Eugene Jackson

Eugene Jackson

1916-12-25 - 2001-10-26
Buffalo - New York - USA

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.

Acting

The Addams Family
The Addams Family
7.066
Little Annie Rooney
Little Annie Rooney
6.925
The Big Town
The Big Town
5.8
The Apartment
The Apartment
8.196
The Love Bug
6.2
Escape from Alcatraz
7.5
North by Northwest
7.976
Red River Valley
5
Secret Service
6
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
6.2
Swing Shift
5.53
Circus Fever
5.8
The Lonely Trail
4.6
Rhythm Rodeo
0
American Gigolo
6.177
The Buccaneer
6.4
Robin and the 7 ...
6.1
All the President's ...
7.654
Kentucky
5.8
Sporting Chance
0
1