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Eugene Jackson

Born
December 25, 1916
Died
October 26, 2001
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
North by Northwest
(1959)
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
The Addams Family
(1991)
One-Armed Bass Player
The Apartment
(1960)
Office Worker (uncredited)
Escape from Alcatraz
(1979)
Inmate
American Gigolo
(1980)
Bootblack
All the President's Men
(1976)
Reporter (uncredited)
Black Gunn
(1972)
Bartender (uncredited)
Coffy
(1973)
Man at Rally (uncredited)
Swing Shift
(1984)
Bartender at Kelly's
Robin and the 7 Hoods
(1964)
Congregation Member
40 Carats
(1973)
Party Dancer (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones
(1973)
Henry
Cimarron
(1931)
Isaiah
The Thief of Bagdad
(1924)
Child (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
(1971)
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York
(1950)
Bootblack (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Penrod and Sam
(1923)
Verman
The Thief of Bagdad
(1924)
Child (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mystery!
(1924)
Snowball
Little Annie Rooney
(1925)
Humidor
Dog Days
(1925)
Pineapple
Shootin' Injuns
(1925)
Gene
The Big Town
(1925)
Pineapple
Circus Fever
(1925)
Gene
The Love Bug
(1925)
Pineapple
Hearts in Dixie
(1929)
Chinquapin
Secret Service
(1931)
Israel Polk
Sporting Blood
(1931)
Sam 'Sammy'
Cimarron
(1931)
Isaiah
Sporting Chance
(1931)
Horseshoe
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
(1935)
Eightball
Guns and Guitars
(1936)
Eightball
The Lonely Trail
(1936)
Harmonica Player / Dancer
Red River Valley
(1936)
Iodine
Wine, Women and Horses
(1937)
Eight Ball
Midnight Court
(1937)
Garfield Brown
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
(1938)
Hotel Page Boy
Kentucky
(1938)
Jimmy
The Buccaneer
(1938)
James Smith, a Servant
Anaesthesia
(1938)
Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
The Lady's from Kentucky
(1939)
Winfield
Reform School
(1939)
Pete
Sporting Blood
(1940)
Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
Golden Hoofs
(1941)
Curly
Take My Life
(1942)
Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
Reveille with Beverly
(1943)
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York
(1950)
Bootblack (uncredited)
North by Northwest
(1959)
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
The Apartment
(1960)
Office Worker (uncredited)
Looking for Love
(1964)
Office Worker (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
(1964)
Congregation Member
Chandler
(1971)
Shoe Shine Boy
Support Your Local Gunfighter
(1971)
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Black Gunn
(1972)
Bartender (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones
(1973)
Henry
Coffy
(1973)
Man at Rally (uncredited)
40 Carats
(1973)
Party Dancer (uncredited)
All the President's Men
(1976)
Reporter (uncredited)
Escape from Alcatraz
(1979)
Inmate
American Gigolo
(1980)
Bootblack
Off the Wall
(1983)
Old Black Man
Swing Shift
(1984)
Bartender at Kelly's
The Addams Family
(1991)
One-Armed Bass Player
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