1916-12-25 Buffalo - New York - USA
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.
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The Addams Family | One-Armed Bass Player | 1991-11-22 |
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Swing Shift | Bartender at Kelly's | 1984-04-13 |
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Off the Wall | Old Black Man | 1983-07-01 |
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American Gigolo | Bootblack | 1980-02-01 |
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Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate | 1979-06-22 |
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Scott Joplin | Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited) | 1977-02-11 |
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All the President's Men | Reporter (uncredited) | 1976-04-09 |
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The World's Greatest Athlete | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1973-02-14 |
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Coffy | Man at Rally (uncredited) | 1973-06-13 |
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Cleopatra Jones | Henry | 1973-07-13 |
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40 Carats | Party Dancer (uncredited) | 1973-06-28 |
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Melinda | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1972-08-06 |
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Black Gunn | Bartender (uncredited) | 1972-12-20 |
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Support Your Local Gunfighter | Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited) | 1971-05-26 |
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Chandler | Shoe Shine Boy | 1971-12-01 |
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Robin and the 7 Hoods | Congregation Member | 1964-06-24 |
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Looking for Love | Office Worker (uncredited) | 1964-08-05 |
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The Apartment | Office Worker (uncredited) | 1960-06-21 |
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The Sound and the Fury | Townsman (uncredited) | 1959-03-27 |
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North by Northwest | Security Guard at Auction (uncredited) | 1959-07-08 |
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The Killer That Stalked New York | Bootblack (uncredited) | 1950-10-06 |
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Reveille with Beverly | Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited) | 1943-02-04 |
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Thank Your Lucky Stars | Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited) | 1943-09-25 |
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Take My Life | Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber | 1942-07-03 |
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Golden Hoofs | Curly | 1941-02-14 |
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Sporting Blood | Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom | 1940-07-11 |
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Reform School | Pete | 1939-04-27 |
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The Lady's from Kentucky | Winfield | 1939-04-27 |
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Kentucky | Jimmy | 1938-12-30 |
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Anaesthesia | Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited) | 1938-07-09 |
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The Buccaneer | James Smith, a Servant | 1938-02-04 |
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond | Hotel Page Boy | 1938-11-25 |
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Rhythm Rodeo | 1938-06-01 | |
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Midnight Court | Garfield Brown | 1937-03-06 |
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Wine, Women and Horses | Eight Ball | 1937-09-11 |
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Red River Valley | Iodine | 1936-03-02 |
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The Lonely Trail | Harmonica Player / Dancer | 1936-05-25 |
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Guns and Guitars | Eightball | 1936-06-22 |
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Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Eightball | 1935-09-05 |
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Cimarron | Isaiah | 1931-01-26 |
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Sporting Chance | Horseshoe | 1931-10-25 |
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Sporting Blood | Sam 'Sammy' | 1931-08-08 |
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Secret Service | Israel Polk | 1931-11-14 |
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Hearts in Dixie | Chinquapin | 1929-01-02 |
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Circus Fever | Gene | 1925-02-07 |
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Dog Days | Pineapple | 1925-03-07 |
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Little Annie Rooney | Humidor | 1925-10-18 |
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The Big Town | Pineapple | 1925-01-10 |
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The Love Bug | Pineapple | 1925-04-24 |
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Shootin' Injuns | Gene | 1925-05-02 |
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The Thief of Bagdad | Child (uncredited) | 1924-03-18 |
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The Mysterious Mystery! | Snowball | 1924-12-12 |
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Penrod and Sam | Verman | 1923-06-18 |
