Blue Washington
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.
Acted in
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950
Pinky
1949
as Man (uncredited)
Bomba, the Jungle Boy
1949
as Native Bearer (uncredited)
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
as Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
1942
as Nubian Slave (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Shantytown Man (Robeson sequence) (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
1942
as Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
Sundown
1941
as Askari Veteran (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Black Cook on Glencairn
The Light That Failed
1939
as Bit Part
Way Down South
1939
as Slave
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
as Man in Line-Up
Rose of Washington Square
1939
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
as First Bartender (uncredited)
Kentucky
1938
as Bill
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Dock Worker (uncredited)
Over the Wall
1938
as Convict Playing Guitar
Wells Fargo
1937
as Sam - Coachman
Souls at Sea
1937
as Ship Slave (uncredited)
Menace
1934
as Kenya Manservant
King of the Arena
1933
as Sambo
Haunted Gold
1932
as Clarence Washington Brown
Guilty Hands
1931
as Johnny (uncredited)
Lucky Larkin
1930
as Hambone
Parade of the West
1930
as Sambo
Welcome Danger
1929
as Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
Rio Rita
1929
as Fremont Bank Robber
Black Magic
1929
as Unit
Weary River
1929
as Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
The Phantom City
1928
as 'Blue'
Beggars of Life
1928
as Black Mose
The Smart Set
1928
as Polo Fan
There It Is
1928
as The Butler
The Blood Ship
1927
as Negro
Haunted Spooks
1920
as Butler (uncredited)
Rowdy Ann
1919
as The Train Porter