Before his fame in film and television, he worked at vaudeville where he singed and danced on stage. If fact he was billed as "Hollywood's most famous colored kid star".
Worked with Hal Roach for "Our Gang" as Farina's older brother, Pineapple.
He did appear as Diahann Carroll's Uncle Lou on TV's "Julia" and Redd Foxx's friend on "Sanford and Son".
Appeared in films like Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927), Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938), The Story of Seabiscuit (1949), Jeanne Eagels (1957), Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), The Gene Krupa Story (1959), Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), Cleopatra Jones (1973), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), The Day After (1983 TV), Life Stinks (1991) with Mel Brooks, and The Addams Family (1991).
Wrote an autobiography after his life and career in 1999.
Eugene Jackson passed away in 2001.
Before his fame in film and television, he worked at vaudeville where he singed and danced on stage. If fact he was billed as "Hollywood's most famous colored kid star".
Worked with Hal Roach for "Our Gang" as Farina's older brother, Pineapple.
He did appear as Diahann Carroll's Uncle Lou on TV's "Julia" and Redd Foxx's friend on "Sanford and Son".
Appeared in films like Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927), Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938), The Story of Seabiscuit (1949), Jeanne Eagels (1957), Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), The Gene Krupa Story (1959), Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), Cleopatra Jones (1973), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), The Day After (1983 TV), Life Stinks (1991) with Mel Brooks, and The Addams Family (1991).
Wrote an autobiography after his life and career in 1999.
Eugene Jackson passed away in 2001.
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