Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1916-12-25
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Eugene Jackson
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.
Known For
as Uncle Lou
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
as Isaiah
as Party Dancer (uncredited)
as Horseshoe
as Sam 'Sammy'
as Chinquapin
as Eightball
as Pineapple
as Dancing Black Boy
as Verman
as Child (uncredited)
as Eight Ball
as One-Armed Bass Player
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
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