Eugene Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 25 December 1916 · Buffalo, New York, USA
- Died
- 26 October 2001
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 57
- 1991The Addams Family as One-Armed Bass Player
- 1984Swing Shift as Bartender at Kelly's
- 1983Off the Wall as Old Black Man
- 1980American Gigolo as Bootblack
- 1979Escape from Alcatraz as Inmate
- 1977Scott Joplin as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
- 1976All the President's Men as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1973Cleopatra Jones as Henry
- 197340 Carats as Party Dancer (uncredited)
- 1973Coffy as Man at Rally (uncredited)
- 1973The World's Greatest Athlete as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1972Black Gunn as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1972Melinda as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1972The Carey Treatment as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1971Chandler as Shoe Shine Boy
- 1971Support Your Local Gunfighter as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
- 1964Looking for Love as Office Worker (uncredited)
- 1964Robin and the 7 Hoods as Congregation Member (uncredited)
- 1964The Best Man as Delegate (uncredited)
- 1960The Apartment as Office Worker (uncredited)
- 1959North by Northwest as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
- 1959The Sound and the Fury as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1958The Long, Hot Summer as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1950The Killer That Stalked New York as Bootblack (uncredited)
- 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
- 1943Reveille with Beverly as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
- 1942Take My Life as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
- 1941Golden Hoofs as Curly
- 1940Sporting Blood as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
- 1939The Lady's from Kentucky as Winfield
- 1939Reform School as Pete
- 1938Kentucky as Jimmy
- 1938Arrest Bulldog Drummond as Hotel Page Boy
- 1938Anaesthesia as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
- 1938Rhythm Rodeo
- 1938The Buccaneer as James Smith, a Servant
- 1937Wine, Women and Horses as Eight Ball
- 1937Midnight Court as Garfield Brown
- 1936Guns and Guitars as Eightball
- 1936The Lonely Trail as Harmonica Player / Dancer
- 1936Red River Valley as Iodine
- 1935Tumbling Tumbleweeds as Eightball
- 1931Secret Service as Israel Polk
- 1931Sporting Chance as Horseshoe
- 1931Sporting Blood as Sam 'Sammy'
- 1931Cimarron as Isaiah
- 1929Hearts in Dixie as Chinquapin
- 1927Little Mickey Grogan as Dancing Black Boy
- 1925Little Annie Rooney as Humidor
- 1925Shootin' Injuns as Gene
- 1925The Love Bug as Pineapple
- 1925Dog Days as Pineapple
- 1925Circus Fever as Gene
- 1925The Big Town as Pineapple
- 1924The Mysterious Mystery! as Snowball
- 1924The Thief of Bagdad as Child (uncredited)
- 1923Penrod and Sam as Verman