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.
Filmography
all 54
Movies 49
TV Shows 5
One-Armed Bass Player
The Addams Family (1991)
Movie
6.46
Bartender at Kelly's
Swing Shift (1984)
Movie
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited) / Shoe Shine Man
Night Court (1984)
TV
6
Old Black Man
Off the Wall (1983)
Movie
Bootblack
American Gigolo (1980)
Movie
6
Inmate
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Movie
8.67
Cabbie (uncredited)
Taxi (1978)
TV
6.02
Reporter (uncredited)
All the President's Men (1976)
Movie
3.1
Henry
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Movie
6
Party Dancer (uncredited)
40 Carats (1973)
Movie
Man at Rally (uncredited)
Coffy (1973)
Movie
2
Bartender (uncredited)
Black Gunn (1972)
Movie
Shoe Shine Boy
Chandler (1971)
Movie
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Movie
1
Uncle Lou
Julia (1968)
TV
Office Worker (uncredited)
Looking for Love (1964)
Movie
Congregation Member
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Movie
Office Worker (uncredited)
The Apartment (1960)
Movie
4
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
North by Northwest (1959)
Movie
6.11
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
TV
The Adventures of Boston Blackie (1951)
TV
Bootblack (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
Movie
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
Movie
Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
Take My Life (1942)
Movie
Saloon Pianist
Cow-Cow Boogie (1942)
Movie
Curly
Golden Hoofs (1941)
Movie
Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
Sporting Blood (1940)
Movie
Pete
Reform School (1939)
Movie
Winfield
The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)
Movie
Jimmy
Kentucky (1938)
Movie
Hotel Page Boy
Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938)
Movie
Colored Boy 1839
Anaesthesia (1938)
Movie
James Smith, a Servant
The Buccaneer (1938)
Movie
Eight Ball
Wine, Women and Horses (1937)
Movie
Bosko
Bosko's Easter Eggs (1937)
Movie
Garfield Brown
Midnight Court (1937)
Movie
Eightball
Guns and Guitars (1936)
Movie
Harmonica Player / Dancer
The Lonely Trail (1936)
Movie
Iodine
Red River Valley (1936)
Movie
Eightball
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935)
Movie
Israel Polk
Secret Service (1931)
Movie
Horseshoe
Sporting Chance (1931)
Movie
Sam 'Sammy'
Sporting Blood (1931)
Movie
Isaiah
Cimarron (1931)
Movie
Chinquapin
Hearts in Dixie (1929)
Movie
Humidor
Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Movie
Gene
Shootin' Injuns (1925)
Movie
Pineapple
The Love Bug (1925)
Movie
Pineapple
Dog Days (1925)
Movie
Gene
Circus Fever (1925)
Movie
Pineapple
The Big Town (1925)
Movie
Snowball
The Mysterious Mystery! (1924)
Movie
Child (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Movie
3
Verman
Penrod and Sam (1923)
Movie
Ratings
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1991
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1916-12-25
Deathday2001-10-26 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceBuffalo, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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