Brother of Freddie Jackson.
Children = daughters Hazel and Sue; son Eugene.
Father of Eugene "Gene" Jackson (III).
His son is a TV cameraman, Eugene 'Gene' Jackson (III).
Jackson broke into show business in 1923 doing the shimmy for a bag of groceries at a downtown Los Angeles theater.
Jackson was just 6 when he was signed up by the legendary producer director, Hal Roach, who took one look at his childish Afro hairdo and dubbed him ``Pineapple.''