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Eugene Jackson

Eugene Jackson

Acting • 1916-12-25 • Buffalo, New York, USA

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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Taxi7.3

Taxi

1978

Cimarron5.5

Cimarron

1931

Little Annie Rooney7.1

Little Annie Rooney

1925

Dog Days6.3

Dog Days

1925

The Big Town7.1

The Big Town

1925

The Love Bug6.9

The Love Bug

1925

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