Eugene Jackson

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 performers in the 1959 film Porgy and Bess. His work was featured in a dance retrospective for the 1993 Los Angeles Festival.

Known For

Night Court

Night Court

Taxi

Shirley Temple's Storybook

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Julia

The Addams Family

The Apartment

All Movies (55)

• The Addams Family1991 · as One-Armed Bass Player
• Swing Shift1984 · as Bartender at Kelly's
• Off the Wall1983 · as Old Black Man
• American Gigolo1980 · as Bootblack
• Escape from Alcatraz1979 · as Inmate
• Scott Joplin1977 · as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
• All the President's Men1976 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Cleopatra Jones1973 · as Henry
• 40 Carats1973 · as Party Dancer (uncredited)
• Coffy1973 · as Man at Rally (uncredited)
• The World's Greatest Athlete1973 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Black Gunn1972 · as Bartender (uncredited)
• Melinda1972 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• The Carey Treatment1972 · as Doctor (uncredited)
• Chandler1971 · as Shoe Shine Boy
• Support Your Local Gunfighter1971 · as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
• Looking for Love1964 · as Office Worker (uncredited)
• Robin and the 7 Hoods1964 · as Congregation Member
• The Apartment1960 · as Office Worker (uncredited)
• North by Northwest1959 · as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
• The Sound and the Fury1959 · as Townsman (uncredited)
• The Killer That Stalked New York1950 · as Bootblack (uncredited)
• Thank Your Lucky Stars1943 · as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
• Reveille with Beverly1943 · as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
• Take My Life1942 · as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
• Golden Hoofs1941 · as Curly
• Sporting Blood1940 · as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
• Reform School1939 · as Pete
• The Lady's from Kentucky1939 · as Winfield
• Kentucky1938 · as Jimmy
• Arrest Bulldog Drummond1938 · as Hotel Page Boy
• Anaesthesia1938 · as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
• Rhythm Rodeo1938
• The Buccaneer1938 · as James Smith, a Servant
• Wine, Women and Horses1937 · as Eight Ball
• Midnight Court1937 · as Garfield Brown
• Guns and Guitars1936 · as Eightball
• The Lonely Trail1936 · as Harmonica Player / Dancer
• Red River Valley1936 · as Iodine
• Tumbling Tumbleweeds1935 · as Eightball
• Secret Service1931 · as Israel Polk
• Sporting Chance1931 · as Horseshoe
• Sporting Blood1931 · as Sam 'Sammy'
• Cimarron1931 · as Isaiah
• Hearts in Dixie1929 · as Chinquapin
• Little Mickey Grogan1927 · as Dancing Black Boy
• Little Annie Rooney1925 · as Humidor
• Shootin' Injuns1925 · as Gene
• The Love Bug1925 · as Pineapple
• Dog Days1925 · as Pineapple
• Circus Fever1925 · as Gene
• The Big Town1925 · as Pineapple
• The Mysterious Mystery!1924 · as Snowball
• The Thief of Bagdad1924 · as Child (uncredited)
• Penrod and Sam1923 · as Verman

All TV Shows (7)

• Night Court1984 · as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
• Night Court1984 · as Shoe Shine Man
• Taxi1978 · as Cabbie (uncredited)
• Julia1968 · as Uncle Lou
• Shirley Temple's Storybook1958 · as Small Slave
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956
• Boston Blackie1951