Eugene Jackson
December 25, 1916 (107 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1991 · The Addams Family as One-Armed Bass Player
- 1984 · Swing Shift as Bartender at Kelly's
- 1984 · Night Court as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
- 1984 · Night Court as Shoe Shine Man
- 1983 · Off the Wall as Old Black Man
- 1980 · American Gigolo as Bootblack
- 1979 · Escape from Alcatraz as Inmate
- 1978 · Taxi as Cabbie (uncredited)
- 1977 · Scott Joplin as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
- 1976 · All the President's Men as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1973 · Cleopatra Jones as Henry
- 1973 · 40 Carats as Party Dancer (uncredited)
- 1973 · Coffy as Man at Rally (uncredited)
- 1973 · The World's Greatest Athlete as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1972 · Black Gunn as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1971 · Chandler as Shoe Shine Boy
- 1971 · Support Your Local Gunfighter as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
- 1968 · Julia as Uncle Lou
- 1964 · Looking for Love as Office Worker (uncredited)
- 1964 · Robin and the 7 Hoods as Congregation Member
- 1960 · The Apartment as Office Worker (uncredited)
- 1959 · North by Northwest as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
- 1956 · The Adventures of Jim Bowie as
- 1951 · The Adventures of Boston Blackie as
- 1950 · The Killer That Stalked New York as Bootblack (uncredited)
- 1943 · Thank Your Lucky Stars as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
- 1943 · Reveille with Beverly as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
- 1942 · Take My Life as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
- 1941 · Golden Hoofs as Curly
- 1940 · Sporting Blood as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
- 1939 · The Lady's from Kentucky as Winfield
- 1939 · Reform School as Pete
- 1938 · Kentucky as Jimmy
- 1938 · Arrest Bulldog Drummond as Hotel Page Boy
- 1938 · Anaesthesia as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
- 1938 · Rhythm Rodeo as
- 1938 · The Buccaneer as James Smith, a Servant
- 1937 · Wine, Women and Horses as Eight Ball
- 1937 · Midnight Court as Garfield Brown
- 1936 · Guns and Guitars as Eightball
- 1936 · The Lonely Trail as Harmonica Player / Dancer
- 1936 · Red River Valley as Iodine
- 1935 · Tumbling Tumbleweeds as Eightball
- 1931 · Secret Service as Israel Polk
- 1931 · Sporting Chance as Horseshoe
- 1931 · Sporting Blood as Sam 'Sammy'
- 1931 · Cimarron as Isaiah
- 1929 · Hearts in Dixie as Chinquapin
- 1925 · Little Annie Rooney as Humidor
- 1925 · Shootin' Injuns as Gene
- 1925 · The Love Bug as Pineapple
- 1925 · Dog Days as Pineapple
- 1925 · Circus Fever as Gene
- 1925 · The Big Town as Pineapple
- 1924 · The Mysterious Mystery! as Snowball
- 1924 · The Thief of Bagdad as Child (uncredited)
- 1923 · Penrod and Sam as Verman