Eugene Jackson gained fame as Farinas older brother, Pineapple, in six of Hal Roachs 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 Hollywoods most famous colored kid star. Most of his film roles were bit parts, most uncredited. He did appear as Diahann Carrolls Uncle Lou on TVs Julia and Redd Foxxs 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.
Bartender (uncredited)
Film 1972
Horseshoe
Film 1931
Pete
Film 1939
Snowball
Film 1924
Gene
Film 1925
Pineapple
Film 1925
Pineapple
Film 1925
Office Worker (uncredited)
Film 1964
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Film 1971
Eightball
Film 1936
Harmonica Player / Dancer
Film 1936
Office Worker (uncredited)
Film 1960
Israel Polk
Film 1931
Sam 'Sammy'
Film 1931
Chinquapin
Film 1929
Party Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1973
Isaiah
Film 1931
Iodine
Film 1936
Reporter (uncredited)
Film 1976
Garfield Brown
Film 1937
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
Film 1959
Bootblack
Film 1980
Humidor
Film 1925
Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
Film 1942
Child (uncredited)
Film 1924
Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Film 1977
Party Guest (uncredited)
Film 1973
Film 1938
Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
Film 1943
Pineapple
Film 1925
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
Film 1943
Man at Rally (uncredited)
Film 1973
Curly
Film 1941
James Smith, a Servant
Film 1938
Gene
Film 1925
Verman
Film 1923
Bootblack (uncredited)
Film 1950
Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
Film 1938
Winfield
Film 1939
Eightball
Film 1935
Uncle Lou
Tv 1968
Tv 1956
Tv 1951
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
Tv 1984
Cabbie (uncredited)
Tv 1978
Shoe Shine Man
Tv 1984
Small Slave
Tv 1958