Eugene Jackson

Born: 1916-12-25 in Buffalo - New York - USA

Died: 2001-10-26

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1991

The Addams Family as One-Armed Bass Player

1984

Night Court as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
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

1978

Taxi as Cabbie (uncredited)

1977

Scott Joplin as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)

1976

All the President's Men as Reporter (uncredited)

1973

Coffy as Man at Rally (uncredited)
40 Carats as Party Dancer (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Athlete as Party Guest (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones as Henry

1972

Melinda as Party Guest (uncredited)
Black Gunn as Bartender (uncredited)

1971

Chandler as Shoe Shine Boy
Support Your Local Gunfighter as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)

1968

Julia as Uncle Lou

1964

Robin and the 7 Hoods as Congregation Member
Looking for Love as Office Worker (uncredited)

1960

The Apartment as Office Worker (uncredited)

1959

North by Northwest as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
The Sound and the Fury as Townsman (uncredited)

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
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
The Lady's from Kentucky as Winfield

1938

The Buccaneer as James Smith, a Servant
Kentucky as Jimmy
Rhythm Rodeo
Arrest Bulldog Drummond as Hotel Page Boy
Anaesthesia as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)

1937

Wine, Women and Horses as Eight Ball
Midnight Court as Garfield Brown

1936

The Lonely Trail as Harmonica Player / Dancer
Red River Valley as Iodine
Guns and Guitars as Eightball

1935

Tumbling Tumbleweeds as Eightball

1931

Sporting Chance as Horseshoe
Cimarron as Isaiah
Secret Service as Israel Polk
Sporting Blood as Sam 'Sammy'

1929

Hearts in Dixie as Chinquapin

1925

Circus Fever as Gene
Dog Days as Pineapple
Shootin' Injuns as Gene
Little Annie Rooney as Humidor
The Big Town as Pineapple
The Love Bug as Pineapple

1924

The Thief of Bagdad as Child (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mystery! as Snowball

1923

Penrod and Sam as Verman