Blue Washington
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- 11 febbraio 1898 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- 15 settembre 1970
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.
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Filmografia
- Lo spaccone · Limping Attendant at Ames Billiards (uncredited)
- Le ali delle aquile · Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
- Tarzan e le schiave
- Pinky, la negra bianca · Man (uncredited)
- Bomba, the Jungle Boy · Native Bearer (uncredited)
- Oppio · Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
- Avventura al Marocco · Nubian Slave (uncredited)
- Destino · Shantytown Man (uncredited)
- It Happened in Flatbush · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Signora per una notte · Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
- Inferno nel deserto · Askari Veteran (uncredited)
- A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob · Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
- Lungo viaggio di ritorno · Black Cook on Glencairn
- La luce che si spense · Bit Part
- Via col vento · Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
- Way Down South · Slave
- Charlie Chan a Reno · Man in Line-Up
- La rosa di Washington · Prisoner (uncredited)
- Twelve Crowded Hours · First Bartender (uncredited)
- Kentucky · Bill
- La dama e il cowboy · Dock Worker (uncredited)
- L'amico pubblico nº 1 · Native (uncredited)
- Muraglia inviolabile · Convict Playing Guitar
- Un mondo che sorge · Sam - Coachman
- Anime sul mare · Ship Slave (uncredited)
- Il prigioniero dell'isola degli squali · Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
- Menace · Kenya Manservant
- Cleopatra · Nubian Guard (uncredited)
- Il museo degli scandali · Litter Bearer (uncredited)
- King of the Arena · Sambo
- Haunted Gold · Clarence Washington Brown
- Guilty Hands · Johnny (uncredited)
- Mountain Justice · Mose (uncredited)
- Lucky Larkin · Hambone
- Parade of the West · Sambo
- Welcome Danger · Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
- Rio Rita · Fremont Bank Robber
- Black Magic · Unit
- Il fiume stanco · Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
- The Phantom City · 'Blue'
- Do Your Duty · Dude Jackson
- Beggars of Life · Black Mose
- The Smart Set · Polo Fan
- Wyoming · Mose
- There It Is · The Butler
- The Haunted Ship · Mose
- By Whose Hand? · Eli
- The Blood Ship · Negro
- A Virginia Courtship
- Happy Daze · Servant
- Haunted Spooks · Butler (uncredited)
- Rowdy Ann · The Train Porter