Eugene Jackson
Acting
Born December 25, 1916 · 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 per…
Known For · 40 titles
Night Court
Taxi
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Julia
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
All the President's Men
Boston Blackie
The Addams Family
Escape from Alcatraz
The Apartment
North by Northwest
Coffy
American Gigolo
40 Carats
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Swing Shift
The Thief of Bagdad
The Buccaneer
Chandler
Cimarron
Cleopatra Jones
The World's Greatest Athlete
The Carey Treatment
Scott Joplin
Black Gunn
The Sound and the Fury
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Reveille with Beverly
The Killer That Stalked New York
Reform School
Melinda
Sporting Blood
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Guns and Guitars
Midnight Court
Little Annie Rooney
Looking for Love
Red River Valley
Wine, Women and Horses