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TürkçeEugene Jackson
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Biography
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. Read more... 1959 film Porgy and Bess. His work was featured in a dance retrospective for the 1993 Los Angeles Festival.
Actor
Character:
Child
Uncle Tom's Cabin 1927
13
Character:
Chinquapin
Hearts in Dixie 1929
1
Character:
Cupid - Van Horn Slave
Dixiana 1930
9
Character:
Sam 'Sammy'
Sporting Blood 1931
3
Character:
Israel Polk
Secret Service 1931
3
Character:
Harmonica Player / Dancer
The Lonely Trail 1936
3
Character:
Iodine
Red River Valley 1936
11
Character:
Black Stable Boy
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry 1937
5
Character:
James Smith, a Servant
The Buccaneer 1938
2
Character:
Jimmy
Kentucky 1938
4
Character:
Attendant
Seventeen 1940
2
Character:
Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
Sporting Blood 1940
1
Character:
Dancer
Melody and Moonlight 1940
4
Character:
Bootblack
Unfinished Business 1941
1
Character:
Curly
Golden Hoofs 1941
1
Character:
Dr. Jepson's Black Servant
Reap the Wild Wind 1942
5
Character:
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones
Reveille with Beverly 1943
10
Character:
Bellboy
What's Buzzin', Cousin? 1943
13
Character:
Stablehand
The Story of Seabiscuit 1949
4
Character:
Street Saxophonist
Artists and Models 1955
6
Character:
Piccaninny
Jeanne Eagels 1957
2
Character:
Security Guard at Auction
North by Northwest 1959
81
Character:
Saxophone Player
The Gene Krupa Story 1959
12
Character:
Newsboy
Zebra in the Kitchen 1965
1
Character:
Parishioner
Black Girl 1972
13
Character:
Man at Rally
Coffy 1973
17
Character:
Party Dancer
40 Carats 1973
1
Character:
Henry
Cleopatra Jones 1973
3
Character:
Bootblack
American Gigolo 1980
12
Character:
One-Armed Bass Player
The Addams Family 1991
26
Character:
Office Janitor
Life Stinks 1991
1
Character:
Bartender at Kelly's
Swing Shift 1984
5
Character:
Himself
UFC Hits: Volume 2 2000
0
Character:
Shoe Shine Man
Night Court 1984
0
Character:
Pedestrian
The Incredible Hulk 1978
0
Character:
Child
The Thief of Bagdad 1924
0
Character:
Isaiah
Cimarron 1931
0
Character:
Uncle Lou
Julia 1968
0
Character:
Waiter
The Long, Hot Summer 1958
1
Character:
Hospital Patient
The Day After 1983
0
