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Eugene Jackson

Acting Born Dec 25, 1916 Buffalo - New York - USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Edward Scissorhands

as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
Film

Edward Scissorhands

as Shoe Shine Man
Film

Unfaithful

as Cabbie (uncredited)

Julia

as Uncle Lou
Film

The Addams Family

as One-Armed Bass Player
Film

The Apartment

as Office Worker (uncredited)
Film

40 Carats

as Party Dancer (uncredited)
Film

Escape from Alcatraz

as Inmate
Film

North by Northwest

as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Film

American Gigolo

as Bootblack
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All the President's Men

as Reporter (uncredited)
Film

Coffy

as Man at Rally (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • Night Court (1984) as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
  • Night Court (1984) as Shoe Shine Man
  • Taxi (1978) as Cabbie (uncredited)
  • Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) as Small Slave
  • Julia (1968) as Uncle Lou
  • The Addams Family (1991) as One-Armed Bass Player
  • The Apartment (1960) as Office Worker (uncredited)
  • 40 Carats (1973) as Party Dancer (uncredited)
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
  • Escape from Alcatraz (1979) as Inmate
  • North by Northwest (1959) as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
  • Boston Blackie (1951)
  • American Gigolo (1980) as Bootblack
  • All the President's Men (1976) as Reporter (uncredited)
  • Coffy (1973) as Man at Rally (uncredited)
  • Swing Shift (1984) as Bartender at Kelly's
  • Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) as Congregation Member
  • The Buccaneer (1938) as James Smith, a Servant
  • Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) as Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
  • Cleopatra Jones (1973) as Henry
  • Cimarron (1931) as Isaiah
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1924) as Child (uncredited)
  • The Carey Treatment (1972) as Doctor (uncredited)
  • Scott Joplin (1977) as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)