Eugene Jackson

Born: 1916-12-25, Buffalo, New York, USA

Died: 2001-10-26

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.

Filmography

• Julia (1968)
• The Addams Family (1991)
• Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
• The Apartment (1960)
• Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
• American Gigolo (1980)
• All the President's Men (1976)
• Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
• Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
• Reform School (1939)
• Swing Shift (1984)
• Cleopatra Jones (1973)
• Chandler (1971)
• The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
• The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
• The Carey Treatment (1972)
• Off the Wall (1983)
• Sporting Blood (1931)
• Anaesthesia (1938)
• Kentucky (1938)
• Looking for Love (1964)
• Midnight Court (1937)
• Scott Joplin (1977)
• Little Mickey Grogan (1927)
• Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
• Reveille with Beverly (1943)
• Melinda (1972)
• Golden Hoofs (1941)