Eugene Jackson

Eugene Jackson

Birthday: 1916-12-25

Deathday: 2001-10-26

Place of birth: Buffalo - New York - USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0413511

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.

Played in movies:

The Apartment

Score: 8.2

North by Northwest

Score: 8.0

All the President's Men

Score: 7.7

Escape from Alcatraz

Score: 7.5

The Thief of Bagdad

Score: 7.3

The Addams Family

Score: 7.1

Golden Hoofs

Score: 7.0

Reveille with Beverly

Score: 7.0

Little Annie Rooney

Score: 6.9

Shootin' Injuns

Score: 6.7

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

Score: 6.6

The Sound and the Fury

Score: 6.6

Coffy

Score: 6.6

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Score: 6.6

Penrod and Sam

Score: 6.5

The Buccaneer

Score: 6.4

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Score: 6.2

The Love Bug

Score: 6.2

The Mysterious Mystery!

Score: 6.2

American Gigolo

Score: 6.2

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Score: 6.1

Scott Joplin

Score: 6.1

The Killer That Stalked New York

Score: 6.1

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Score: 6.1

Black Gunn

Score: 6.1

40 Carats

Score: 6.0

Secret Service

Score: 6.0

Dog Days

Score: 5.9

Kentucky

Score: 5.8

The Big Town

Score: 5.8

Circus Fever

Score: 5.8

Cleopatra Jones

Score: 5.7

Swing Shift

Score: 5.6

Cimarron

Score: 5.6

The World's Greatest Athlete

Score: 5.3

Sporting Blood

Score: 5.1

Red River Valley

Score: 5.0

Looking for Love

Score: 5.0

Midnight Court

Score: 4.8

The Lonely Trail

Score: 4.6

Chandler

Score: 4.5

Wine, Women and Horses

Score: 4.3

Sporting Blood

Score: 4.3

Guns and Guitars

Score: 4.2

Melinda

Score: 4.0

Hearts in Dixie

Score: 3.0

Off the Wall

Score: 2.3

The Lady's from Kentucky

Score: 0.0

Anaesthesia

Score: 0.0

Rhythm Rodeo

Score: 0.0

Take My Life

Score: 0.0

Reform School

Score: 0.0

Sporting Chance

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Night Court

Score: 7.3

Night Court

Score: 7.3

Taxi

Score: 7.3

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Score: 6.2

Julia

Score: 6.0

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Score: 5.0

Boston Blackie

Score: 4.0