Edgar Hughes "Blue" Washington (12 February 1898 – 15 September 1970) was an American actor and

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player who played in the

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from 1915 to 1920 as a pitcher and first baseman.

Baseball career

Washington started his baseball career as a pitcher with the

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in 1915. He remained with Chicago in 1916. He later played with the

Kansas City Monarchs The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 193 ...

in 1920, appearing in 24 documented major league games.

Acting career

He appeared in 74 films between

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and

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, mostly playing small, uncredited roles as a porter, a bartender, an African native (as in ''

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'' (1933) and ''

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'' (1949), a cook, a chauffeur, a ship's crew member, a

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slave, and a doorman. Some of his characters had names such as "Ulambo", "Sambo" (

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) and "Hambone". In the 1933 film ''

Haunted Gold ''Haunted Gold'' is a 1932 Pre-Production Code, American Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring John Wayne. It is a remake of the 1928 film ''The Phantom City'', starring Ken Maynard and his horse Tarzan. Filmed in 1932, two years ...

'', he portrayed Clarence,

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's comic sidekick. He had uncredited appearances in '' Birth of a Nation'' (1915) and ''

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'' (1939).

Personal

Washington was the son of Susie Washington and had three siblings. He became a

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at age 14 with the

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of "Kid Blue." His separated from his partner Marian Lenàn when their son Kenny was two years old. He was given the nickname "Blue" by film director

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when both were kids. Washington's son, Kenny Washington, a standout athlete at

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where he was a teammate of

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, broke the

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in the

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in 1946.

Filmography

* ''

Haunted Spooks ''Haunted Spooks'' is a 1920 American silent Southern Gothic comedy film produced and co-directed by Hal Roach, starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis. Plot The action in ''Haunted Spooks'' centres around Harold's romantic problems. It is se ...

'' (1920, Short) as Butler (film debut) (uncredited) * '' A Virginia Courtship'' (1921) * ''

The Blood Ship ''The Blood Ship'' is a 1927 silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Hobart Bosworth, Jacqueline Logan and Richard Arlen. It is based on the 1922 novel ''The Blood Ship'' by Norman Springer, later remade by Seitz as the 1931 so ...

'' (1927) as Minor Role * '' By Whose Hand?'' (1927) as Eli * ''

The Haunted Ship ''The Haunted Ship'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Forrest Sheldon and starring Dorothy Sebastian, Montagu Love and Tom Santschi.Munden p.327 It is based on a story ''White and Yellow'' by Jack London. Cast * Dorothy Sebastia ...

'' (1927) as Mose * ''

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'' (1928) as Polo Fan (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1928) as Mose * ''

Ransom Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or the sum of money involved in such a practice. When ransom means "payment", the word comes via Old French ''rançon'' from Latin ''red ...

'' (1928) as Oliver * ''

Beggars of Life ''Beggars of Life'' is an American film directed by William Wellman and starring Wallace Beery and Richard Arlen as hobos, and Louise Brooks as a young woman who dresses as a young man and flees the law. The film is regarded as Brooks's best Ame ...

'' (1928) as Black Mose * '' Do Your Duty'' (1928) as Dude Jackson * ''

The Passion Song ''The Passion Song'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and starring Gertrude Olmstead, Noah Beery and Gordon Elliott.Munden p.476 Plot In England, two former South African prospectors become involved in a love tri ...

'' (1928) as Ulambo * ''

The Phantom City ''The Phantom City'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Adele Buffington and Fred Allen. The film stars Ken Maynard, Eugenia Gilbert, James Mason, Charles Hill Mailes, Jack McDonald and Blue Was ...

'' (1928) as 'Blue' * ''

Weary River ''Weary River'' is a 1929 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, and William Holden (no relation to William Holden, star of such films as ''Sunset Boulevard''). Produced and distri ...

'' (1929) as Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1929) as Unit * ''

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'' (1929) as Church Member (uncredited) * '' Rio Rita'' (1929) as Fremont Bank Robber (uncredited) * ''

Welcome Danger ''Welcome Danger'' is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring Harold Lloyd. A sound version and silent version were filmed. Ted Wilde began work on the silent version, but became ill and was replaced by Bruck ...

