
Acting
Born February 11, 1898 · 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. 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.

The Hustler
1961

Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950

Pinky
1949

Bomba, the Jungle Boy
1949

To the Ends of the Earth
1948

Road to Morocco
1942

Tales of Manhattan
1942

It Happened in Flatbush
1942

Lady for a Night
1942

Sundown
1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941

The Long Voyage Home
1940

The Light That Failed
1939

Gone with the Wind
1939

Way Down South
1939

Charlie Chan in Reno
1939

Rose of Washington Square
1939

Twelve Crowded Hours
1939

Kentucky
1938

The Cowboy and the Lady
1938

Too Hot to Handle
1938

Over the Wall
1938

Wells Fargo
1937

Souls at Sea
1937

The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936

Menace
1934

Cleopatra
1934

Roman Scandals
1933

King of the Arena
1933

Haunted Gold
1932

Guilty Hands
1931

Lucky Larkin
1930

Parade of the West
1930

Welcome Danger
1929

Rio Rita
1929

Black Magic
1929

Weary River
1929

The Phantom City
1928

Do Your Duty
1928

Beggars of Life
1928

The Smart Set
1928
Wyoming
1928

There It Is
1928

The Haunted Ship
1927

By Whose Hand?
1927

The Blood Ship
1927

A Virginia Courtship
1921

Haunted Spooks
1920

Rowdy Ann
1919