old Black Man
(1980)
American Gigolo
as Bootblack
(1979)
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
(1977)
Scott Joplin
as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
(1976)
All the President's Men
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1973)
Coffy
as Man at Rally (uncredited)
(1973)
Cleopatra Jones
as Henry
(1973)
40 Carats
as Party Dancer (uncredited)
(1973)
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1972)
Black Gunn
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1971)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
(1971)
Chandler
as Shoe Shine Boy
(1964)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Congregation Member
(1964)
Looking for Love
as Office Worker (uncredited)
(1960)
The Apartment
as Office Worker (uncredited)
(1959)
North by Northwest
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
(1950)
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Bootblack (uncredited)
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
(1943)
Reveille with Beverly
as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
(1942)
Take My Life
as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
(1941)
Golden Hoofs
as Curly
(1940)
Sporting Blood
as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
(1939)
Reform School
as Pete
(1939)
The Lady's from Kentucky
as Winfield
(1938)
The Buccaneer
as James Smith, a Servant
(1938)
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
as Hotel Page Boy
(1938)
Kentucky
as Jimmy
(1938)
Anaesthesia
as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
(1938)
(1937)
Midnight Court
as Garfield Brown
(1937)
Wine, Women and Horses
as Eight Ball
(1936)
The Lonely Trail
as Harmonica Player / Dancer
(1936)
Guns and Guitars
as Eightball
(1936)
Red River Valley
as Iodine
(1935)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Eightball
(1931)
Cimarron
as Isaiah
(1931)
Sporting Blood
as Sam 'Sammy'
(1931)
Sporting Chance
as Horseshoe
(1931)
Secret Service
as Israel Polk
(1929)
Hearts in Dixie
as Chinquapin
(1925)
Little Annie Rooney
as Humidor
(1925)
Dog Days
as Pineapple
(1925)
Circus Fever
as Gene
(1925)
Shootin' Injuns
as Gene
(1925)
The Love Bug
as Pineapple
(1925)
The Big Town
as Pineapple
(1924)
The Thief of Bagdad
as Child (uncredited)
(1924)
The Mysterious Mystery!
as Snowball
(1923)
Penrod and Sam
as Verman