Eugene Jackson
Acting
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.
Known for
1991The Addams Family
One-Armed Bass Player
1984Swing Shift
Bartender at Kelly's
1983Off the Wall
Old Black Man
1980American Gigolo
Bootblack
1979Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
1977Scott Joplin
Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1976All the President's Men
Reporter (uncredited)
1973Cleopatra Jones
Henry
197340 Carats
Party Dancer (uncredited)
1973The World's Greatest Athlete
Party Guest (uncredited)
1973Coffy
Man at Rally (uncredited)
1972Black Gunn
Bartender (uncredited)
1972Melinda
Party Guest (uncredited)
1972The Carey Treatment
Doctor (uncredited)
1971Support Your Local Gunfighter
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
1971Chandler
Shoe Shine Boy
1964Looking for Love
Office Worker (uncredited)
1964Robin and the 7 Hoods
Congregation Member
1960The Apartment
Office Worker (uncredited)
1959North by Northwest
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
1959The Sound and the Fury
Townsman (uncredited)
1950The Killer That Stalked New York
Bootblack (uncredited)
1943Thank Your Lucky Stars
Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
1943Reveille with Beverly
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)