Eugene Jackson
Acting
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.
Born: December 25, 1916
Place of Birth: Buffalo - New York - USA
Known For
Filmography
as One-Armed Bass Player
as Bartender at Kelly's
as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
as Shoe Shine Man
as Old Black Man
as Bootblack
as Inmate
as Cabbie (uncredited)
as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Henry
as Party Dancer (uncredited)
as Man at Rally (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Shoe Shine Boy
as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
as Uncle Lou
as Office Worker (uncredited)
as Congregation Member
as Office Worker (uncredited)
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Small Slave
as Bootblack (uncredited)
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
as Curly
as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
as Pete
as Winfield
as Jimmy
as Hotel Page Boy
as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
as James Smith, a Servant
as Eight Ball
as Garfield Brown
as Eightball
as Harmonica Player / Dancer
as Iodine
as Eightball
as Israel Polk
as Sam 'Sammy'
as Isaiah
as Chinquapin
as Humidor
as Gene
as Pineapple
as Pineapple
as Gene
as Pineapple
as Snowball
as Child (uncredited)
as Verman