Eugene Jackson

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.

Actor

1923

[ ] Penrod and Sam (Verman)

1924

[ ] The Mysterious Mystery! (Snowball)
[ ] The Thief of Bagdad (Child (uncredited))

1925

[ ] Circus Fever (Gene)
[ ] The Big Town (Pineapple)
[ ] The Love Bug (Pineapple)
[ ] Little Annie Rooney (Humidor)
[ ] Dog Days (Pineapple)
[ ] Shootin' Injuns (Gene)

1929

[ ] Hearts in Dixie (Chinquapin)

1931

[ ] Sporting Chance (Horseshoe)
[ ] Secret Service (Israel Polk)
[ ] Sporting Blood (Sam 'Sammy')
[ ] Cimarron (Isaiah)

1935

[ ] Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Eightball)

1936

[ ] Guns and Guitars (Eightball)
[ ] The Lonely Trail (Harmonica Player / Dancer)
[ ] Red River Valley (Iodine)

1937

[ ] Wine, Women and Horses (Eight Ball)
[ ] Midnight Court (Garfield Brown)

1938

[ ] Arrest Bulldog Drummond (Hotel Page Boy)
[ ] Kentucky (Jimmy)
[ ] Rhythm Rodeo (????)
[ ] The Buccaneer (James Smith, a Servant)
[ ] Anaesthesia (Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited))

1939

[ ] Reform School (Pete)
[ ] The Lady's from Kentucky (Winfield)

1940

[ ] Sporting Blood (Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom)

1941

[ ] Golden Hoofs (Curly)

1942

[ ] Take My Life (Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber)

1943

[ ] Thank Your Lucky Stars (Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited))
[ ] Reveille with Beverly (Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited))

1950

[ ] The Killer That Stalked New York (Bootblack (uncredited))

1959

[ ] North by Northwest (Security Guard at Auction (uncredited))
[ ] The Sound and the Fury (Townsman (uncredited))

1960

[ ] The Apartment (Office Worker (uncredited))

1964

[ ] Looking for Love (Office Worker (uncredited))
[ ] Robin and the 7 Hoods (Congregation Member)

1971

[ ] Support Your Local Gunfighter (Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited))
[ ] Chandler (Shoe Shine Boy)

1972

[ ] Black Gunn (Bartender (uncredited))
[ ] Melinda (Party Guest (uncredited))
[ ] The Carey Treatment (Doctor (uncredited))

1973

[ ] Cleopatra Jones (Henry)
[ ] 40 Carats (Party Dancer (uncredited))
[ ] The World's Greatest Athlete (Party Guest (uncredited))
[ ] Coffy (Man at Rally (uncredited))

1976

[ 8/10 ] All the President's Men (Reporter (uncredited))

1977

[ ] Scott Joplin (Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited))

1979

[ ] Escape from Alcatraz (Inmate)

1980

[ W ] American Gigolo (Bootblack)

1983

[ ] Off the Wall (Old Black Man)

1984

[ ] Swing Shift (Bartender at Kelly's)

1991

[ ] The Addams Family (One-Armed Bass Player)