Blue Washington
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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.
Known for
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
The Hustler (1961)
Actor
Pinky (1949)
as Man (uncredited)
Beggars of Life (1928)
as Black Mose
Rowdy Ann (1919)
as The Train Porter
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
as Black Cook on Glencairn
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
as Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
as Shantytown Man (uncredited)
Road to Morocco (1942)
as Nubian Slave (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
as Dock Worker (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Cleopatra (1934)
as Nubian Guard (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
as Native (uncredited)
Happy Daze (1921)
as Servant
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Sam - Coachman
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
Actor
Way Down South (1939)
as Slave
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
as Man in Line-Up
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
as Prisoner (uncredited)
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
as Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
Over the Wall (1938)
as Convict Playing Guitar
Sundown (1941)
as Askari Veteran (uncredited)
The Light That Failed (1939)
as Bit Part
Haunted Gold (1932)
as Clarence Washington Brown
By Whose Hand? (1927)
as Eli
The Haunted Ship (1927)
as Mose
Kentucky (1938)
as Bill
Haunted Spooks (1920)
as Butler (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
as Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
Lady for a Night (1942)
as Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Roman Scandals (1933)
as Litter Bearer (uncredited)
Menace (1934)
as Kenya Manservant
Souls at Sea (1937)
as Ship Slave (uncredited)
Guilty Hands (1931)
as Johnny (uncredited)
Welcome Danger (1929)
as Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
Rio Rita (1929)
as Fremont Bank Robber
Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
as First Bartender (uncredited)
The Blood Ship (1927)
as Negro
Weary River (1929)
as Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949)
as Native Bearer (uncredited)
Do Your Duty (1928)
as Dude Jackson
Black Magic (1929)
as Unit
King of the Arena (1933)
as Sambo
The Smart Set (1928)
as Polo Fan
There It Is (1928)
as The Butler
Wyoming (1928)
as Mose
A Virginia Courtship (1921)
Actor
The Phantom City (1928)
as 'Blue'
Parade of the West (1930)
as Sambo
Lucky Larkin (1930)
as Hambone