Eugene Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 25, 1916, Buffalo, New York, USA
- Died
- October 26, 2001
- Movies
- 57
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1991 | The Addams Family | One-Armed Bass Player |
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Bartender at Kelly's |
| 1983 | Off the Wall | Old Black Man |
| 1980 | American Gigolo | Bootblack |
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate |
| 1977 | Scott Joplin | Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Cleopatra Jones | Henry |
| 1973 | 40 Carats | Party Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Coffy | Man at Rally (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The World's Greatest Athlete | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Black Gunn | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Melinda | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The Carey Treatment | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Chandler | Shoe Shine Boy |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Looking for Love | Office Worker (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | Congregation Member (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Best Man | Delegate (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Apartment | Office Worker (uncredited) |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Security Guard at Auction (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Long, Hot Summer | Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Killer That Stalked New York | Bootblack (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Reveille with Beverly | Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Take My Life | Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber |
| 1941 | Golden Hoofs | Curly |
| 1940 | Sporting Blood | Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom |
| 1939 | Reform School | Pete |
| 1939 | The Lady's from Kentucky | Winfield |
| 1938 | Kentucky | Jimmy |
| 1938 | Arrest Bulldog Drummond | Hotel Page Boy |
| 1938 | Anaesthesia | Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Rhythm Rodeo | |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer | James Smith, a Servant |
| 1937 | Wine, Women and Horses | Eight Ball |
| 1937 | Midnight Court | Garfield Brown |
| 1936 | Guns and Guitars | Eightball |
| 1936 | The Lonely Trail | Harmonica Player / Dancer |
| 1936 | Red River Valley | Iodine |
| 1935 | Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Eightball |
| 1931 | Secret Service | Israel Polk |
| 1931 | Sporting Chance | Horseshoe |
| 1931 | Sporting Blood | Sam 'Sammy' |
| 1931 | Cimarron | Isaiah |
| 1929 | Hearts in Dixie | Chinquapin |
| 1927 | Little Mickey Grogan | Dancing Black Boy |
| 1925 | Little Annie Rooney | Humidor |
| 1925 | Shootin' Injuns | Gene |
| 1925 | The Love Bug | Pineapple |
| 1925 | Dog Days | Pineapple |
| 1925 | Circus Fever | Gene |
| 1925 | The Big Town | Pineapple |
| 1924 | The Mysterious Mystery! | Snowball |
| 1924 | The Thief of Bagdad | Child (uncredited) |
| 1923 | Penrod and Sam | Verman |
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