Blue Washington
Blue Washington was born on February 12, 1898 in Los Angeles, California, as Edgar Hughes Washington. He was an actor, known for There It Is (1928), Beggars of Life (1928) and Haunted Gold (1932). He was married to Marion Lenán. He died on September 15, 1970, at Mira Loma Hospital in Lancaster, California. He was laid to rest at Evergreen Memorial Park in Los Angeles. His son, Kenny Washington, was buried beside him in 1971.
Edgar 'Blue' Washington was also a ballplayer in the Negro League for the Los Angeles White Sox and (briefly) the Kansas City Monarchs.
He was a childhood friend of Frank Capra and appeared as John Wayne’s sidekick in Haunted Gold (1932), but it wasn’t always clear he was headed for Hollywood. He played professional baseball in the 1910s and 1920s for two of the most glamorous African American teams in existence, and for a time it must have seemed obvious that this was his vocation. In the end he chose a different path. It certainly wasn’t easier — Hollywood at that time was only marginally more accepting of black contributions than the white major leagues. The nickname 'Blue' came from Frank Capra, one of his best pals in the ethnically diverse surroundings of Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.
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Movies (52)
The Hustler
1961 · Limping Attendant at Ames Billiards (uncredited)
The Wings of Eagles
1957 · Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950
Pinky
1949 · Man (uncredited)
Bomba, the Jungle Boy
1949 · Native Bearer (uncredited)
To the Ends of the Earth
1948 · Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
1942 · Nubian Slave (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Shantytown Man (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
1942 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
1942 · Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
Sundown
1941 · Askari Veteran (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
The Long Voyage Home
1940 · Black Cook on Glencairn
The Light That Failed
1939 · Bit Part
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
Way Down South
1939 · Slave
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939 · Man in Line-Up
Rose of Washington Square
1939 · Prisoner (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939 · First Bartender (uncredited)
Kentucky
1938 · Bill
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Dock Worker (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
1938 · Native (uncredited)
Over the Wall
1938 · Convict Playing Guitar
Wells Fargo
1937 · Sam - Coachman
Souls at Sea
1937 · Ship Slave (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Menace
1934 · Kenya Manservant
Cleopatra
1934 · Nubian Guard (uncredited)
Roman Scandals
1933 · Litter Bearer (uncredited)
King of the Arena
1933 · Sambo
Haunted Gold
1932 · Clarence Washington Brown
Guilty Hands
1931 · Johnny (uncredited)
Mountain Justice
1930 · Mose (uncredited)
Lucky Larkin
1930 · Hambone
Parade of the West
1930 · Sambo
Welcome Danger
1929 · Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
Rio Rita
1929 · Fremont Bank Robber
Black Magic
1929 · Unit
Weary River
1929 · Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
The Phantom City
1928 · 'Blue'
Do Your Duty
1928 · Dude Jackson
Beggars of Life
1928 · Black Mose
The Smart Set
1928 · Polo Fan
Wyoming
1928 · Mose
There It Is
1928 · The Butler
The Haunted Ship
1927 · Mose
By Whose Hand?
1927 · Eli
The Blood Ship
1927 · Negro
A Virginia Courtship
1921
Happy Daze
1921 · Servant
Haunted Spooks
1920 · Butler (uncredited)
Rowdy Ann
1919 · The Train Porter
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