Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
1991 -- The Addams Family | One-Armed Bass Player
1984 -- Swing Shift | Bartender at Kelly's
1983 -- Off the Wall | Old Black Man
1980 -- American Gigolo | Bootblack
1979 -- Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate
1977 -- Scott Joplin | Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1976 -- All the President's Men | Reporter (uncredited)
1973 -- Cleopatra Jones | Henry
1973 -- 40 Carats | Party Dancer (uncredited)
1973 -- Coffy | Man at Rally (uncredited)
1973 -- The World's Greatest Athlete | Party Guest (uncredited)
1972 -- Black Gunn | Bartender (uncredited)
1971 -- Chandler | Shoe Shine Boy
1971 -- Support Your Local Gunfighter | Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
1964 -- Looking for Love | Office Worker (uncredited)
1964 -- Robin and the 7 Hoods | Congregation Member
1960 -- The Apartment | Office Worker (uncredited)
1959 -- North by Northwest | Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
1950 -- The Killer That Stalked New York | Bootblack (uncredited)
1943 -- Thank Your Lucky Stars | Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
1943 -- Reveille with Beverly | Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
1942 -- Take My Life | Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
1941 -- Golden Hoofs | Curly
1940 -- Sporting Blood | Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
1939 -- The Lady's from Kentucky | Winfield
1939 -- Reform School | Pete
1938 -- Kentucky | Jimmy
1938 -- Arrest Bulldog Drummond | Hotel Page Boy
1938 -- Anaesthesia | Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
1938 -- Rhythm Rodeo |
1938 -- The Buccaneer | James Smith, a Servant
1937 -- Wine, Women and Horses | Eight Ball
1937 -- Midnight Court | Garfield Brown
1936 -- Guns and Guitars | Eightball
1936 -- The Lonely Trail | Harmonica Player / Dancer
1936 -- Red River Valley | Iodine
1935 -- Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Eightball
1931 -- Secret Service | Israel Polk
1931 -- Sporting Chance | Horseshoe
1931 -- Sporting Blood | Sam 'Sammy'
1931 -- Cimarron | Isaiah
1929 -- Hearts in Dixie | Chinquapin
1925 -- Little Annie Rooney | Humidor
1925 -- Shootin' Injuns | Gene
1925 -- The Love Bug | Pineapple
1925 -- Dog Days | Pineapple
1925 -- Circus Fever | Gene
1925 -- The Big Town | Pineapple
1924 -- The Mysterious Mystery! | Snowball
1924 -- The Thief of Bagdad | Child (uncredited)
1923 -- Penrod and Sam | Verman
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