Blue Washington
52 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 11, 1898
- Died
- Sep 15, 1970 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Edgar Hughes Washington · Edgar 'Blue' Washington · Edgar Washington Blue · Edgar Blue
Biography
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.
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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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Known for
Blue Washington: movies and TV shows
Acting (52)
- 1961 The Hustler
as (uncredited)
- 1957 The Wings of Eagles
as Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
- 1950
- 1949 Pinky
as Man (uncredited)
- 1949 Bomba, the Jungle Boy
as Native Bearer (uncredited)
- 1948 To the Ends of the Earth
as Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
- 1942 Road to Morocco
as Nubian Slave (uncredited)
- 1942 Tales of Manhattan
as Shantytown Man (uncredited)
- 1942 It Happened in Flatbush
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1942 Lady for a Night
as Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
- 1941 Sundown
as Askari Veteran (uncredited)
- 1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
- 1940 The Long Voyage Home
as Black Cook on Glencairn
- 1939 The Light That Failed
as Bit Part
- 1939 Gone with the Wind
as Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
- 1939 Way Down South
as Slave
- 1939 Charlie Chan in Reno
as Man in Line-Up
- 1939 Rose of Washington Square
as Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1939 Twelve Crowded Hours
as First Bartender (uncredited)
- 1938 Kentucky
as Bill
- 1938 The Cowboy and the Lady
as Dock Worker (uncredited)
- 1938 Too Hot to Handle
as Native (uncredited)
- 1938 Over the Wall
as Convict Playing Guitar
- 1937 Wells Fargo
as Sam - Coachman
- 1937 Souls at Sea
as Ship Slave (uncredited)
- 1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
- 1934 Menace
as Kenya Manservant
- 1934 Cleopatra
as Nubian Guard (uncredited)
- 1933 Roman Scandals
as Litter Bearer (uncredited)
- 1933 King of the Arena
as Sambo
- 1932 Haunted Gold
as Clarence Washington Brown
- 1931 Guilty Hands
as Johnny (uncredited)
- 1930 Mountain Justice
as Mose (uncredited)
- 1930 Lucky Larkin
as Hambone
- 1930 Parade of the West
as Sambo
- 1929 Welcome Danger
as Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
- 1929 Rio Rita
as Fremont Bank Robber
- 1929 Black Magic
as Unit
- 1929 Weary River
as Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
- 1928 The Phantom City
as 'Blue'
- 1928 Do Your Duty
as Dude Jackson
- 1928 Beggars of Life
as Black Mose
- 1928 The Smart Set
as Polo Fan
- 1928 Wyoming
as Mose
- 1928 There It Is
as The Butler
- 1927 The Haunted Ship
as Mose
- 1927 By Whose Hand?
as Eli
- 1927 The Blood Ship
as Negro
- 1921
- 1921 Happy Daze
as Servant
- 1920 Haunted Spooks
as Butler (uncredited)
- 1919 Rowdy Ann
as The Train Porter