Eugene Jackson
Acting
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.
North by Northwest
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 84)
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Age 56 (now 84)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Age 54 (now 84)
North by Northwest
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 84)
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Bootblack (uncredited)
Age 33 (now 84)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
Age 26 (now 84)
Reveille with Beverly
as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
Age 26 (now 84)
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