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Eugene Jackson

Eugene Jackson

Known For Acting
Birthday Dec 25, 1916
Died Oct 26, 2001 (84)
Birthplace Buffalo - New York - USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 25, 2024
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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.

Known For

Filmography

The Addams Family

The Addams Family

1991

as One-Armed Bass Player

Swing Shift

Swing Shift

1984

as Bartender at Kelly's

Off the Wall

Off the Wall

1983

as Old Black Man

American Gigolo

American Gigolo

1980

as Bootblack

Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

1979

as Inmate

Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

1977

as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)

All the President's Men

All the President's Men

1976

as Reporter (uncredited)

40 Carats

40 Carats

1973

as Party Dancer (uncredited)

Cleopatra Jones

Cleopatra Jones

1973

as Henry

The World's Greatest Athlete

The World's Greatest Athlete

1973

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Coffy

Coffy

1973

as Man at Rally (uncredited)

Black Gunn

Black Gunn

1972

as Bartender (uncredited)

Chandler

Chandler

1971

as Shoe Shine Boy

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)

Looking for Love

Looking for Love

1964

as Office Worker (uncredited)

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964

as Congregation Member

The Apartment

The Apartment

1960

as Office Worker (uncredited)

North by Northwest

North by Northwest

1959

as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)

The Killer That Stalked New York

The Killer That Stalked New York

1950

as Bootblack (uncredited)

Reveille with Beverly

Reveille with Beverly

1943

as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)

Take My Life

Take My Life

1942

as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber

Golden Hoofs

Golden Hoofs

1941

as Curly

Sporting Blood

Sporting Blood

1940

as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom

Reform School

Reform School

1939

as Pete

The Lady's from Kentucky

The Lady's from Kentucky

1939

as Winfield

Anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

1938

as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

1938

as Hotel Page Boy

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

1938

as James Smith, a Servant

Kentucky

Kentucky

1938

as Jimmy

Wine, Women and Horses

Wine, Women and Horses

1937

as Eight Ball

Midnight Court

Midnight Court

1937

as Garfield Brown

Guns and Guitars

Guns and Guitars

1936

as Eightball

Red River Valley

Red River Valley

1936

as Iodine

The Lonely Trail

The Lonely Trail

1936

as Harmonica Player / Dancer

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

1935

as Eightball

Sporting Chance

Sporting Chance

1931

as Horseshoe

Sporting Blood

Sporting Blood

1931

as Sam 'Sammy'

Secret Service

Secret Service

1931

as Israel Polk

Cimarron

Cimarron

1931

as Isaiah

Hearts in Dixie

Hearts in Dixie

1929

as Chinquapin

Dog Days

Dog Days

1925

as Pineapple

The Big Town

The Big Town

1925

as Pineapple

Circus Fever

Circus Fever

1925

as Gene

Shootin' Injuns

Shootin' Injuns

1925

as Gene

Little Annie Rooney

Little Annie Rooney

1925

as Humidor

The Mysterious Mystery!

The Mysterious Mystery!

1924

as Snowball

The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

1924

as Child (uncredited)

Penrod and Sam

Penrod and Sam

1923

as Verman

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Julia

as Uncle Lou

Episodes: 86

First Aired: Sep 17, 1968

Night Court

as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 04, 1984

Taxi

as Cabbie (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1978

Night Court

as Shoe Shine Man

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 1984

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Small Slave

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1958

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1956

The Adventures of Boston Blackie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1951

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