'' (1929) as Thorne's Black Henchman (uncredited) * ''

Parade of the West ''Parade of the West'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell, Otis Harlan, Jack Hanlon, Frank Rice and Fred Burns. Th ...

'' (1930) as Sambo * ''

Lucky Larkin Lucky Larkin is a 1930 American pre-Code synchronized sound Western (genre), Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Marion Jackson and Leslie Mason. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musi ...

'' (1930) as Hambone * '' Mountain Justice'' (1930) as Mose (uncredited) * ''

The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa ''The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa'' is an American pre-Code comedy film.

'' (1930) as Native Golf Champion (uncredited) * ''

Desert Vengeance ''Desert Vengeance'' is a 1931 American western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford (actress), Barbara Bedford and Douglas Gilmore.Pitts p.86 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Cast * Buck Jones ...

'' (1931) as Train Porter (uncredited) * '' Kiki'' (1931) (uncredited) * ''

Guilty Hands ''Guilty Hands'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film starring Lionel Barrymore, Kay Francis and Madge Evans and directed by W. S. Van Dyke, with uncredited assistance from Barrymore. The story concerns an attorney who murders a man who w ...

'' (1931) as Johnny (uncredited) * ''

'' (1932) as Clarence * ''

'' (1933) as Warrior (uncredited) * ''

King of the Arena ''King of the Arena'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by Alan James. The film stars Ken Maynard, Lucile Browne, John St. Polis, Bob Kortman, Michael Visaroff and James A. Marcus. The film was released on June 1, ...

'' (1933) as Sambo (uncredited) * ''

Her Bodyguard ''Her Bodyguard'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Edmund Lowe, Wynne Gibson and Edward Arnold.Marshall p.315-16 Cast * Edmund Lowe as Casey McCarthy * Wynne Gibson as Margot Brienne * Edwa ...

'' (1933) as Chauffeur (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1933) as Train Porter (uncredited) * '' Goodbye Love'' (1933) as Jail Steward (uncredited) * ''

Roman Scandals ''Roman Scandals'' is a 1933 American black-and-white pre-Code musical film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was directed by Frank Tuttle. The film features a number of intricate production ...

'' (1933) as Litter Bearer (uncredited) * ''

Belle of the Nineties ''Belle of the Nineties'' is a 1934 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Leo McCarey and released by Paramount Pictures. Mae West's fourth motion picture, it was based on her original story ''It Ain't No Sin'', which was also to b ...

'' (1934) as Doorman at Sensation House (uncredited) * '' Menace'' (1934) as Kenya Manservant (uncredited) * ''

The Whole Town's Talking ''The Whole Town's Talking'' (released in the UK as ''Passport to Fame'') is a 1935 American comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a law-abiding man who bears a striking resemblance to a killer, with Jean Arthur as his love interest. It w ...

'' (1935) as Bank Doorman (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1935) as One of Saladin's Guards (uncredited) * '' The Virginia Judge'' (1935) as 1st Black Man (uncredited) * ''

Annie Oakley Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Oakley developed hunting skills as a child to provide for her impoverished family in western ...

'' (1935) as Cook (uncredited) * ''

Escape from Devil's Island ''Escape from Devil's Island'' is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Earle Snell and Fred Niblo Jr. The film stars Victor Jory, Florence Rice, Norman Foster, Stanley Andrews, Daniel L. Haynes and Herbert ...

'' (1935) as Convict (uncredited) * ''

The Prisoner of Shark Island ''The Prisoner of Shark Island'' is a 1936 American drama film loosely based on the life of Maryland physician Samuel Mudd, who treated the injured presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth and later spent time in prison after his controversial co ...

'' (1936) as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited) * ''

The Plainsman ''The Plainsman'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. The film presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jan ...

'' (1936) as Black Man Dropping Box (uncredited) * ''

White Hunter White hunter is a literary term used for professional big game hunting, big game hunters of European or North American backgrounds who plied their trade in Africa, especially during the first half of the 20th century. The activity continues in t ...

'' (1936) as Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Nancy Steele Is Missing! ''Nancy Steele Is Missing!'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by George Marshall and Otto Preminger and starring Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly and Peter Lorre.Thomas p.83 The film's sets were designed by the British art director Hans P ...

