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.
Known for
★7.1The Addams Family
★8.0North by Northwest
★7.5Escape from Alcatraz
★8.2The Apartment
★7.7All the President's Men
★6.2American Gigolo
★6.6Coffy
★7.0The Long, Hot Summer
★7.3The Thief of Bagdad
★7.3Taxi
★5.5Cimarron
★7.3Night Court
★6.6Support Your Local Gunfighter
★5.6Swing Shift
★6.2Robin and the 7 Hoods
★5.7Cleopatra Jones
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