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.
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- Born:
- Dec 25, 1916 In Buffalo - New York - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 61
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Penrod and Sam 1923-06-18
- Latest Project:
- Movie Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion 2007-09-29
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion | Self | 2007-09-29 |
| Movie | Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie | Self | 2006-03-10 |
| Movie | Strikeforce: Revenge | Self | 2006-06-09 |
| Movie | Strikeforce: Triple Threat | Self | 2006-12-08 |
| Movie | UFC 35: Throwdown | Self | 2002-01-11 |
| Movie | UFC 38: Brawl At The Hall | Self | 2002-07-13 |
| Movie | UFC 33: Victory In Vegas | Self | 2001-09-28 |
| Movie | UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz | Self | 2000-09-22 |
| Movie | UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3 | Self | 2000-04-14 |
| Movie | UFC 21: Return Of The Champions | Self | 1999-07-16 |
| Movie | The Addams Family | One-Armed Bass Player | 1991-11-22 |
| Movie | Swing Shift | Bartender at Kelly's | 1984-04-13 |
| Series | Night Court | Shoe Shine Man (uncredited) | 1984-01-04 |
| Movie | Off the Wall | Old Black Man | 1983-07-01 |
| Movie | American Gigolo | Bootblack | 1980-02-08 |
| Movie | Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate | 1979-06-22 |
| Movie | All the President's Men | Reporter (uncredited) | 1976-04-09 |
| Movie | Coffy | Man at Rally (uncredited) | 1973-06-13 |
| Movie | Cleopatra Jones | Henry | 1973-07-13 |
| Movie | 40 Carats | Party Dancer (uncredited) | 1973-06-28 |
| Movie | Black Gunn | Bartender (uncredited) | 1972-12-20 |
| Movie | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited) | 1971-05-26 |
| Movie | Chandler | Shoe Shine Boy | 1971-12-01 |
| Series | Julia | Uncle Lou | 1968-09-17 |
| Movie | Robin and the 7 Hoods | Congregation Member | 1964-06-24 |
| Movie | Looking for Love | Office Worker (uncredited) | 1964-08-05 |
| Movie | The Apartment | Office Worker (uncredited) | 1960-06-21 |
| Movie | North by Northwest | Security Guard at Auction (uncredited) | 1959-07-08 |
| Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
| Series | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | Unknown | 1951-09-08 |
| Movie | The Killer That Stalked New York | Bootblack (uncredited) | 1950-10-06 |
| Movie | Reveille with Beverly | Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited) | 1943-02-04 |
| Movie | Take My Life | Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber | 1942-07-03 |
| Movie | Golden Hoofs | Curly | 1941-02-14 |
| Movie | Sporting Blood | Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom | 1940-07-11 |
| Movie | The Lady's from Kentucky | Winfield | 1939-04-27 |
| Movie | Reform School | Pete | 1939-04-27 |
| Movie | The Buccaneer | James Smith, a Servant | 1938-02-04 |
| Movie | Anaesthesia | Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited) | 1938-07-09 |
| Movie | Kentucky | Jimmy | 1938-12-30 |
| Movie | Arrest Bulldog Drummond | Hotel Page Boy | 1938-11-25 |
| Movie | Midnight Court | Garfield Brown | 1937-03-06 |
| Movie | Wine, Women and Horses | Eight Ball | 1937-09-11 |
| Movie | The Lonely Trail | Harmonica Player / Dancer | 1936-05-25 |
| Movie | Red River Valley | Iodine | 1936-03-02 |
| Movie | Guns and Guitars | Eightball | 1936-06-22 |
| Movie | Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Eightball | 1935-09-05 |
| Movie | Cimarron | Isaiah | 1931-01-26 |
| Movie | Sporting Blood | Sam 'Sammy' | 1931-08-08 |
| Movie | Sporting Chance | Horseshoe | 1931-10-25 |
| Movie | Secret Service | Israel Polk | 1931-11-14 |
| Movie | Hearts in Dixie | Chinquapin | 1929-01-02 |
| Movie | Circus Fever | Gene | 1925-02-07 |
| Movie | The Big Town | Pineapple | 1925-01-10 |
| Movie | Dog Days | Pineapple | 1925-03-07 |
| Movie | Little Annie Rooney | Humidor | 1925-10-18 |
| Movie | The Love Bug | Pineapple | 1925-04-24 |
| Movie | Shootin' Injuns | Gene | 1925-05-02 |
| Movie | The Thief of Bagdad | Child (uncredited) | 1924-03-18 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Mystery! | Snowball | 1924-12-12 |
| Movie | Penrod and Sam | Verman | 1923-06-18 |
