Eugene Jackson
Known for: Acting
Born: December 24, 1916 in Buffalo - New York - USA - Died: October 25, 2001
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
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Black Gunn
Bartender (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones
Henry
Sporting Chance
Horseshoe
Reform School
Pete
The Mysterious Mystery!
Snowball
Circus Fever
Gene
The Big Town
Pineapple
The Love Bug
Pineapple
Looking for Love
Office Worker (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Guns and Guitars
Eightball
The Lonely Trail
Harmonica Player / Dancer
The Apartment
Office Worker (uncredited)
Chandler
Shoe Shine Boy
Secret Service
Israel Polk
Sporting Blood
Sam 'Sammy'
Hearts in Dixie
Chinquapin
40 Carats
Party Dancer (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Congregation Member
Wine, Women and Horses
Eight Ball
Cimarron
Isaiah
Red River Valley
Iodine
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Hotel Page Boy
Kentucky
Jimmy