Blue Washington
Acting • Born 1898-02-11 – Died 1970-09-15
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
49 credits
Tales of Manhattan
Movie • 1942
Shantytown Man (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie • 1938
Dock Worker (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
Movie • 1942
Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
Haunted Gold
Movie • 1932
Clarence Washington Brown
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Movie • 1950
Beggars of Life
Movie • 1928
Black Mose
To the Ends of the Earth
Movie • 1948
Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
There It Is
Movie • 1928
The Butler
The Phantom City
Movie • 1928
'Blue'
Souls at Sea
Movie • 1937
Ship Slave (uncredited)
Parade of the West
Movie • 1930
Sambo
Lucky Larkin
Movie • 1930
Hambone
Weary River
Movie • 1929
Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
Rowdy Ann
Movie • 1919
The Train Porter
Wells Fargo
Movie • 1937
Sam - Coachman
Rio Rita
Movie • 1929
Fremont Bank Robber
Menace
Movie • 1934
Kenya Manservant
Rose of Washington Square
Movie • 1939
Prisoner (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Reno
Movie • 1939
Man in Line-Up
Way Down South
Movie • 1939
Slave
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
The Light That Failed
Movie • 1939
Bit Part
Kentucky
Movie • 1938
Bill
Pinky
Movie • 1949
Man (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
Movie • 1942
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Guilty Hands
Movie • 1931
Johnny (uncredited)
The Smart Set
Movie • 1928
Polo Fan
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie • 1941
Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
The Long Voyage Home
Movie • 1940
Black Cook on Glencairn
Over the Wall
Movie • 1938
Convict Playing Guitar
Black Magic
Movie • 1929
Unit
King of the Arena
Movie • 1933
Sambo
Sundown
Movie • 1941
Askari Veteran (uncredited)
Bomba, the Jungle Boy
Movie • 1949
Native Bearer (uncredited)
Welcome Danger
Movie • 1929
Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
Movie • 1942
Nubian Slave (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
Movie • 1939
First Bartender (uncredited)
Haunted Spooks
Movie • 1920
Butler (uncredited)
The Blood Ship
Movie • 1927
Negro
The Haunted Ship
Movie • 1927
Mose
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie • 1936
Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Cleopatra
Movie • 1934
Nubian Guard (uncredited)
The Hustler
Movie • 1961
Do Your Duty
Movie • 1928
Dude Jackson
Wyoming
Movie • 1928
Mose
Roman Scandals
Movie • 1933
Litter Bearer (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1938
Native (uncredited)
A Virginia Courtship
Movie • 1921
By Whose Hand?
Movie • 1927
Eli