Eugene Jackson
Eugene Jackson
Rising to fame as Pineapple in Hal Roach's Our Gang shorts in the mid-1920s, comic child actor Eugene Jackson performed in vaudeville in addition to his film work, and later continued to work alongside such comic icons as Redd Foxx. Born in Buffalo, NY, in 1916, Jackson got his break in show business while performing the shimmy for a bag of groceries at Central Avenue's Rosebud Theater in 1923. Winning the competition for three weeks in a row, his mother recognized the youngster's talents and soon took him to Hollywood to attempt a career in the entertainment industry. Soon signed to a two-year contract by Roach (who dubbed the child Pineapple due to his afro-frizz), Jackson made his Our Gang debut in The Mysterious Mystery! Later working for Mack Sennett and alongside Mary Pickford, Jackson made a successful transition into talkies with his role in the 1928 musical Hearts in Dixie, and toured in vaudeville when adolescence took hold. Later turning up on television in both Julia and Sanford and Son, the former child-star published a biography titled Eugene Pineapple Jackson: His Own Story in 1998. Jackson also established studios in both Compton and Pasadena, where he taught dance. Eugene Jackson died of a heart attack in Compton, CA, on October 26, 2001. He was 84. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Eugene Jackson:
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds with Gene Autry , Smiley Burnette , Lucille Browne , Norma Taylor , George "Gabby" Hayes , Edward Hearn , Jack Rockwell , Frankie Marvin , George Cheseboro , Charles "Slim" Whitaker , George Burton , Tom London , Cornelius Keefe , Champion (The Horse) , Cliff Lyons , Bud McClure , Charles King , George Morrell , Tommy Coats , Oscar Gahan , Tracy Layne , Bud Pope
- Guns and Guitars with Gene Autry , Dorothy Dix , Smiley Burnette , Tom London , Charles King , Earl Hodgins , Frankie Marvin , Jack Rockwell , Ken Cooper , Wes Warner , Jim Corey , Harrison Greene , Pascale Perry , Champion (The Horse) , Jack Kirk , Art Mix , Sherry Tansey , Al Taylor , Denver Dixon , J.P. McGowan , George Morrell , Jack Evans , James Sheridan , Robert Burns , Tracy Layne , George Plues
- Cimarron with Richard Dix , Irene Dunne , Estelle Taylor , Nance O'Neil , William Jr. Collier , Roscoe Ates , George E. Stone , Robert McWade , Edna May Oliver , Frank Darien , Dolores Brown , Gloria Vonic , Otto Hoffman , William A. Orlamond , Frank Beal , Nancy Dover , Helen Parrish , Junior Johnson , Douglas Scott , Reggie Streeter , Ann Lee , Tyrone Brereton , Nell Craig , Robert McKenzie , Stanley Fields , William Janney , Robert F. Kortman , Henry Roquemore , Dennis O'Keefe , William P. Burt , Frederick Burt , Donald Dilloway , Frank O'Connor
- The Long, Hot Summer with Paul Newman , Joanne Woodward , Anthony Franciosa , Orson Welles , Lee Remick , Angela Lansbury , Richard Anderson , Sarah Marshall , Mabel Albertson , William Walker , George Dunn , Jess Kirkpatrick , Val Avery , I. Stanford Jolley , Nicholas King , Lee Erickson , Ralph Reed , Jim Brandt , Helen Wallace , Brian Corcoran , Byron K. Foulger , J. Pat O'Malley , Terry Rangno
- Hearts in Bondage with James Dunn , Mae Clarke , David Manners , Charlotte V. Henry , Henry B. Walthall , Fritz Sr. Leiber , George S. Irving , Irving Pichel , Joseph M. Kerrigan , Frank Sr. McGlynn , Ben Alexander , Oscar C. Apfel , Clay Clement , Edward Gargan , Russell Hicks , George "Gabby" Hayes , Douglas Wood , Erville Alderson , John Hyams , Etta McDaniel , Warner P. Richmond , Lloyd Ingraham , Hooper Atchley , Smiley Burnette , Lane R. Chandler , Pat Flaherty , Frankie Marvin , Henry Roquemore , Clinton Rosemond , Maurice Brierre , Arthur Wanzer , Helen Seamon
- Man of the Frontier with Gene Autry , Smiley Burnette , Boothe Howard , Jack Kennedy , Sam Flint , George Cheseboro , Charles King , Frank LaRue , Ken Cooper , Frank Marvin , Cap Anderson , Hank Bell , Champion (The Horse) , Earl Dwire , Frances Meller Grant , Edward Hearn , Robert Emmett Homans , Lloyd Ingraham , George Morrell , John Wilson
- Reap the Wild Wind with Ray Milland , John Wayne , Paulette Goddard , Raymond Massey , Robert Preston , Susan Hayward , Lynne Overman , Charles Bickford , Walter Hampden , Martha O'Driscoll , Louise Beavers , Elizabeth Risdon , Hedda Hopper , Keith Richards , Oscar Polk , Wee Willie Davis , Lane R. Chandler , Davison Clark , Frank M. Thomas , Milburn Stone , Ben Carter , Richard Alexander , C.E. Anderson , Cap Anderson , Stanley Andrews , Sam Appel , Janet Beecher , Monte Blue , Al Bridge , Barbara Britton , Wheaton Chambers , Jimmie Dundee , Billy Elmer , Julia Faye , Al Ferguson , Frank Ferguson , James Flavin , Sam Flint , Byron K. Foulger , Fred Graham , William Haade , Mildred Harris , Raymond Hatton , Victor Kilian , Frank Lackteen , Ameda Lambert , Jack Luden , John Farrell MacDonald , Claire McDowell , Louis D. Merrill , D'Arcy Miller , Nestor Paiva , Tony Paton , George H. Reed , Constantine Romanoff , John M. St. Polis , Dorothy Sebastian , Dale vanSickel , Victor Varconi , Bruce Warren , Stanhope Wheatcroft , Harry Woods , Dutch Hendrian , Dave Wengren , Leo Sulky , Frank Richards
Eugene Jackson Trivia
