Actor
Eugene Jackson
109 years · Buffalo, New York, USA · 56 films
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.
Best known for
The Addams Family
1991 · One-Armed Bass Player
On fuboTV
North by Northwest
1959 · Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
On Tubi TV
Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · Inmate
On Philo
The Apartment
1960 · Office Worker (uncredited)
On Kanopy
All the President's Men
1976 · Reporter (uncredited)
On TCM
American Gigolo
1980 · Bootblack
On Kanopy
Filmography 56
The Addams Family
1991 · One-Armed Bass Player
On fuboTV
Swing Shift
1984 · Bartender at Kelly's
On YouTube Free
Off the Wall
1983 · Old Black Man
American Gigolo
1980 · Bootblack
On Kanopy
Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · Inmate
On Philo
Scott Joplin
1977 · Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
All the President's Men
1976 · Reporter (uncredited)
On TCM
Cleopatra Jones
1973 · Henry
On Hoopla
40 Carats
1973 · Party Dancer (uncredited)
On The Roku Channel
Coffy
1973 · Man at Rally (uncredited)
On Plex
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Black Gunn
1972 · Bartender (uncredited)
On fuboTV
Melinda
1972 · Party Guest (uncredited)
On Hoopla
The Carey Treatment
1972 · Doctor (uncredited)
Chandler
1971 · Shoe Shine Boy
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
On fuboTV
Looking for Love
1964 · Office Worker (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · Congregation Member (uncredited)
The Best Man
1964 · Delegate (uncredited)
On Hoopla
The Apartment
1960 · Office Worker (uncredited)
On Kanopy
North by Northwest
1959 · Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
On Tubi TV
The Sound and the Fury
1959 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Long, Hot Summer
1958 · Waiter (uncredited)
On FlixFling
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Bootblack (uncredited)