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)
American Gigolo
(1980)
Bootblack
Escape from Alcatraz
(1979)
Inmate
The Thief of Bagdad
(1924)
Child (uncredited)
All the President's Men
(1976)
Reporter (uncredited)
Coffy
(1973)
Man at Rally (uncredited)
Swing Shift
(1984)
Bartender at Kelly's
Support Your Local Gunfighter
(1971)
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones
(1973)
Henry
Cimarron
(1931)
Isaiah
40 Carats
(1973)
Party Dancer (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
(1964)
Congregation Member
Looking for Love
(1964)
Office Worker (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
(1943)
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)