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Eugene Jackson

Acting · Born December 25, 1916 · Buffalo, New York, USA

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) — One-Armed Bass Player
• Escape from Alcatraz (1979) — Inmate
• North by Northwest (1959) — Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
• The Apartment (1960) — Office Worker (uncredited)
• All the President's Men (1976) — Reporter (uncredited)
• American Gigolo (1980) — Bootblack
• The Long, Hot Summer (1958) — Waiter (uncredited)
• Coffy (1973) — Man at Rally (uncredited)
• 40 Carats (1973) — Party Dancer (uncredited)
• Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) — Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
• Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) — Congregation Member (uncredited)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924) — Child (uncredited)

TV shows with Eugene Jackson

• Taxi (1978) — Cab Driver (uncredited)