Eugene Jackson
Acting
- Born:
- 1916-12-25
- Died:
- 2001-10-26
- Place of birth:
- Buffalo, New York, USA
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
Filmography
The Addams Family
Swing Shift
Night Court
Off the Wall
American Gigolo
Escape from Alcatraz
Taxi
Scott Joplin
All the President's Men
Cleopatra Jones
40 Carats
Coffy
The World's Greatest Athlete
Black Gunn
Melinda
The Carey Treatment
Chandler
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Looking for Love
Robin and the 7 Hoods
The Best Man
The Apartment
North by Northwest
The Sound and the Fury
The Long, Hot Summer
Shirley Temple's Storybook
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Boston Blackie
The Killer That Stalked New York
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Reveille with Beverly
Take My Life
Golden Hoofs
Sporting Blood
Reform School
The Lady's from Kentucky
Kentucky
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Anaesthesia
Rhythm Rodeo
The Buccaneer
Wine, Women and Horses
Midnight Court
Guns and Guitars
The Lonely Trail
Red River Valley
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Secret Service
Sporting Chance
Sporting Blood
Cimarron
Hearts in Dixie
Little Mickey Grogan
Little Annie Rooney
Shootin' Injuns
The Love Bug
Dog Days
Circus Fever
The Big Town
The Mysterious Mystery!
The Thief of Bagdad
Penrod and Sam