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