Eugene Jackson
Birthday: 1916-12-25
Died: 2001-10-26
Birthplace: 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.
Filmography
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Character: Office Worker (uncredited)
Character: Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Character: Harmonica Player / Dancer
Character: Office Worker (uncredited)
Character: Shoe Shine Boy
Character: Party Dancer (uncredited)
Character: Congregation Member
Character: Hotel Page Boy
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Character: Garfield Brown
Character: Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Character: Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
Character: Child (uncredited)
Character: Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Character: Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
Character: Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
Character: Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
Character: Man at Rally (uncredited)
Character: James Smith, a Servant
Character: One-Armed Bass Player
Character: Bootblack (uncredited)
Character: Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
Character: Bartender at Kelly's