Eugene Jackson
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
ActingBirthday
December 25, 1916Deathday
October 26, 2001Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
47Place of birth
Buffalo - New York - USA
Cast credits
Cleopatra Jones
Henry
Guns and Guitars
Eightball
The Lonely Trail
Harmonica Player / Dancer
Secret Service
Israel Polk
Sporting Blood
Sam 'Sammy'
Wine, Women and Horses
Eight Ball
Cimarron
Isaiah
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Hotel Page Boy
Kentucky
Jimmy
Midnight Court
Garfield Brown
North by Northwest
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Little Annie Rooney
Humidor
Take My Life
Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
The Thief of Bagdad
Child (uncredited)
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
Sporting Blood
Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
Dog Days
Pineapple
Hearts in Dixie
Chinquapin
Off the Wall
Old Black Man
Reveille with Beverly
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
Coffy
Man at Rally (uncredited)Images
