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Eugene Jackson

1916–2001 · 12 titles in the catalogue

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.

Their work

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  1. The Addams Family1991as One-Armed Bass Player
  2. North by Northwest1959as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
  3. Escape from Alcatraz1979as Inmate
  4. The Apartment1960as Office Worker (uncredited)
  5. All the President's Men1976as Reporter (uncredited)
  6. American Gigolo1980as Bootblack
  7. Coffy1973as Man at Rally (uncredited)
  8. The Thief of Bagdad1924as Child (uncredited)
  9. Taxi1978as Cabbie (uncredited)
  10. Cimarron1931as Isaiah
  11. Night Court1984as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
  12. Support Your Local Gunfighter1971as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)