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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 11, 1898
Died
September 15, 1970
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Edgar Hughes Washington
- Edgar 'Blue' Washington
- Edgar Washington Blue
- Edgar Blue
- Edgar Hughes "Blue" Washington
Blue Washington
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.7
The Hustler
1961
5.4
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950
7.1
Man (uncredited)
Pinky
1949
5.5
Native Bearer (uncredited)
Bomba, the Jungle Boy
1949
5.7
Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
6.9
Nubian Slave (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
1942
6.2
Shantytown Man (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan
1942
4.8
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
5.2
Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
1942
5.4
Askari Veteran (uncredited)
Sundown
1941
Credits
The Hustler
1961
7.7
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950
5.4
Pinky
as Man (uncredited)
1949
7.1
Bomba, the Jungle Boy
as Native Bearer (uncredited)
1949
5.5
To the Ends of the Earth
as Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
1948
5.7
Road to Morocco
as Nubian Slave (uncredited)
1942
6.9
Tales of Manhattan
as Shantytown Man (uncredited)
1942
6.2
It Happened in Flatbush
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1942
4.8
Lady for a Night
as Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
1942
5.2
Sundown
as Askari Veteran (uncredited)
1941
5.4
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
1941
4.7
The Long Voyage Home
as Black Cook on Glencairn
1940
6.6
The Light That Failed
as Bit Part
1939
6.0
Gone with the Wind
as Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
1939
7.9
Way Down South
as Slave
1939
5.8
Charlie Chan in Reno
as Man in Line-Up
1939
6.3
Rose of Washington Square
as Prisoner (uncredited)
1939
5.8
Twelve Crowded Hours
as First Bartender (uncredited)
1939
5.2
Kentucky
as Bill
1938
5.8
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Dock Worker (uncredited)
1938
6.3
Too Hot to Handle
as Native (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Over the Wall
as Convict Playing Guitar
1938
5.0
Wells Fargo
as Sam - Coachman
1937
5.2
Souls at Sea
as Ship Slave (uncredited)
1937
6.3
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
1936
6.8
Menace
as Kenya Manservant
1934
6.3
Cleopatra
as Nubian Guard (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Roman Scandals
as Litter Bearer (uncredited)
1933
5.8
King of the Arena
as Sambo
1933
0.0
Haunted Gold
as Clarence Washington Brown
1932
5.0
Guilty Hands
as Johnny (uncredited)
1931
5.9
Lucky Larkin
as Hambone
1930
0.0
Parade of the West
as Sambo
1930
0.0
Welcome Danger
as Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
1929
4.9
Rio Rita
as Fremont Bank Robber
1929
8.0
Black Magic
as Unit
1929
0.0
Weary River
as Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
1929
5.7
The Phantom City
as 'Blue'
1928
5.0
Do Your Duty
as Dude Jackson
1928
0.0
Beggars of Life
as Black Mose
1928
7.1
The Smart Set
as Polo Fan
1928
5.6
🎬
Wyoming
as Mose
1928
0.0
There It Is
as The Butler
1928
6.8
The Haunted Ship
as Mose
1927
0.0
The Blood Ship
as Negro
1927
7.0
A Virginia Courtship
1921
0.0
Haunted Spooks
as Butler (uncredited)
1920
6.3
Rowdy Ann
as The Train Porter
1919
5.0