Blue Washington
Acting
Born 1898-02-11
Died 1970-09-15
Los Angeles, California, USA
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
49 credits
Gone with the Wind
The Hustler
Pinky
The Long Voyage Home
Cleopatra
The Wings of Eagles
Wells Fargo
Too Hot to Handle
Road to Morocco
The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Cowboy and the Lady
Tales of Manhattan
Roman Scandals
Sundown
Souls at Sea
Lady for a Night
Rowdy Ann
Guilty Hands
Rio Rita
The Light That Failed
Rose of Washington Square
To the Ends of the Earth
Welcome Danger
Beggars of Life
Haunted Gold
Weary River
Way Down South
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Over the Wall
The Haunted Ship
Twelve Crowded Hours
Kentucky
Charlie Chan in Reno
There It Is
King of the Arena
Menace
Lucky Larkin
Happy Daze
By Whose Hand?
Bomba, the Jungle Boy
Haunted Spooks
Parade of the West
The Blood Ship
It Happened in Flatbush
The Phantom City
The Smart Set
Black Magic
Wyoming
Do Your Duty
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