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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Buffalo - New York - USA

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Movie Involvements: 31

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

American Gigolo
Average
6

American Gigolo

(1980) Bootblack
Escape from Alcatraz
Average
8

Escape from Alcatraz

(1979) Inmate
North by Northwest
Average
8

North by Northwest

(1959) Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Coffy
Average
7

Coffy

(1973) Man at Rally (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
Average
7

The Thief of Bagdad

(1924) Child (uncredited)
All the President's Men
Average
8

All the President's Men

(1976) Reporter (uncredited)
Black Gunn
Average
6

Black Gunn

(1972) Bartender (uncredited)
Cimarron
Average
6

Cimarron

(1931) Isaiah

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1991 One-Armed Bass Player
1984 Bartender at Kelly's
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
Shoe Shine Man
1983 Old Black Man
1980 Bootblack
1979 Inmate
1978 Cabbie (uncredited)
1977 Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1976 Reporter (uncredited)
1973 Henry
Party Dancer (uncredited)
Man at Rally (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
1972 Bartender (uncredited)
1971 Shoe Shine Boy
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
1968 Uncle Lou
1964 Office Worker (uncredited)
Congregation Member
1960 Office Worker (uncredited)
1959 Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
1956 N/A
1951 N/A
1950 Bootblack (uncredited)
1943 Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
1942 Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
1941 Curly
1940 Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
1939 Winfield
Pete
1938 Jimmy
Hotel Page Boy
Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
N/A
James Smith, a Servant
1937 Eight Ball
Garfield Brown
1936 Eightball
Harmonica Player / Dancer
Iodine
1935 Eightball
1931 Israel Polk
Horseshoe
Sam 'Sammy'
Isaiah
1929 Chinquapin
1925 Humidor
Gene
Pineapple
Pineapple
Gene
Pineapple
1924 Snowball
Child (uncredited)
1923 Verman
Year Character Movie/Tv

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