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    Eugene Jackson

    1916-12-25 (107 years old) in 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.

    Movies

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    The Addams Family
    71 %|Nov 22, 1991
    Comedy, Fantasy
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    Swing Shift
    57 %|Apr 13, 1984
    Drama, Romance, War
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    Off the Wall
    30 %|Jul 1, 1983
    Comedy
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    American Gigolo
    61 %|Feb 1, 1980
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Escape from Alcatraz
    75.24 %|Jun 22, 1979
    Drama, Thriller
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    Scott Joplin
    60 %|Feb 11, 1977
    Music, History
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    All the President's Men
    76.62 %|Apr 9, 1976
    Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
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    Cleopatra Jones
    58 %|Jul 13, 1973
    Action, Crime, Thriller
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    40 Carats
    60 %|Jun 28, 1973
    Comedy, Romance
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    Coffy
    66 %|Jun 13, 1973
    Action, Crime, Thriller
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    The World's Greatest Athlete
    53 %|Feb 14, 1973
    Comedy, Family
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    Black Gunn
    58 %|Dec 20, 1972
    Action, Thriller, Crime
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    Chandler
    45 %|Dec 1, 1971
    Crime, Drama
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    Support Your Local Gunfighter
    65.25 %|May 26, 1971
    Comedy, Western
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    Looking for Love
    50 %|Aug 5, 1964
    Comedy, Romance, Music
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    Robin and the 7 Hoods
    61 %|Jun 24, 1964
    Music, Comedy, Crime
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    The Apartment
    81.97 %|Jun 21, 1960
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    North by Northwest
    80 %|Jul 8, 1959
    Thriller, Adventure
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    The Killer That Stalked New York
    61 %|Oct 6, 1950
    Thriller
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    Thank Your Lucky Stars
    61 %|Sep 25, 1943
    Comedy, Music
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    Reveille with Beverly
    70 %|Feb 4, 1943
    Comedy, Music, Romance, War
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    Take My Life
    0 %|Jul 3, 1942
    Drama, Crime
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    Golden Hoofs
    70 %|Feb 14, 1941
    Comedy
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    Sporting Blood
    43 %|Jul 11, 1940
    Drama
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    Reform School
    0 %|Apr 27, 1939
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    The Lady's from Kentucky
    0 %|Apr 27, 1939
    Action
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    Kentucky
    57.27 %|Dec 30, 1938
    Drama, Romance
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    Arrest Bulldog Drummond
    67 %|Nov 25, 1938
    Action, Thriller, Mystery
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    Anaesthesia
    0 %|Jul 9, 1938
    Documentary, Drama, History
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    Rhythm Rodeo
    0 %|Jun 1, 1938
    Comedy, Music, Western
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    The Buccaneer
    64 %|Feb 4, 1938
    Adventure, Drama, Romance, History
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    Wine, Women and Horses
    40 %|Sep 11, 1937
    Drama
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    Midnight Court
    48 %|Mar 6, 1937
    Romance, Crime, Drama
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    Guns and Guitars
    42 %|Jun 22, 1936
    Western
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    The Lonely Trail
    49 %|May 25, 1936
    Western
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    Red River Valley
    50 %|Mar 2, 1936
    Action, Music, Western
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    Tumbling Tumbleweeds
    62 %|Sep 5, 1935
    Western, Music
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    Secret Service
    60 %|Nov 14, 1931
    Western, Drama, History, Romance, War
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    Sporting Chance
    0 %|Oct 25, 1931
    Action, Adventure, Crime
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    Sporting Blood
    55 %|Aug 8, 1931
    Drama, Romance
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    Cimarron
    56 %|Jan 26, 1931
    Drama, Western, History
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    Hearts in Dixie
    30 %|Jan 2, 1929
    Music, Drama
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    Little Annie Rooney
    69 %|Oct 18, 1925
    Comedy, Drama
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    Shootin' Injuns
    60 %|May 2, 1925
    Comedy
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    The Love Bug
    58 %|Apr 24, 1925
    Comedy
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    Dog Days
    56 %|Mar 7, 1925
    Comedy
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    Circus Fever
    58 %|Feb 7, 1925
    Family, Comedy
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    The Big Town
    58 %|Jan 10, 1925
    Comedy
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    The Mysterious Mystery!
    58 %|Dec 12, 1924
    Comedy
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    The Thief of Bagdad
    73.22 %|Mar 18, 1924
    Romance, Adventure, Fantasy
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    Penrod and Sam
    65 %|Jun 18, 1923
    Comedy, Drama

    Series

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    Night Court
    73 %|Jan 4, 1984
    Comedy
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    Night Court
    73 %|Jan 4, 1984
    Comedy
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    Taxi
    72.12 %|Sep 12, 1978
    Comedy, Drama
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    Julia
    60 %|Sep 17, 1968
    Comedy
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    Shirley Temple's Storybook
    58 %|Jan 12, 1958
    Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    The Adventures of Jim Bowie
    37 %|Sep 7, 1956
    Western
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    The Adventures of Boston Blackie
    40 %|Sep 8, 1951
    Crime, Drama