Acting · Buffalo - New York - USA · Born December 25, 1916
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.
MovieThe Addams Family
1991
as One-Armed Bass Player
MovieSwing Shift
1984
as Bartender at Kelly's
TVNight Court
1984
as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
MovieOff the Wall
1983
as Old Black Man
MovieAmerican Gigolo
1980
as Bootblack
MovieEscape from Alcatraz
1979
as Inmate
TVTaxi
1978
as Cabbie (uncredited)
MovieScott Joplin
1977
as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
MovieAll the President's Men
1976
as Reporter (uncredited)
MovieCleopatra Jones
1973
as Henry
Movie40 Carats
1973
as Party Dancer (uncredited)
MovieCoffy
1973
as Man at Rally (uncredited)
MovieThe World's Greatest Athlete
1973
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieBlack Gunn
1972
as Bartender (uncredited)
MovieMelinda
1972
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieThe Carey Treatment
1972
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieChandler
1971
as Shoe Shine Boy
MovieSupport Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
TVJulia
1968
as Uncle Lou
MovieLooking for Love
1964
as Office Worker (uncredited)
MovieRobin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Congregation Member
MovieThe Apartment
1960
as Office Worker (uncredited)
MovieNorth by Northwest
1959
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
MovieThe Sound and the Fury
1959
as Townsman (uncredited)
TVShirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Small Slave
TVThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
TVBoston Blackie
1951
MovieThe Killer That Stalked New York
1950
as Bootblack (uncredited)
MovieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
MovieReveille with Beverly
1943
as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
MovieTake My Life
1942
as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
MovieGolden Hoofs
1941
as Curly
MovieSporting Blood
1940
as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
MovieReform School
1939
as Pete
MovieThe Lady's from Kentucky
1939
as Winfield
MovieKentucky
1938
as Jimmy
MovieArrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
as Hotel Page Boy
MovieAnaesthesia
1938
as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
MovieRhythm Rodeo
1938
MovieThe Buccaneer
1938
as James Smith, a Servant
MovieWine, Women and Horses
1937
as Eight Ball
MovieMidnight Court
1937
as Garfield Brown
MovieGuns and Guitars
1936
as Eightball
MovieThe Lonely Trail
1936
as Harmonica Player / Dancer
MovieRed River Valley
1936
as Iodine
MovieTumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
as Eightball
MovieSecret Service
1931
as Israel Polk
Sporting Chance
1931
as Horseshoe
MovieSporting Blood
1931
as Sam 'Sammy'
MovieCimarron
1931
as Isaiah
MovieHearts in Dixie
1929
as Chinquapin
MovieLittle Mickey Grogan
1927
as Dancing Black Boy
MovieLittle Annie Rooney
1925
as Humidor
MovieShootin' Injuns
1925
as Gene
MovieThe Love Bug
1925
as Pineapple
MovieDog Days
1925
as Pineapple
MovieCircus Fever
1925
as Gene
MovieThe Big Town
1925
as Pineapple
MovieThe Mysterious Mystery!
1924
as Snowball
MovieThe Thief of Bagdad
1924
as Child (uncredited)
MoviePenrod and Sam
1923
as Verman
