Acting

Eugene Jackson

Eugene Jackson es conocido sobre todo por Taxi, Juzgado de guardia, The Adventures of Jim Bowie y Shirley Temple's Storybook. Eugene Jackson nació el 25 de diciembre de 1916. Eugene Jackson murió el 26 de octubre de 2001 a los 84 años.

Nacimiento: 25 de diciembre de 1916
Lugar de nacimiento: Buffalo, New York, USA
Fallecimiento: 26 de octubre de 2001 (84 años)

Biografía

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.