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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Addams Family
Character:One-Armed Bass Player
Release Date:22/11/1991
Swing Shift
Character:Bartender at Kelly's
Release Date:13/04/1984
Off the Wall
Character:Old Black Man
Release Date:01/07/1983
American Gigolo
Character:Bootblack
Release Date:01/02/1980
Escape from Alcatraz
Character:Inmate
Release Date:22/06/1979
Scott Joplin
Character:Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Release Date:11/02/1977
All the President's Men
Character:Reporter (uncredited)
Release Date:09/04/1976
Cleopatra Jones
Character:Henry
Release Date:13/07/1973
40 Carats
Character:Party Dancer (uncredited)
Release Date:28/06/1973
Coffy
Character:Man at Rally (uncredited)
Release Date:13/06/1973
The World's Greatest Athlete
Character:Party Guest (uncredited)
Release Date:14/02/1973
Black Gunn
Character:Bartender (uncredited)
Release Date:20/12/1972
Melinda
Character:Party Guest (uncredited)
Release Date:06/08/1972
Chandler
Character:Shoe Shine Boy
Release Date:01/12/1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Character:Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Release Date:26/05/1971
Looking for Love
Character:Office Worker (uncredited)
Release Date:05/08/1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Character:Congregation Member
Release Date:24/06/1964
The Apartment
Character:Office Worker (uncredited)
Release Date:21/06/1960
North by Northwest
Character:Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Release Date:06/08/1959
The Sound and the Fury
Character:Townsman (uncredited)
Release Date:27/03/1959
The Killer That Stalked New York
Character:Bootblack (uncredited)
Release Date:06/10/1950
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Character:Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
Release Date:25/09/1943
Reveille with Beverly
Character:Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
Release Date:04/02/1943
Take My Life
Character:Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
Release Date:03/07/1942
Golden Hoofs
Character:Curly
Release Date:14/02/1941
Sporting Blood
Character:Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
Release Date:11/07/1940
Reform School
Character:Pete
Release Date:27/04/1939
The Lady's from Kentucky
Character:Winfield
Release Date:27/04/1939
Kentucky
Character:Jimmy
Release Date:30/12/1938
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Character:Hotel Page Boy
Release Date:25/11/1938
Anaesthesia
Character:Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
Release Date:09/07/1938
Rhythm Rodeo
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1938
The Buccaneer
Character:James Smith, a Servant
Release Date:04/02/1938
Wine, Women and Horses
Character:Eight Ball
Release Date:11/09/1937
Midnight Court
Character:Garfield Brown
Release Date:06/03/1937
Guns and Guitars
Character:Eightball
Release Date:22/06/1936
The Lonely Trail
Character:Harmonica Player / Dancer
Release Date:25/05/1936
Red River Valley
Character:Iodine
Release Date:02/03/1936
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Character:Eightball
Release Date:05/09/1935
Secret Service
Character:Israel Polk
Release Date:14/11/1931
Sporting Chance
Character:Horseshoe
Release Date:25/10/1931
Sporting Blood
Character:Sam 'Sammy'
Release Date:08/08/1931
Cimarron
Character:Isaiah
Release Date:26/01/1931
Hearts in Dixie
Character:Chinquapin
Release Date:02/01/1929
Little Annie Rooney
Character:Humidor
Release Date:18/10/1925
Shootin' Injuns
Character:Gene
Release Date:02/05/1925
The Love Bug
Character:Pineapple
Release Date:24/04/1925
Dog Days
Character:Pineapple
Release Date:07/03/1925
Circus Fever
Character:Gene
Release Date:07/02/1925
The Big Town
Character:Pineapple
Release Date:10/01/1925
The Mysterious Mystery!
Character:Snowball
Release Date:12/12/1924
The Thief of Bagdad
Character:Child (uncredited)
Release Date:18/03/1924
Penrod and Sam
Character:Verman
Release Date:18/06/1923
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