Blue Washington
1898-02-11 ( 127 years old ) 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. 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.

Movies

Tarzan and the Slave Girl 1950-06-23
Pinky 1949-09-28
Bomba, the Jungle Boy 1949-03-20
To the Ends of the Earth 1948-02-07
Road to Morocco 1942-11-10
Tales of Manhattan 1942-08-05
It Happened in Flatbush 1942-05-28
Lady for a Night 1942-01-05
Sundown 1941-10-31
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob 1941-03-14
The Long Voyage Home 1940-11-16
The Light That Failed 1939-12-24
Gone with the Wind 1939-12-15
Way Down South 1939-07-21
Charlie Chan in Reno 1939-06-16
Rose of Washington Square 1939-05-05
Twelve Crowded Hours 1939-02-23
Kentucky 1938-12-30
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938-11-17
Over the Wall 1938-04-02
Wells Fargo 1937-12-31
Souls at Sea 1937-09-03
Menace 1934-11-22
King of the Arena 1933-06-01
Haunted Gold 1932-12-17
Guilty Hands 1931-08-22
Lucky Larkin 1930-02-01
Parade of the West 1930-01-19
Welcome Danger 1929-10-12
Rio Rita 1929-09-15
Black Magic 1929-07-06
Weary River 1929-02-10
The Phantom City 1928-12-27
Beggars of Life 1928-09-22
The Smart Set 1928-03-24
There It Is 1928-01-01
The Haunted Ship 1927-12-01
The Blood Ship 1927-07-18
Haunted Spooks 1920-03-14
Rowdy Ann 1919-05-24

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