Blue Washington
Born: 1898-02-11 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 1970-09-15
Known For: Acting
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. 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.
Filmography
1961
1949
- Pinky as Man (uncredited)
- 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)
- Tales of Manhattan as Shantytown Man (uncredited)
- Lady for a Night as Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
- It Happened in Flatbush as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1941
- Sundown as Askari Veteran (uncredited)
- A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
1940
- The Long Voyage Home as Black Cook on Glencairn
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan in Reno as Man in Line-Up
- Way Down South as Slave
- Rose of Washington Square as Prisoner (uncredited)
- The Light That Failed as Bit Part
- Twelve Crowded Hours as First Bartender (uncredited)
1938
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Dock Worker (uncredited)
- Too Hot to Handle as Native (uncredited)
- Kentucky as Bill
- Over the Wall as Convict Playing Guitar
1937
- Wells Fargo as Sam - Coachman
- Souls at Sea as Ship Slave (uncredited)
1936
- The Prisoner of Shark Island as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
1933
- Roman Scandals as Litter Bearer (uncredited)
- King of the Arena as Sambo
1932
- Haunted Gold as Clarence Washington Brown
1931
- Guilty Hands as Johnny (uncredited)
1930
- Lucky Larkin as Hambone
- Parade of the West as Sambo
1929
- Weary River as Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
- Rio Rita as Fremont Bank Robber
- Black Magic as Unit
- Welcome Danger as Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
1928
- Beggars of Life as Black Mose
- There It Is as The Butler
- Do Your Duty as Dude Jackson
- The Phantom City as 'Blue'
- The Smart Set as Polo Fan
- Wyoming as Mose
1927
- The Haunted Ship as Mose
- The Blood Ship as Negro
- By Whose Hand? as Eli
1921
- A Virginia Courtship
- Happy Daze as Servant
1920
- Haunted Spooks as Butler (uncredited)
1919
- Rowdy Ann as The Train Porter