Personal Info
Eugene Jackson
Acting
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 per…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Addams Family
as One-Armed Bass Player
Swing Shift
as Bartender at Kelly's
Off the Wall
as Old Black Man
American Gigolo
as Bootblack
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
Scott Joplin
as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
All the President's Men
as Reporter (uncredited)
Coffy
as Man at Rally (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones
as Henry
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Party Guest (uncredited)
