Blue Washington
Actor
Born February 11, 1898 in Los 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.
Filmography
The Hustler
The Wings of Eagles
Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Pinky
Man (uncredited)
Bomba, the Jungle Boy
Native Bearer (uncredited)
To the Ends of the Earth
Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
Nubian Slave (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan
Shantytown Man (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
Sundown
Askari Veteran (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
The Long Voyage Home
Black Cook on Glencairn
The Light That Failed
Bit Part
Gone with the Wind
Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
Way Down South
Slave
Charlie Chan in Reno
Man in Line-Up
Rose of Washington Square
Prisoner (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
First Bartender (uncredited)
Kentucky
Bill
The Cowboy and the Lady
Dock Worker (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Native (uncredited)
Over the Wall
Convict Playing Guitar
Wells Fargo
Sam - Coachman
Souls at Sea
Ship Slave (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Menace
Kenya Manservant
Cleopatra
Nubian Guard (uncredited)
Roman Scandals
Litter Bearer (uncredited)
King of the Arena
Sambo
Haunted Gold
Clarence Washington Brown
Guilty Hands
Johnny (uncredited)
Lucky Larkin
Hambone
Parade of the West
Sambo
Welcome Danger
Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
Rio Rita
Fremont Bank Robber
Black Magic
Unit
Weary River
Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
The Phantom City
'Blue'
Do Your Duty
Dude Jackson
Beggars of Life
Black Mose
The Smart Set
Polo Fan
There It Is
The Butler
The Haunted Ship
Mose
By Whose Hand?
Eli
The Blood Ship
Negro
A Virginia Courtship
Haunted Spooks
Butler (uncredited)
Rowdy Ann
The Train Porter