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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Night Court
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
1984 • 2 episodes
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Taxi
Cabbie (uncredited)
1978 • 1 episode
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Uncle Lou
1968 • 86 episodes
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The Addams Family
One-Armed Bass Player
1991
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Shirley Temple's Storybook
Small Slave
1958 • 1 episode
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The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 • 1 episode
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North by Northwest
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1959
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The Apartment
Office Worker (uncredited)
1960
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Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
1979
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All the President's Men
Reporter (uncredited)
1976
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40 Carats
Party Dancer (uncredited)
1973
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Man at Rally (uncredited)
1973
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
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1964
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American Gigolo
Bootblack
1980
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Boston Blackie
1951 • 1 episode
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Swing Shift
Bartender at Kelly's
1984
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Reform School
Pete
1939
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The Carey Treatment
Doctor (uncredited)
1972
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The Thief of Bagdad
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1924
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Shoe Shine Boy
1971