Eugene Jackson
Known for: Acting
Born: December 25, 1916
Died: October 26, 2001
Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
56 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
7.1
The Addams Family
1991
5.6
Swing Shift
1984
7.3
Night Court
1984
3.5
Off the Wall
1983
6.2
American Gigolo
1980
7.5
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
7.3
Taxi
1978
6.6
Scott Joplin
1977
7.7
All the President's Men
1976
5.7
Cleopatra Jones
1973
5.7
40 Carats
1973
6.6
Coffy
1973
5.5
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973
6.0
Black Gunn
1972
4.8
Melinda
1972
6.0
The Carey Treatment
1972
4.6
Chandler
1971
6.6
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
6.4
Julia
1968
5.8
Looking for Love
1964
6.2
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
7.3
The Best Man
1964
8.2
The Apartment
1960
8.0
North by Northwest
1959
6.8
The Sound and the Fury
1959
6.5
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
4.0
Boston Blackie
1951
6.2
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
6.2
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
7.5
Reveille with Beverly
1943
9.0
Take My Life
1942
8.0
Golden Hoofs
1941
4.2
Sporting Blood
1940
8.0
Reform School
1939
8.0
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
6.1
Kentucky
1938
6.8
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
7.0
Anaesthesia
1938
10.0
Rhythm Rodeo
1938
6.4
The Buccaneer
1938
5.3
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
5.1
Midnight Court
1937
5.8
Guns and Guitars
1936
4.8
The Lonely Trail
1936
6.0
Red River Valley
1936
7.5
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
6.7
Secret Service
19318.0
Sporting Chance
1931
5.4
Sporting Blood
1931
5.5
Cimarron
1931
5.0
Hearts in Dixie
1929
8.0
Little Mickey Grogan
1927
7.1
Little Annie Rooney
1925
7.3
Shootin' Injuns
1925
6.9
The Love Bug
1925
6.3
Dog Days
1925
6.5
Circus Fever
1925
7.1
The Big Town
1925
6.4
The Mysterious Mystery!
1924
7.3
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
7.5
Penrod and Sam
1923