Eugene Jackson profile
Actor profile

Eugene Jackson

25th December 1916 Buffalo - New York - USA 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.

54 Movies 6 TV Shows 60 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Scott Joplin poster
Scott Joplin 11th February 1977 as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
40 Carats poster
40 Carats 28th June 1973 as Party Dancer (uncredited)
Coffy poster
Coffy 13th June 1973 as Man at Rally (uncredited)
Black Gunn poster
Black Gunn 20th December 1972 as Bartender (uncredited)
Melinda poster
Melinda 6th August 1972 as Party Guest (uncredited)
Chandler poster
Chandler 1st December 1971 as Shoe Shine Boy
Take My Life poster
Take My Life 3rd July 1942 as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
Anaesthesia poster
Anaesthesia 9th July 1938 as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
Taxi poster
Taxi 12th September 1978 as Cabbie (uncredited)
Julia poster
Julia 17th September 1968 as Uncle Lou