Acting credits
59
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Eugene Jackson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 53Series: 6
TMDB ID: 89313
IMDb ID: nm0413511
Known for: Acting
Born: December 25, 1916
Died: October 26, 2001
Age: 84
Place of birth: Buffalo - New York - USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1923 - 1991
Years active: 69
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q3059562
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Eugene Jackson.
7.1
The Addams Family
as One-Armed Bass Player
1991 Movie
5.5
Swing Shift
as Bartender at Kelly's
1984 Movie
2.3
Off the Wall
as Old Black Man
1983 Movie
6.2
American Gigolo
as Bootblack
1980 Movie
7.5
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
1979 Movie
6.1
Scott Joplin
as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1977 Movie
7.7
All the President's Men
as Reporter (uncredited)
1976 Movie
5.6
Cleopatra Jones
as Henry
1973 Movie
5.7
40 Carats
as Party Dancer (uncredited)
1973 Movie
6.6
Coffy
as Man at Rally (uncredited)
1973 Movie
5.4
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1973 Movie
5.8
Black Gunn
as Bartender (uncredited)
1972 Movie
3.3
Melinda
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1972 Movie
5.9
The Carey Treatment
as Doctor (uncredited)
1972 Movie
4.3
Chandler
as Shoe Shine Boy
1971 Movie
6.6
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
1971 Movie
5.0
Looking for Love
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1964 Movie
6.1
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Congregation Member
1964 Movie
8.2
The Apartment
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1960 Movie
8.0
North by Northwest
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
1959 Movie
6.6
The Sound and the Fury
as Townsman (uncredited)
1959 Movie
6.2
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Bootblack (uncredited)
1950 Movie
6.1
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
1943 Movie
7.0
Reveille with Beverly
as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
1943 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Eugene Jackson.
7.3
Night Court
as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited) • 2 eps
1984 Series
7.2
Taxi
as Cabbie (uncredited) • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.0
Julia
as Uncle Lou • 86 eps
1968 Series
6.2
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Small Slave • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1 eps
1956 Series
4.0
Boston Blackie
1 eps
1951 Series