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 | 1980-02-08 |
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Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate | 1979-06-22 |
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All the President's Men | Reporter (uncredited) | 1976-01-18 |
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40 Carats | Party Dancer (uncredited) | 1973-06-28 |
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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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Black Gunn | Bartender (uncredited) | 1972-12-20 |
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Chandler | Shoe Shine Boy | 1971-12-01 |
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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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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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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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The Lady's from Kentucky | Winfield | 1939-04-27 |
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Reform School | Pete | 1939-04-27 |
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond | Hotel Page Boy | 1938-11-25 |
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The Buccaneer | James Smith, a Servant | 1938-02-04 |
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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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Wine, Women and Horses | Eight Ball | 1937-09-11 |
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Midnight Court | Garfield Brown | 1937-03-06 |
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Guns and Guitars | Eightball | 1936-06-22 |
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The Lonely Trail | Harmonica Player / Dancer | 1936-05-25 |
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Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Eightball | 1935-09-05 |
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Secret Service | Israel Polk | 1931-11-14 |
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Sporting Chance | Horseshoe | 1931-10-25 |
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Cimarron | Isaiah | 1931-01-26 |
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Sporting Blood | Sam 'Sammy' | 1931-08-08 |
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Hearts in Dixie | Chinquapin | 1929-01-02 |
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Little Annie Rooney | Humidor | 1925-10-18 |
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Dog Days | Pineapple | 1925-03-07 |
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Circus Fever | Gene | 1925-02-07 |
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The Big Town | Pineapple | 1925-01-10 |
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Shootin' Injuns | Gene | 1925-05-02 |
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The Love Bug | Pineapple | 1925-04-24 |
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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 |
