Blue Washington

Blue Washington

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.

  • Title: Blue Washington
  • Popularity: 2.554
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1898-02-11
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Edgar Hughes Washington, Edgar 'Blue' Washington, Edgar Washington Blue, Edgar Blue, Edgar Hughes "Blue" Washington
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Blue Washington Movies

  • 1942
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    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    6.2 1942 HD

    Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video...

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  • 1938
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    The Cowboy and the Lady

    The Cowboy and the Lady

    6.1 1938 HD

    Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off...

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  • 1942
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    Lady for a Night

    Lady for a Night

    5.35 1942 HD

    Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.

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  • 1932
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    Haunted Gold

    Haunted Gold

    4.9 1932 HD

    John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns although her father lost his half share to Joe Ryan. Ryan...

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  • 1950
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    Tarzan and the Slave Girl

    Tarzan and the Slave Girl

    5.2 1950 HD

    The Lionians, a tribe of lion worshippers, make a desperate attempt to find a cure for the mysterious disease plaguing their village. Their Chief...

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  • 1928
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    Beggars of Life

    Beggars of Life

    7.1 1928 HD

    After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains,...

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  • 1948
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    To the Ends of the Earth

    To the Ends of the Earth

    5.6 1948 HD

    A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.

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  • 1928
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    There It Is

    There It Is

    6.737 1928 HD

    When a mysterious figure appears to cause a series of disruptions at the Frisbie Home in New York, word goes out to Scotland Yard that the Fuzz-Faced...

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  • 1928
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    The Phantom City

    The Phantom City

    5 1928 HD

    A weird letter tells our heroes to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they contend with bad guys looking for hidden gold. They are...

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  • 1937
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    Souls at Sea

    Souls at Sea

    5.9 1937 HD

    Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.

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  • 1930
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    Parade of the West

    Parade of the West

    1 1930 HD

    Bud Rand, a cowboy who is charged with the care of Little Billy Rand, accepts an offer to appear with Copeland's Wild West Show to ride a horse...

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  • 1930
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    Lucky Larkin

    Lucky Larkin

    1 1930 HD

    Colonel Lee, a homesteader, is the object of terrorists who want to drive him off the range so that his horses cannot be entered in the county races,...

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  • 1929
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    Weary River

    Weary River

    5.545 1929 HD

    A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations...

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  • 1919
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    Rowdy Ann

    Rowdy Ann

    5 1919 HD

    Ann is one tough cowgirl. After she beats up Hank, her parents send her East to college, hoping she'll come back a lady.

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  • 1937
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    Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo

    5.1 1937 HD

    In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers...

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  • 1929
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    Rio Rita

    Rio Rita

    8.5 1929 HD

    Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita, though he suspects that her brother is the...

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  • 1934
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    Menace

    Menace

    6.5 1934 HD

    A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death.

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  • 1939
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    Rose of Washington Square

    Rose of Washington Square

    5.7 1939 HD

    Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.

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  • 1939
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    Charlie Chan in Reno

    Charlie Chan in Reno

    6.2 1939 HD

    Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which...

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  • 1939
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    Way Down South

    Way Down South

    5.4 1939 HD

    In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased...

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  • 1939
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    Gone with the Wind

    Gone with the Wind

    7.939 1939 HD

    The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and...

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  • 1939
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    The Light That Failed

    The Light That Failed

    6 1939 HD

    A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.

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  • 1938
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    Kentucky

    Kentucky

    5.7 1938 HD

    Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with...

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  • 1949
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    Pinky

    Pinky

    7.1 1949 HD

    Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her...

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  • 1942
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    It Happened in Flatbush

    It Happened in Flatbush

    4.8 1942 HD

    A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser.

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  • 1931
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    Guilty Hands

    Guilty Hands

    5.8 1931 HD

    A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.

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  • 1928
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    The Smart Set

    The Smart Set

    5.6 1928 HD

    A cocky, arrogant young playboy is expelled from his American polo team shortly before the big match with England.

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  • 1941
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    A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

    A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

    4.7 1941 HD

    Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as...

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  • 1940
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    The Long Voyage Home

    The Long Voyage Home

    6.5 1940 HD

    The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.

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  • 1938
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    Over the Wall

    Over the Wall

    5 1938 HD

    When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.

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  • 1929
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    Black Magic

    Black Magic

    1 1929 HD

    On a South Seas island, "three white derelicts drink away memories of the past. After many adventures during which a girl enters the picture, the...

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  • 1933
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    King of the Arena

    King of the Arena

    1 1933 HD

    Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show...

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  • 1941
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    Sundown

    Sundown

    5.4 1941 HD

    Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.

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  • 1949
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    Bomba, the Jungle Boy

    Bomba, the Jungle Boy

    5.583 1949 HD

    George Harland and his daughter Pat are photographers who discover a wild boy in the jungle. When Pat becomes lost, Bomba brings her back, overcoming...

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  • 1929
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    Welcome Danger

    Welcome Danger

    5.1 1929 HD

    A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.

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  • 1942
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    Road to Morocco

    Road to Morocco

    6.9 1942 HD

    Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

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  • 1939
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    Twelve Crowded Hours

    Twelve Crowded Hours

    5.2 1939 HD

    An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.

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  • 1920
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    Haunted Spooks

    Haunted Spooks

    6.2 1920 HD

    After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to...

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  • 1927
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    The Blood Ship

    The Blood Ship

    1 1927 HD

    A disgraced sea captain signs on as a crewman on a cargo ship. He discovers that the vessel is captained by the very man who stole his ship, a...

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