Blue Washington
Actor/Actriz
48
Movies
0
TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
Lo que el viento se llevó
Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
El Jugador
Prisionero del odio
Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Pinky
Man (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
Nubian Slave (uncredited)
Cleopatra
Nubian Guard (uncredited)
Weary River
Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
The Long Voyage Home
Black Cook on Glencairn
Cuando Muere el Día
Askari Veteran (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan
Shantytown Man (uncredited)
Guilty Hands
Johnny (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
Souls at Sea
Ship Slave (uncredited)
El vaquero y la dama
Dock Worker (uncredited)
To the Ends of the Earth
Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
Sam - Coachman
There It Is
The Butler
Roman Scandals
Litter Bearer (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Native (uncredited)
Haunted Gold
Clarence Washington Brown
Tarzán al rescate
The Light That Failed
Bit Part
Rio Rita
Fremont Bank Robber
Charlie Chan in Reno
Man in Line-Up
Kentucky
Bill
The Haunted Ship
Mose
Lucky Larkin
Hambone
Rose of Washington Square
Prisoner (uncredited)
Menace
Kenya Manservant
Way Down South
Slave