Acting

Eugene Jackson

Eugene Jackson è noto soprattutto per Taxi, Giudice di notte, The Adventures of Jim Bowie e Shirley Temple's Storybook. Eugene Jackson è nato il 25 dicembre 1916. Eugene Jackson è morto/a il 26 ottobre 2001 all’età di 84 anni.

Nascita: 25 dicembre 1916
Luogo di nascita: Buffalo, New York, USA
Morte: 26 ottobre 2001 (84 anni)

Biografia

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.