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