Eugene Jackson
Acting
1916 – 2001 (aged 84)
Buffalo, New York, USA
62 acting credits
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
The Addams Family
22 Nov 1991
North by Northwest
06 Aug 1959
Escape from Alcatraz
22 Jun 1979
The Apartment
21 Jun 1960
All the President's Men
09 Apr 1976
American Gigolo
01 Feb 1980
Coffy
13 Jun 1973
The Thief of Bagdad
18 Mar 1924
Filmography
1991
- The Addams Familyas One-Armed Bass Player
1984
- Swing Shiftas Bartender at Kelly's
- Night Courtas Shoe Shine Man1 episode
1983
- Off the Wallas Old Black Man
1980
- American Gigoloas Bootblack
1979
- Escape from Alcatrazas Inmate
1978
- Taxias Cab Driver1 episode
1977
- Scott Joplinas Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1976
- All the President's Menas Reporter (uncredited)
1973
- Cleopatra Jonesas Henry
- 40 Caratsas Party Dancer (uncredited)
- Coffyas Man at Rally (uncredited)
- The World's Greatest Athleteas Party Guest (uncredited)
1972
- Black Gunnas Bartender (uncredited)
- Melindaas Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Carey Treatmentas Doctor (uncredited)
1971
- Chandleras Shoe Shine Boy
- Support Your Local Gunfighteras Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
1968
- Juliaas Uncle Lou86 episodes
1964
- Looking for Loveas Office Worker (uncredited)
- Robin and the 7 Hoodsas Congregation Member (uncredited)
- The Best Manas Delegate (uncredited)
1960
- The Apartmentas Office Worker (uncredited)
1959
- North by Northwestas Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
- The Sound and the Furyas Townsman (uncredited)
1958
- Shirley Temple's Storybookas Small Slave1 episode
1956
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie1 episode
1951
- Boston Blackie1 episode
1950
- The Killer That Stalked New Yorkas Bootblack (uncredited)
1943
- Thank Your Lucky Starsas Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
- Reveille with Beverlyas Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
1942
- Take My Lifeas Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
1941
- Golden Hoofsas Curly
1940
- Sporting Bloodas Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
1939
- Reform Schoolas Pete
- The Lady's from Kentuckyas Winfield
1938
- Kentuckyas Jimmy
- Arrest Bulldog Drummondas Hotel Page Boy
- Anaesthesiaas Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
- Rhythm Rodeo
- The Buccaneeras James Smith, a Servant
1937
- Wine, Women and Horsesas Eight Ball
- Midnight Courtas Garfield Brown
1936
- Guns and Guitarsas Eightball
- The Lonely Trailas Harmonica Player
- Red River Valleyas Iodine
1935
- Tumbling Tumbleweedsas Eightball
1931
- Secret Serviceas Israel Polk
- Sporting Chanceas Horseshoe
- Sporting Bloodas Sam 'Sammy'
- Cimarronas Isaiah
1929
- Hearts in Dixieas Chinquapin
1927
- Little Mickey Groganas Dancing Black Boy
1925
- Little Annie Rooneyas Humidor
- Shootin' Injunsas Gene
- The Love Bugas Pineapple
- Dog Daysas Pineapple
- Circus Feveras Gene
- The Big Townas Pineapple
1924
- The Mysterious Mystery!as Snowball
- The Thief of Bagdadas Child (uncredited)
1923
- Penrod and Samas Verman