Place of Birth: Buffalo - New York - USA
Eugene Jackson
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.
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Black Gunn | Bartender (uncredited) | 1972 |
| Cleopatra Jones | Henry | 1973 |
| Sporting Chance | Horseshoe | 1931 |
| Reform School | Pete | 1939 |
| The Mysterious Mystery! | Snowball | 1924 |
| The Big Town | Pineapple | 1925 |
| Circus Fever | Gene | 1925 |
| The Love Bug | Pineapple | 1925 |
| Looking for Love | Office Worker (uncredited) | 1964 |
| Support Your Local Gunfighter | Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited) | 1971 |
| Guns and Guitars | Eightball | 1936 |
| The Lonely Trail | Harmonica Player / Dancer | 1936 |
| The Apartment | Office Worker (uncredited) | 1960 |
| Chandler | Shoe Shine Boy | 1971 |
| Secret Service | Israel Polk | 1931 |
| Sporting Blood | Sam 'Sammy' | 1931 |
| Hearts in Dixie | Chinquapin | 1929 |
| 40 Carats | Party Dancer (uncredited) | 1973 |
| Robin and the 7 Hoods | Congregation Member | 1964 |
| Wine, Women and Horses | Eight Ball | 1937 |
| Cimarron | Isaiah | 1931 |
| Red River Valley | Iodine | 1936 |
| Arrest Bulldog Drummond | Hotel Page Boy | 1938 |
| Kentucky | Jimmy | 1938 |
| All the President's Men | Reporter (uncredited) | 1976 |
| Midnight Court | Garfield Brown | 1937 |
| North by Northwest | Security Guard at Auction (uncredited) | 1959 |
| American Gigolo | Bootblack | 1980 |
| Little Annie Rooney | Humidor | 1925 |
| Take My Life | Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber | 1942 |
| The Thief of Bagdad | Child (uncredited) | 1924 |
| Scott Joplin | Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited) | 1977 |
| The World's Greatest Athlete | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1973 |
| Rhythm Rodeo | 1938 | |
| Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate | 1979 |
| Sporting Blood | Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom | 1940 |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited) | 1943 |
| Dog Days | Pineapple | 1925 |
| Off the Wall | Old Black Man | 1983 |
| Reveille with Beverly | Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited) | 1943 |
| Coffy | Man at Rally (uncredited) | 1973 |
| Golden Hoofs | Curly | 1941 |
| The Buccaneer | James Smith, a Servant | 1938 |
| Shootin' Injuns | Gene | 1925 |
| Penrod and Sam | Verman | 1923 |
| The Addams Family | One-Armed Bass Player | 1991 |
| The Killer That Stalked New York | Bootblack (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Anaesthesia | Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited) | 1938 |
| The Lady's from Kentucky | Winfield | 1939 |
| Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Eightball | 1935 |
| Swing Shift | Bartender at Kelly's | 1984 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Julia | Uncle Lou | 1968 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1956 | |
| The Adventures of Boston Blackie | 1951 | |
| Night Court | Shoe Shine Man (uncredited) | 1984 |
| Taxi | Cabbie (uncredited) | 1978 |
| Night Court | Shoe Shine Man | 1984 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Small Slave | 1958 |
