Acting
Eugene Jackson
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.
Movies with Eugene Jackson
The Addams Family
1991
The Apartment
1960
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
North by Northwest
1959
40 Carats
1973
American Gigolo
1980
Coffy
1973
All the President's Men
1976
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
Swing Shift
1984
The Buccaneer
1938
Cleopatra Jones
1973
Chandler
1971
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
Cimarron
1931
The Carey Treatment
1972
Black Gunn
1972
Looking for Love
1964
Scott Joplin
1977
The Sound and the Fury
1959
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973
Sporting Blood
1940
Off the Wall
1983
Reform School
1939
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Sporting Blood
1931
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
Melinda
1972
Little Mickey Grogan
1927
The Lonely Trail
1936
Kentucky
1938
Golden Hoofs
1941
Little Annie Rooney
1925
Midnight Court
1937
Red River Valley
1936
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
Secret Service
1931
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
Penrod and Sam
1923
Anaesthesia
1938
Guns and Guitars
1936
Dog Days
1925
Hearts in Dixie
1929
Take My Life
1942
The Love Bug
1925
Circus Fever
1925
Sporting Chance
1931
The Mysterious Mystery!
1924
The Big Town
1925
Rhythm Rodeo
1938
Shootin' Injuns
1925
