Eugene Jackson

Acting

Eugene Jackson

Born — Died

1916-12-25 — 2001-10-26

Place of birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

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 199…

Known for

Night Court poster
7.3

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

Night Court

1984

Taxi poster
7.3

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

Taxi

1978

North by Northwest poster
8.0

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

North by Northwest

1959

The Addams Family poster
7.1

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

The Addams Family

1991

Escape from Alcatraz poster
7.5

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.

Escape from Alcatraz

1979

The Adventures of Jim Bowie poster
5.3

The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

1970s · 12 titles

Escape from Alcatraz poster
7.5

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.

Escape from Alcatraz

1979

All the President's Men poster
7.7

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

All the President's Men

1976

Support Your Local Gunfighter poster
6.6

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

Coffy poster
6.6

After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.

Coffy

1973

Black Gunn poster
5.7

A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.

Black Gunn

1972

Cleopatra Jones poster
5.7

After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.

Cleopatra Jones

1973

40 Carats poster
5.7

After an overnight fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stanley returns to New York assuming she'll never see Peter Latham again. Until, that is, he shows up on her doorstep to take her daughter to a party. Despite her yearning for Peter and the encouragement of her friends and family, Ann initially rebuffs him when he pursues her, but slowly she yields to his charm and her own stifled emotions.

40 Carats

1973

Chandler poster
4.6

A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.

Chandler

1971

The World's Greatest Athlete poster
5.6

Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school's athletic fortunes. An African vacation with his assistant (Tim Conway) answers Archer's prayers when he spots the athletically gifted Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent). Sam counts on Nanu's remarkable abilities to put the team back on the winning track. This upbeat farce boasts an impressive cast of comedians.

The World's Greatest Athlete

1973

The Carey Treatment poster
6.0

A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.

The Carey Treatment

1972

Scott Joplin poster
6.6

The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

Scott Joplin

1977

Melinda poster
4.8

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.

Melinda

1972

1960s · 4 titles

1950s · 4 titles

1940s · 5 titles

1930s · 17 titles

Cimarron poster
5.5

When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.

Cimarron

1931

The Buccaneer poster
6.4

French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.

The Buccaneer

1938

Reform School poster
8.0

A female warden takes over at a state reform school and attempts to bring about needed changes. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts from a 16mm print donated by Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.

Reform School

1939

Wine, Women and Horses poster
5.2

An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.

Wine, Women and Horses

1937

The Lady's from Kentucky poster
8.0

Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard times. His one out is a marker for half-ownership in a young thoroughbred, which he quickly calls in. He discovers the other owner to be a young woman from an old horse racing family who wants to protect her colt almost as much as Marty wants to rush him into big races for a fast buck. While they clash, Marty soon comes to understand the human bond with the horses and what it means to be a thoroughbred.

The Lady's from Kentucky

1939

The Lonely Trail poster
4.8

Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid of some troublesome carpetbaggers. He enlists the help of Holden before learning that Holden too is plundering the local folk.

The Lonely Trail

1936

Sporting Blood poster
5.4

A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multiple hands who do not treat him well.

Sporting Blood

1931

Kentucky poster
6.1

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.

Kentucky

1938

Guns and Guitars poster
5.8

A wrongfully-imprisoned man becomes determined to find who was responsible for the death of a local sheriff.

Guns and Guitars

1936

Arrest Bulldog Drummond poster
6.8

The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

1938

Secret Service poster
6.7

In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.

Secret Service

1931

Red River Valley poster
6.0

Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.

Red River Valley

1936

Midnight Court poster
5.1

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.

Midnight Court

1937

Anaesthesia poster
7.0

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

Anaesthesia

1938

Tumbling Tumbleweeds poster
7.5

Traveling with Doc Parker's medicine show, Gene finds his old friend Harry Brooks wounded and the Sheriff after him for murdering his father. Gene also sees that Craven and his gang are looking for Brooks. Finding clues that Craven was behind the murder, Gene has a plan utilizing the medicine show wagon that will trap the gang.

