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Eugene Jackson

Actor | * 12/25/1916 († 84, 10/26/2001) | Buffalo, New York (United States of America (USA))
Eugene W. Jackson II (December 25, 1916 – October 26, 2001) was an American child actor who was a regular of the Our Gang short series during the silent Pathé era. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Mort ...

The Addams Family

PG-13

1991 | 3.5/5 | 1h 42min
Comedy, Fantasy
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San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and ...

Escape from Alcatraz

PG

1979 | 3.8/5 | 1h 53min
Drama, Thriller
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Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is ...

American Gigolo

R

1980 | 3.1/5 | 1h 57min
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain. ...

Secret Service

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1931 | 3.5/5 | 1h 8min
Western, Drama, History, Romance / Love, War
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Movies with Eugene Jackson as Actor(43)

as One-Armed Bass Player1991 The Addams Family
as Bartender at Kelly's1984 Swing Shift
as Old Black Man1983 Off the Wall
as Bootblack1980 American Gigolo
as Inmate1979 Escape from Alcatraz
as Reporter (uncredited)1976 All the President's Men
as Party Dancer (uncredited)1973 40 Carats
as Man at Rally (uncredited)1973 Coffy
as Henry1973 Cleopatra Jones
as Bartender (uncredited)1972 Black Gunn
as Shoe Shine Boy1971 Chandler
as Office Worker (uncredited)1964 Looking for Love
as Office Worker (uncredited)1960 The Apartment
as Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)1959 North by Northwest
as Bootblack (uncredited)1950 The Killer That Stalked New York
as Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)1943 Reveille with Beverly
as Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber1942 Take My Life
as Curly1941 Golden Hoofs
as Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom1940 Sporting Blood
as Pete1939 Reform School
as Winfield1939 The Lady's from Kentucky
as James Smith, a Servant1938 The Buccaneer
as Hotel Page Boy1938 Arrest Bulldog Drummond
as Jimmy1938 Kentucky
as Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)1938 Anaesthesia
as Garfield Brown1937 Midnight Court
as Eight Ball1937 Wine, Women and Horses
as Harmonica Player / Dancer1936 The Lonely Trail
as Eightball1936 Guns and Guitars
as Eightball1935 Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as Horseshoe1931 Sporting Chance
as Isaiah1931 Cimarron
as Israel Polk1931 Secret Service
as Sam 'Sammy'1931 Sporting Blood
as Chinquapin1929 Hearts in Dixie
as Gene1925 Shootin' Injuns
as Gene1925 Circus Fever
as Pineapple1925 The Big Town
as Humidor1925 Little Annie Rooney
as Pineapple1925 Dog Days
as Snowball1924 The Mysterious Mystery!
as Child (uncredited)1924 The Thief of Bagdad
as Verman1923 Penrod and Sam

TV Shows/Series with Eugene Jackson as Actor(3)

as Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)1984 Night Court
as Uncle Lou1968 Julia
1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Full Name: Eugene Jackson
Born: Monday, 12/25 1916 (December) in Buffalo, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 10/26 2001 (October) in Compton (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Eugene Jackson frequently works together with these people:
Hal Roach (6x, Crew)
Melba Englander (6x, Actress)
Cosmo Sardo (5x, Actor)
Robert F. McGowan (5x, Crew)
Gary Grossman (5x, Actor)
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins (5x, Actor)
Mickey Daniels (5x, Actor)
Jackie Condon (5x, Actor)
Joe Cobb (5x, Actor)
Bob Minor (4x, Crew)
William LeBaron (4x, Crew)
Mary Kornman (4x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1008815, Added: 11/28/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024