Eugene Jackson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
The Addams Family
1991
as One-Armed Bass Player
Swing Shift
1984
as Bartender at Kelly's
Night Court
1984
as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
Night Court
1984
as Shoe Shine Man
Off the Wall
1983
as Old Black Man
American Gigolo
1980
as Bootblack
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
as Inmate
Taxi
1978
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Taxi
1978
as Cab Driver / Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
Scott Joplin
1977
as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
All the President's Men
1976
as Reporter (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones
1973
as Henry
40 Carats
1973
as Party Dancer (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Coffy
1973
as Man at Rally (uncredited)
Black Gunn
1972
as Bartender (uncredited)
Melinda
1972
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Carey Treatment
1972
as Doctor (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Chandler
1971
as Shoe Shine Boy
Looking for Love
1964
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Congregation Member (uncredited)
The Best Man
1964
as Delegate (uncredited)
The Apartment
1960
as Office Worker (uncredited)
North by Northwest
1959
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
The Sound and the Fury
1959
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Long, Hot Summer
1958
as Waiter (uncredited)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Small Slave
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Boston Blackie
1951
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
as Bootblack (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
1943
as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
Take My Life
1942
as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
Golden Hoofs
1941
as Curly
Sporting Blood
1940
as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
Reform School
1939
as Pete
The Lady's from Kentucky
1939
as Winfield
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
as Hotel Page Boy
Kentucky
1938
as Jimmy
Rhythm Rodeo
1938
The Buccaneer
1938
as James Smith, a Servant
Anaesthesia
1938
as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
as Eight Ball
Midnight Court
1937
as Garfield Brown
Guns and Guitars
1936
as Eightball
The Lonely Trail
1936
as Harmonica Player / Dancer
Red River Valley
1936
as Iodine
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
as Eightball
Sporting Chance
1931
as Horseshoe
Secret Service
1931
as Israel Polk
Sporting Blood
1931
as Sam 'Sammy'
Cimarron
1931
as Isaiah
Hearts in Dixie
1929
as Chinquapin
Little Mickey Grogan
1927
as Dancing Black Boy
Circus Fever
1925
as Gene
The Big Town
1925
as Pineapple
The Love Bug
1925
as Pineapple
Little Annie Rooney
1925
as Humidor
Dog Days
1925
as Pineapple
Shootin' Injuns
1925
as Gene
The Mysterious Mystery!
1924
as Snowball
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
as Child (uncredited)
Penrod and Sam
1923
as Verman