Eugene Jackson
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-12-25 (85 years old)
Deathday
2001-10-26
Place of Birth
Buffalo - New York - USA
Also known As
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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 ...
Acting
1972
as Bartender (uncredited)
1973
as Henry
1931
as Horseshoe
1939
as Pete
1924
as Snowball
1925
as Gene
1925
as Pineapple
1925
as Pineapple
1964
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1971
as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
1936
as Eightball
1936
as Harmonica Player / Dancer
1960
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1971
as Shoe Shine Boy
1931
as Israel Polk
1931
as Sam 'Sammy'
1929
as Chinquapin
1973
as Party Dancer (uncredited)
1964
as Congregation Member
1937
as Eight Ball
1931
as Isaiah
1936
as Iodine
1938
as Hotel Page Boy
1938
as Jimmy
1976
as Reporter (uncredited)
1937
as Garfield Brown
1959
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
1980
as Bootblack
1925
as Humidor
1942
as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
1924
as Child (uncredited)
1977
as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1973
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1979
as Inmate
1938
1940
as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
1943
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
1925
as Pineapple
1983
as Old Black Man
1943
as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
1973
as Man at Rally (uncredited)
1941
as Curly
1938
as James Smith, a Servant
1925
as Gene
1923
as Verman
1991
as One-Armed Bass Player
1950
as Bootblack (uncredited)
1938
as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
1939
as Winfield
1935
as Eightball
1984
as Bartender at Kelly's
1972
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1959
as Townsman (uncredited)
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