'' (1937) as Convict (uncredited) * ''

Souls at Sea ''Souls at Sea'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper and George Raft. Based on a story by Ted Lesser, the film is about a first mate on a slave ship who frees the slaves on the ship after a mutiny ...

'' (1937) as Ship Slave (uncredited) * ''

Charlie Chan on Broadway ''Charlie Chan on Broadway'' (1937) is a Charlie Chan film. This is the 15th film starring Oland as Chan and produced by Fox. Plot While Charlie Chan and his number one son, Lee, are aboard a New York-bound transatlantic liner returning from Ger ...

'' (1937) as Doorman at Hottentot Club (uncredited) * ''

Ali Baba Goes to Town ''Ali Baba Goes to Town'' is a 1937 musical film directed by David Butler and starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making th ...

'' (1937) as Arab (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1937) as Sam - Coachman (uncredited) * ''

Tarzan's Revenge ''Tarzan's Revenge'' is a 1938 American adventure film starring Glenn Morris in his only outing as Tarzan. Eleanor Holm, a popular swimming star, co-starred as Eleanor Reed. The film was produced by Sol Lesser, written by Robert Lee Johnson and ...

'' (1938) as Bearer Bringing Olaf Poison Darts (uncredited) * '' Over the Wall'' (1938) as Convict Playing Guitar (uncredited) * '' Too Hot to Handle'' (1938) as Native (uncredited) * '' The Cowboy and the Lady'' (1938) as Dock Worker (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1938) as Bill (uncredited) * ''

Charlie Chan in Honolulu ''Charlie Chan in Honolulu'' is a 1939 American film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan. The film is the first appearance of both Toler as Chan and Victor Sen Yung as " ...

'' (1939) as Crewman (uncredited) * ''

Twelve Crowded Hours ''Twelve Crowded Hours'' is a 1939 film directed by Lew Landers and starring Richard Dix and Lucille Ball. Plot When the brother of his girlfriend Paula Sanders is accused of murder, reporter Nick Green tries to clear him. He suspects gangster G ...

'' (1939) as First Bartender (uncredited) * ''

Rose of Washington Square ''Rose of Washington Square'' is a 1939 American musical drama film, featuring the already well-known popular song with the same title. Set in 1920s New York City, the film focuses on singer Rose Sargent and her turbulent relationship with con art ...

'' (1939) as Prisoner (uncredited) * ''

Charlie Chan in Reno ''Charlie Chan in Reno'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie. Plot Mary W ...

'' (1939) as Man in Line-Up (uncredited) * '' Way Down South'' (1939) as Slave (uncredited) * ''

'' (1939) as Renegade's Companion (uncredited) * ''

The Light That Failed ''The Light That Failed'' is the first novel by the Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling, first published in ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'' in January 1891. Most of the novel is set in London, but many important events through ...

'' (1939) as Bit Part (uncredited) * ''

The Long Voyage Home ''The Long Voyage Home'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell and Ian Hunter. It features Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson, John Qualen, Mildred Natwick, and Ward Bond, among others. The f ...

'' (1940) as Black Cook on Glencairn (uncredited) * ''

A Girl, a Guy and a Gob ''A Girl, a Guy and a Gob'' is a 1941 film produced by Harold Lloyd and starring George Murphy, Lucille Ball, and Edmond O'Brien. Plot summary When Stephen Herrick, a sedate, mild-mannered shipping magnate, loses his opera tickets, Mrs. Grange, ...

'' (1941) as Opera House Doorman (uncredited) * '' Sundown'' (1941) as Askari Veteran (uncredited) * ''

Lady for a Night ''Lady for a Night'' is a 1942 American drama film starring Joan Blondell and John Wayne. The World War II B-17 bomber the ''Memphis Belle'' is named after a steamboat in this film. It is also known as ''The Lady from New Orleans'', ''Memphis ...

'' (1942) as Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited) * ''

Law of the Jungle "The law of the jungle" (also called jungle law) is an expression that has come to describe a scenario where "anything goes". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the Law of the Jungle as "''the code of survival in jungle life'', now usual ...

