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.
Personal Details
Movies (44)
The Addams Family
as One-Armed Bass Player
1991
Swing Shift
as Bartender at Kelly's
1984
Off the Wall
as Old Black Man
1983
American Gigolo
as Bootblack
1980
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
1979
Scott Joplin
as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1977
All the President's Men
as Reporter (uncredited)
1976
Cleopatra Jones
as Henry
1973
40 Carats
as Party Dancer (uncredited)
1973
Coffy
as Man at Rally (uncredited)
1973
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1973
Black Gunn
as Bartender (uncredited)
1972
Melinda
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1972
Chandler
as Shoe Shine Boy
1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
1971
Looking for Love
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Congregation Member
1964
The Apartment
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1960
North by Northwest
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
1959
The Sound and the Fury
as Townsman (uncredited)
1959
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Bootblack (uncredited)
1950
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
1943
Reveille with Beverly
as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
1943
Take My Life
as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
1942
Golden Hoofs
as Curly
1941
Sporting Blood
as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
1940
Reform School
as Pete
1939
The Lady's from Kentucky
as Winfield
1939
Kentucky
as Jimmy
1938
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
as Hotel Page Boy
1938
Anaesthesia
as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
1938
Rhythm Rodeo
1938
The Buccaneer
as James Smith, a Servant
1938
Wine, Women and Horses
as Eight Ball
1937
Midnight Court
as Garfield Brown
1937
Guns and Guitars
as Eightball
1936
The Lonely Trail
as Harmonica Player / Dancer
1936
Red River Valley
as Iodine
1936
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Eightball
1935
Secret Service
as Israel Polk
1931
Sporting Chance
as Horseshoe
1931
Sporting Blood
as Sam 'Sammy'
1931
Cimarron
as Isaiah
1931
Hearts in Dixie
as Chinquapin
1929
