Blue Washington

Personal Info

Birthday

February 11, 1898

Day of Death

1970-09-15

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Edgar Hughes Washington

Edgar 'Blue' Washington

Edgar Washington Blue

Edgar Blue

Edgar Hughes "Blue" Washington

Blue Washington

Biography

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.

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Haunted Gold

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Cleopatra

Pinky

The Cowboy and the Lady

Wells Fargo

The Long Voyage Home

Filmography

1949
Pinky
as Man (uncredited)
Bomba, the Jungle Boy
as Native Bearer (uncredited)
1948
To the Ends of the Earth
as Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
1942
Road to Morocco
as Nubian Slave (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan
as Shantytown Man (Robeson sequence) (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
as Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
1941
Sundown
as Askari Veteran (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
1940
The Long Voyage Home
as Black Cook on Glencairn
1939
The Light That Failed
as Bit Part
Gone with the Wind
as Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
Way Down South
as Slave
Charlie Chan in Reno
as Man in Line-Up
Rose of Washington Square
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
as First Bartender (uncredited)
1938
Kentucky
as Bill
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Dock Worker (uncredited)
Over the Wall
as Convict Playing Guitar
1937
Wells Fargo
as Sam - Coachman
Souls at Sea
as Ship Slave (uncredited)
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Black Soldier at Prison
1934
Menace
as Kenya Manservant
Cleopatra
as Nubian Guard (uncredited)
1933
King of the Arena
as Sambo
1932
Haunted Gold
as Clarence Washington Brown
1931
Guilty Hands
as Johnny (uncredited)
1930
Lucky Larkin
as Hambone
Parade of the West
as Sambo
1929
Welcome Danger
as Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
Rio Rita
as Fremont Bank Robber
Black Magic
as Unit
Weary River
as Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
1928
The Phantom City
as 'Blue'
Beggars of Life
as Black Mose
The Smart Set
as Polo Fan
There It Is
as The Butler
1927
The Haunted Ship
as Mose
The Blood Ship
as Negro
1920
Haunted Spooks
as Butler (uncredited)
1919
Rowdy Ann
as The Train Porter