Eugene Jackson Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Eugene Jackson

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

Filmography Movies

Acting

Black Gunn movie poster
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Black Gunn

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Black Gunn
Bartender (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones movie poster
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Cleopatra Jones

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Cleopatra Jones
Henry
Sporting ChanceMOVIE
MOVIE

Sporting Chance

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Sporting Chance
Horseshoe
Reform School movie poster
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Reform School

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Reform School
Pete
The Mysterious Mystery! movie poster
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The Mysterious Mystery!

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The Mysterious Mystery!
Snowball
Circus Fever movie poster
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Circus Fever

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Circus Fever
Gene
The Big Town movie poster
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The Big Town

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The Big Town
Pineapple
The Love Bug movie poster
MOVIE

The Love Bug

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The Love Bug
Pineapple
Looking for Love movie poster
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Looking for Love

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Looking for Love
Office Worker (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter movie poster
MOVIE

Support Your Local Gunfighter

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Support Your Local Gunfighter
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)

Gallery

Eugene Jackson portrait