Eugene Jackson
Actor
- Born
- December 25, 1916 · Buffalo, New York, USA
- Died
- October 26, 2001 (age 84)
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
The Addams Family
November 22, 1991
North by Northwest
August 6, 1959
Escape from Alcatraz
June 22, 1979
The Apartment
June 21, 1960
All the President's Men
April 9, 1976
American Gigolo
February 1, 1980
Coffy
June 13, 1973
The Long, Hot Summer
May 17, 1958
The Thief of Bagdad
March 18, 1924
Cimarron
January 26, 1931
Support Your Local Gunfighter
May 26, 1971
Swing Shift
April 13, 1984
Acting57
- 1991The Addams Family as One-Armed Bass Player
- 1984Swing Shift as Bartender at Kelly's
- 1983Off the Wall as Old Black Man
- 1980American Gigolo as Bootblack
- 1979Escape from Alcatraz as Inmate
- 1977Scott Joplin as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
- 1976All the President's Men as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1973Cleopatra Jones as Henry
- 197340 Carats as Party Dancer (uncredited)
- 1973Coffy