
Blue Washington
Known for ActingBorn 1898-02-11Died 1970-09-15Los Angeles, California, USA
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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King of the Arena
1933 · Movie
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Lucky Larkin
1930 · Movie
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Black Magic
1929 · Movie
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A Virginia Courtship
1921 · Movie
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Parade of the West
1930 · Movie
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By Whose Hand?
1927 · Movie
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Rio Rita
1929 · Movie
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Gone with the Wind
1939 · Movie
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The Hustler
1961 · Movie
Wyoming
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Wyoming
1928 · Movie
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The Haunted Ship
1927 · Movie
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The Blood Ship
1927 · Movie
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Pinky
1949 · Movie
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Beggars of Life
1928 · Movie
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Road to Morocco
1942 · Movie
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Do Your Duty
1928 · Movie
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Movie
Happy Daze
★ 7.0View details →
Happy Daze
1921 · Movie
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There It Is
1928 · Movie
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Rose of Washington Square
1939 · Movie
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The Long Voyage Home
1940 · Movie
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Souls at Sea
1937 · Movie
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Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Movie
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Charlie Chan in Reno
1939 · Movie
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Way Down South
1939 · Movie
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Menace
1934 · Movie
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The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Movie
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Haunted Spooks
1920 · Movie
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Twelve Crowded Hours
1939 · Movie
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Kentucky
1938 · Movie
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Too Hot to Handle
1938 · Movie
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Cleopatra
1934 · Movie
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To the Ends of the Earth
1948 · Movie
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The Smart Set
1928 · Movie
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Bomba, the Jungle Boy
1949 · Movie
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Guilty Hands
1931 · Movie
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Roman Scandals
1933 · Movie
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The Light That Failed
1939 · Movie
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Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950 · Movie
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Weary River
1929 · Movie
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Over the Wall
1938 · Movie
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Sundown
1941 · Movie
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Lady for a Night
1942 · Movie
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A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Movie
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Wells Fargo
1937 · Movie
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It Happened in Flatbush
1942 · Movie
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The Phantom City
1928 · Movie
★ 5.4View details →
Rowdy Ann
1919 · Movie