- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 11, 1898
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- September 15, 1970
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…
Filmography
movieThe Hustler
1961
movieThe Wings of Eagles
1957 · Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
movieTarzan and the Slave Girl
1950
moviePinky
1949 · Man (uncredited)
movieBomba, the Jungle Boy
1949 · Native Bearer (uncredited)
movieTo the Ends of the Earth
1948 · Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
movieRoad to Morocco
1942 · Nubian Slave (uncredited)
movieTales of Manhattan
1942 · Shantytown Man (uncredited)
movieIt Happened in Flatbush
1942 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
movieLady for a Night
1942 · Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
movieSundown
1941 · Askari Veteran (uncredited)
movieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
movieThe Long Voyage Home
1940 · Black Cook on Glencairn
movieThe Light That Failed
1939 · Bit Part
movieGone with the Wind
1939 · Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
movieWay Down South
1939 · Slave
movieCharlie Chan in Reno
1939 · Man in Line-Up
movieRose of Washington Square
1939 · Prisoner (uncredited)
movieTwelve Crowded Hours
1939 · First Bartender (uncredited)
movieKentucky
1938 · Bill
movieThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Dock Worker (uncredited)
movieToo Hot to Handle
1938 · Native (uncredited)
movieOver the Wall
1938 · Convict Playing Guitar
movieWells Fargo
1937 · Sam - Coachman
movieSouls at Sea
1937 · Ship Slave (uncredited)
movieThe Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
movieMenace
1934 · Kenya Manservant
movieCleopatra
1934 · Nubian Guard (uncredited)
movieRoman Scandals
1933 · Litter Bearer (uncredited)
movieKing of the Arena
1933 · Sambo
movieHaunted Gold
1932 · Clarence Washington Brown
movieGuilty Hands
1931 · Johnny (uncredited)
movieLucky Larkin
1930 · Hambone
movieParade of the West
1930 · Sambo
movieWelcome Danger
1929 · Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
movieRio Rita
1929 · Fremont Bank Robber
movieBlack Magic
1929 · Unit
movieWeary River
1929 · Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
movieThe Phantom City
1928 · 'Blue'
movieDo Your Duty
1928 · Dude Jackson
movieBeggars of Life
1928 · Black Mose
movieThe Smart Set
1928 · Polo Fan
Wyoming
movieWyoming
1928 · Mose
movieThere It Is
1928 · The Butler
movieThe Haunted Ship
1927 · Mose
movieBy Whose Hand?
1927 · Eli
movieThe Blood Ship
1927 · Negro
movieA Virginia Courtship
1921
Happy Daze
movieHappy Daze
1921 · Servant
movieHaunted Spooks
1920 · Butler (uncredited)
movieRowdy Ann
1919 · The Train Porter