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

1935

No artwork available
8.0

A jockey finally hits the big time, but he lets his success go to his head, threatening his career and his life.

Sporting Chance

1931

Rhythm Rodeo poster
10.0

An All-Black comedy musical.

Rhythm Rodeo

1938

1920s · 11 titles

The Thief of Bagdad poster
7.3

A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.

The Thief of Bagdad

1924

Shootin' Injuns poster
7.2

Many of the "Our Gang" kids are in their secret clubhouse - so secret that some wannabe members have troubles trying to find the tunnel entrance - planning their next game, which will be a Wild West shootout. They run into some obstacles in playing the game, including objections from parents, and as such they decide to postpone it until the wee hours of the next morning and play it in the streets of the neighborhood. As it begins to rain during the middle of their shootout that morning, they decide to take refuge in a neighborhood house. What they are unaware of is that the house belongs to inventor W.R. Jones, who rigged it to be a "magnetic house", a demonstration for a possible amusement park attraction. Not knowing about the house's rigged contraptions leads to a lot of misadventures for the gang not related to shooting Indians as they try to figure out what's happening around them.

Shootin' Injuns

1925

Dog Days poster
6.3

The boys are showing off their dogs to each other when little rich girl Mary Kornman rides by in her pony-drawn cart. When the pony shies and runs away, Mickey comes to the rescue with his dog. In gratitude, Mary invites all the boys and their dogs to her party, much to the chagrin of her wealthy mother.

Dog Days

1925

Little Annie Rooney poster
7.1

A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough city neighborhood.

Little Annie Rooney

1925

Circus Fever poster
6.5

The circus is in town and for one day only. By pretending to be sick some of the gang members were able to play hooky from school so as to attend the festivities.

Circus Fever

1925

The Mysterious Mystery! poster
6.4

Mickey Daniels doing an impersonation of Sherlock Holmes and Joe Cobb being Watson as the two try to discover the whereabouts of a young rich kids who has gone missing. While trying to find the kid the gang must also try and avoid a dumb detective also working the case.

The Mysterious Mystery!

1924

Little Mickey Grogan poster
8.0

The main plot concerns an architect who, when he begins losing his eyesight, worries that he is on the verge of losing his girl as well. The fact that the heroine is spending time with a burly prizefighter would seem to confirm this.

Little Mickey Grogan

1927

Hearts in Dixie poster
5.0

Nappus sends his grandson north for schooling to shelter him from their community.

Hearts in Dixie

1929

The Big Town poster
7.1

The gang play inside a railroad box car which suddenly closes, trapping them inside. The next morning they find themselves in New York City. After seeing some of the sites on foot, they steal a 5th Avenue Bus, and are caught by the police.

The Big Town

1925

Penrod and Sam poster
7.5

Penrod and his gang don't want to let neighborhood "goodie-goodie" Georgie Bassett into their club, but Penrod's father pressures him to allow the boy in because his parents are wealthy and prominent members of the town. Finally the boys agree to let Georgie join, but first they demand that he undergo an "initiation", and they're determined to make it one that Georgie won't soon forget.

Penrod and Sam

1923

The Love Bug poster
6.9

Farina, Joe and Mickey are all struck by the love bug. After several problems, they go to the beauty salon, where Pineapple works and proceed to make shambles of it. The police arrive and arrest them, but Grandma comes to their rescue.

The Love Bug

1925

Series credits

Night Court poster
7.3

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

Night Court

1984

Night Court poster
7.3

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

Night Court

1984

Taxi poster
7.3

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

Taxi

1978

Taxi poster
7.3

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

Taxi

1978

The Adventures of Jim Bowie poster
5.3

The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

Shirley Temple's Storybook poster
6.5

Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales like Mother Goose and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables, was meant for older youngsters. Temple's three children made their acting debuts in the last episode of the first season, "Mother Goose".

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

Boston Blackie poster
4.0

Blackie and gal pal Mary, and their dog Whitey, solve lots of Los Angeles crimes before the cops can do it.

Boston Blackie

1951