Acting
Eugene Jackson
Birth Date
December 25, 1916
Death Date
October 26, 2001
(passed away at 84)
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
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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.
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Taxi
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1978 • 3 episodes
Night Court
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
1984 • 2 episodes
Boston Blackie
1951 • 1 episode
The Addams Family
One-Armed Bass Player
1991
North by Northwest
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
1959
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
1979
Julia
Uncle Lou
1968 • 86 episodes
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 • 1 episode
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Small Slave
1958 • 1 episode
All the President's Men
Reporter (uncredited)
1976
The Apartment
Office Worker (uncredited)
1960
American Gigolo
Bootblack
1980
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Congregation Member (uncredited)
1964
Coffy
Man at Rally (uncredited)
1973
Swing Shift
Bartender at Kelly's
1984
The Thief of Bagdad
Child (uncredited)
1924
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
1971
The Best Man
Delegate (uncredited)
1964
Cimarron
Isaiah
1931
Cleopatra Jones
Henry
1973