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.
Filmography (61 titles)
7.1MovieThe Addams Family
One-Armed Bass Player · 1991
5.6MovieSwing Shift
Bartender at Kelly's · 1984
7.3ShowNight Court
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited) · 1984
3.5MovieOff the Wall
Old Black Man · 1983
6.2MovieAmerican Gigolo
Bootblack · 1980
7.5MovieEscape from Alcatraz
Inmate · 1979
7.3ShowTaxi
Cabbie (uncredited) · 1978
6.3MovieScott Joplin
Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited) · 1977
7.7MovieAll the President's Men
Reporter (uncredited) · 1976
5.7MovieCleopatra Jones
Henry · 1973
5.7Movie40 Carats
Party Dancer (uncredited) · 1973
6.6MovieCoffy
Man at Rally (uncredited) · 1973
5.5MovieThe World's Greatest Athlete
Party Guest (uncredited) · 1973
6.0MovieBlack Gunn
Bartender (uncredited) · 1972
4.8MovieMelinda
Party Guest (uncredited) · 1972
6.0MovieThe Carey Treatment
Doctor (uncredited) · 1972
4.6MovieChandler
Shoe Shine Boy · 1971
6.6MovieSupport Your Local Gunfighter
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited) · 1971
6.4ShowJulia
Uncle Lou · 1968
5.8MovieLooking for Love
Office Worker (uncredited) · 1964
6.2MovieRobin and the 7 Hoods
Congregation Member · 1964
8.2MovieThe Apartment
Office Worker (uncredited) · 1960
8.0MovieNorth by Northwest
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited) · 1959
6.8MovieThe Sound and the Fury
Townsman (uncredited) · 1959
6.5ShowShirley Temple's Storybook
Small Slave · 1958
5.3ShowThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
4.0ShowBoston Blackie
1951
6.2MovieThe Killer That Stalked New York
Bootblack (uncredited) · 1950
6.2MovieThank Your Lucky Stars
Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited) · 1943
7.5MovieReveille with Beverly
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited) · 1943