'' (1942) as Native (uncredited) * ''

Drums of the Congo ''Drums of the Congo'' is a 1942 American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Ona Munson, Stuart Erwin, and Peggy Moran, and was released on July 17, 1942. Cast list * Ona Munson as Dr. Ann Montgomery * Stuart Erwin as Congo Ja ...

'' (1942) as Native Bearer (uncredited) * ''

It Happened in Flatbush ''It Happened in Flatbush'' is a 1942 American sports film directed by Ray McCarey and starring Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis and Sara Allgood. The film is a baseball comedy inspired by the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers' pennant win. This film's sets we ...

'' (1942) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) * ''

Tales of Manhattan ''Tales of Manhattan'' is a 1942 American anthology film directed by Julien Duvivier. Thirteen writers, including Ben Hecht, Alan Campbell, Ferenc Molnár, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Donald Ogden Stewart, worked on the six stories in this film. Ba ...

'' (1942) as Shantytown Man (Robeson sequence) (uncredited) * ''

Road to Morocco ''Road to Morocco'' is a 1942 American comedy film starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, and featuring Anthony Quinn and Dona Drake. The film, which was written by Frank Butler and Don Hartman and directed by David Butler for Para ...

'' (1942) as Nubian Slave (uncredited) * ''

To the Ends of the Earth ''To the Ends of the Earth'' is the title given to a trilogy of nautical, relational novels—''Rites of Passage'' (1980), ''Close Quarters'' (1987), and ''Fire Down Below'' (1989)—by British author William Golding. Set on a former British ...

'' (1948) as Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited) * ''

'' (1949) as Native Bearer (uncredited) * ''

Africa Screams ''Africa Screams'' is a 1949 American Adventure film, adventure comedy film directed by Charles Barton (director), Charles Barton and starring Abbott and Costello that parodies the safari#Cinema genre, safari genre. The title is a play on the ti ...

'' (1949) as Native (uncredited) * ''

Bomba, the Jungle Boy ''Bomba the Jungle Boy'' is a series of American boys' adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood. and published by Cupples and Leon in the first half of the 20th century, in imitation of the successful ...

'' (1949) as Native Bearer (uncredited) * '' Pinky'' (1949) as Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Tarzan and the Slave Girl ''Tarzan and the Slave Girl'' is a 1950 American adventure film directed by Lee Sholem and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan, Vanessa Brown as Jane, and Robert Alda as big game hunter Neil. The plot involves a lost civilization in Africa, a strange i ...

'' (1950) as Randini Bearer Shot by Arrow (uncredited) * ''

I Was a Communist for the FBI ''I Was a Communist for the FBI'' is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Frank Lovejoy. The film was produced by Bryan Foy who was head of Warners B picture unit until 1942. The film was based on a serie ...

'' (1951) as Black Man at Union Meeting (uncredited) * '' Angels in the Outfield'' (1951) as Doorman (uncredited) * '' Golden Girl'' (1951) as Lola's Coachman (uncredited) * ''

Stars and Stripes Forever "The Stars and Stripes Forever" is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896. By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the official National March of the United States of America. History In his 1928 autobi ...

'' (1952) as Crowd Spectator (uncredited) * ''

Siren of Bagdad ''Siren of Bagdad'' is a 1953 Technicolor fantasy adventure film produced by Sam Katzman and directed by Richard Quine set in the medieval Persian Empire. It stars Paul Henreid as a travelling Master magician who seeks to recover his troop of bea ...

'' (1953) as Palace Servant (uncredited) * '' The Kid from Left Field'' (1953) as Train Station Porter (uncredited) * ''

The Wings of Eagles ''The Wings of Eagles'' is a 1957 American Metrocolor film starring John Wayne, Dan Dailey and Maureen O'Hara, based on the life of Frank "Spig" Wead and the history of U.S. Naval aviation from its inception through World War II. The film is a ...

'' (1957) as Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited) * ''

The Hustler ''The Hustler'' is a 1961 American sports romantic drama film directed by Robert Rossen from Walter Tevis's 1959 novel of the same name, adapted by Rossen and Sidney Carroll. It tells the story of small-time pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson a ...

'' (1961) as Limping Attendant at Ames Billiards (final film) (uncredited)

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