Blue Washington
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Bilardzista
Film • 1961
jako (uncredited)
Na skrzydłach orłów
Film • 1957
jako Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Film • 1950
Pinky
Film • 1949
jako Man (uncredited)
Bomba, the Jungle Boy
Film • 1949
jako Native Bearer (uncredited)
To the Ends of the Earth
Film • 1948
jako Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
Film • 1942
jako Nubian Slave (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan
Film • 1942
jako Shantytown Man (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
Film • 1942
jako Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
Film • 1942
jako Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
Sundown
Film • 1941
jako Askari Veteran (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Film • 1941
jako Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
Długa podróż do domu
Film • 1940
jako Black Cook on Glencairn
The Light That Failed
Film • 1939
jako Bit Part
Przeminęło z wiatrem
Film • 1939
jako Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
Way Down South
Film • 1939
jako Slave
Charlie Chan in Reno
Film • 1939
jako Man in Line-Up
Rose of Washington Square
Film • 1939
jako Prisoner (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
Film • 1939
jako First Bartender (uncredited)
Kentucky
Film • 1938
jako Bill
Kowboj i dama
Film • 1938
jako Dock Worker (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Film • 1938
jako Native (uncredited)
Over the Wall
Film • 1938
jako Convict Playing Guitar
Wells Fargo
Film • 1937
jako Sam - Coachman
Souls at Sea
Film • 1937
jako Ship Slave (uncredited)
Więzień na wyspie rekinów
Film • 1936
jako Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Menace
Film • 1934
jako Kenya Manservant
Cleopatra
Film • 1934
jako Nubian Guard (uncredited)
Roman Scandals
Film • 1933
jako Litter Bearer (uncredited)
King of the Arena
Film • 1933
jako Sambo
Haunted Gold
Film • 1932
jako Clarence Washington Brown
Guilty Hands
Film • 1931
jako Johnny (uncredited)
Mountain Justice
Film • 1930
jako Mose (uncredited)
Lucky Larkin
Film • 1930
jako Hambone
Parade of the West
Film • 1930
jako Sambo
Welcome Danger
Film • 1929
jako Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
Rio Rita
Film • 1929
jako Fremont Bank Robber
Black Magic
Film • 1929
jako Unit
Weary River
Film • 1929
jako Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
The Phantom City
Film • 1928
jako 'Blue'
Do Your Duty
Film • 1928
jako Dude Jackson
Ludzie bezdomni
Film • 1928
jako Black Mose
The Smart Set
Film • 1928
jako Polo Fan
Wyoming
Film • 1928
jako Mose
There It Is
Film • 1928
jako The Butler
The Haunted Ship
Film • 1927
jako Mose
By Whose Hand?
Film • 1927
jako Eli
The Blood Ship
Film • 1927
jako Negro
A Virginia Courtship
Film • 1921
Happy Daze
Film • 1921
jako Servant
Haunted Spooks
Film • 1920
jako Butler (uncredited)
Rowdy Ann
Film • 1919
jako The Train Porter