Actor
Eugene Jackson
Born 1916 · 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.
Acting
North by Northwest
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited) · 1959
The Apartment
Office Worker (uncredited) · 1960
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate · 1979
The Addams Family
One-Armed Bass Player · 1991
All the President's Men
Reporter (uncredited) · 1976
American Gigolo
Bootblack · 1980
The Thief of Bagdad
Child (uncredited) · 1924
Taxi
Cabbie (uncredited) · 1978
Coffy
Man at Rally (uncredited) · 1973
Night Court
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited) · 1984
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited) · 1971
Cimarron
Isaiah · 1931
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Congregation Member · 1964
Swing Shift
Bartender at Kelly's · 1984
Cleopatra Jones
Henry · 1973
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited) · 1943
Little Annie Rooney
Humidor · 1925
The Killer That Stalked New York
Bootblack (uncredited) · 1950
The Carey Treatment
Doctor (uncredited) · 1972
The Sound and the Fury
Townsman (uncredited) · 1959
Take My Life
Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber · 1942
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Hotel Page Boy · 1938
The World's Greatest Athlete
Party Guest (uncredited) · 1973
Reveille with Beverly
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited) · 1943