Blue Washington | |
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| Born | Edgar Hughes Washington February 26, 1898
Los Angeles,
California, U.S. |
| Died | September 15, 1970 (aged 72)
Los Angeles,
California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 1919–1961 |
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Baseball career | |
| First Baseman / pitcher | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
| debut | |
| 1915, for the Chicago American Giants | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1920, for the Kansas City Monarchs | |
| Teams | |
Edgar Hughes "Blue" Washington (26 February 1898 – 15 September 1970) was an American actor and baseball player who played in the Negro leagues from 1915 to 1920 as a pitcher and first baseman. [3]
Washington started his baseball career as a pitcher with the Chicago American Giants in 1915. [4] He remained with Chicago in 1916. He later played with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1920, appearing in 24 documented major league games. [5]
He appeared in 74 films between 1919 and 1957, mostly playing small, uncredited roles as a porter, a bartender, an African native (as in King Kong (1933) and Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), a cook, a chauffeur, a ship's crew member, a Nubian slave, and a doorman. Some of his characters had names such as "Ulambo", "Sambo" ( sambo) and "Hambone". In the 1933 film Haunted Gold, he portrayed Clarence, John Wayne's comic sidekick. He had uncredited appearances in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Gone with the Wind (1939). [6]
Edgar Hughes Washington was the son of Susie Washington and had three siblings. [6] He became a boxer at age 14 with the stage name of "Kid Blue." [6] His separated from his partner Marian Lenàn when their son Kenny was two years old. [6] He was given the nickname "Blue" by film director Frank Capra when both were kids. Washington's son, Kenny Washington, a standout athlete at UCLA where he was a teammate of Jackie Robinson, broke the color barrier in the National Football League in 1946.
- Haunted Spooks (1920, Short) as Butler (film debut) (uncredited)
- A Virginia Courtship (1921)
- The Blood Ship (1927) as Minor Role
- By Whose Hand? (1927) as Eli
- The Haunted Ship (1927) as Mose
- The Smart Set (1928) as Polo Fan (uncredited)
- Wyoming (1928) as Mose
- Ransom (1928) as Oliver
- Beggars of Life (1928) as Black Mose
- Do Your Duty (1928) as Dude Jackson
- The Passion Song (1928) as Ulambo
- The Phantom City (1928) as 'Blue'
- Weary River (1929) as Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
- Black Magic (1929) as Unit
- Hallelujah (1929) as Church Member (uncredited)
- Rio Rita (1929) as Fremont Bank Robber (uncredited)
- Welcome Danger (1929) as Thorne's Black Henchman (uncredited)
- Parade of the West (1930) as Sambo
- Lucky Larkin (1930) as Hambone
- Mountain Justice (1930) as Mose (uncredited)
- The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa (1930) as Native Golf Champion (uncredited)
- Desert Vengeance (1931) as Train Porter (uncredited)
- Kiki (1931) (uncredited)
- Guilty Hands (1931) as Johnny (uncredited)
- Haunted Gold (1932) as Clarence
- King Kong (1933) as Warrior (uncredited)
- King of the Arena (1933) as Sambo (uncredited)
- Her Bodyguard (1933) as Chauffeur (uncredited)
- One Year Later (1933) as Train Porter (uncredited)
- Goodbye Love (1933) as Jail Steward (uncredited)
- Roman Scandals (1933) as Litter Bearer (uncredited)
- Belle of the Nineties (1934) as Doorman at Sensation House (uncredited)
- Menace (1934) as Kenya Manservant (uncredited)
- The Whole Town's Talking (1935) as Bank Doorman (uncredited)
- The Crusades (1935) as One of Saladin's Guards (uncredited)
- The Virginia Judge (1935) as 1st Black Man (uncredited)
- Annie Oakley (1935) as Cook (uncredited)
- Escape from Devil's Island (1935) as Convict (uncredited)
- The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
- The Plainsman (1936) as Black Man Dropping Box (uncredited)
- White Hunter (1936) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) as Convict (uncredited)
- Souls at Sea (1937) as Ship Slave (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) as Doorman at Hottentot Club (uncredited)
- Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) as Arab (uncredited)
- Wells Fargo (1937) as Sam - Coachman (uncredited)
- Tarzan's Revenge (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)
- Kentucky (1938) as Bill (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1939) as Crewman (uncredited)
- Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) as First Bartender (uncredited)
- Rose of Washington Square (1939) as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) as Man in Line-Up (uncredited)
- Way Down South (1939) as Slave (uncredited)
- Gone with the Wind (1939) as Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
- The Light That Failed (1939) as Bit Part (uncredited)
- The Long Voyage Home (1940) as Black Cook on Glencairn (uncredited)
- A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941) as Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
- Sundown (1941) as Askari Veteran (uncredited)
- Lady for a Night (1942) as Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
- Law of the Jungle (1942) as Native (uncredited)
- Drums of the Congo (1942) as Native Bearer (uncredited)
- It Happened in Flatbush (1942) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Shantytown Man (Robeson sequence) (uncredited)
- Road to Morocco (1942) as Nubian Slave (uncredited)
- To the Ends of the Earth (1948) as Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
- Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) as Native Bearer (uncredited)
- Africa Screams (1949) as Native (uncredited)
- Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949) as Native Bearer (uncredited)
- Pinky (1949) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) as Randini Bearer Shot by Arrow (uncredited)
- I Was a Communist for the FBI (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 (1952) as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
- Siren of Bagdad (1953) as Palace Servant (uncredited)
- The Kid from Left Field (1953) as Train Station Porter (uncredited)
- The Wings of Eagles (1957) as Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
- The Hustler (1961) as Limping Attendant at Ames Billiards (final film) (uncredited)
- ^ "Gee, Heeza Wiz!" Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona, Saturday Morning, April 1, 1916, Page 9, Column 1
- ^ "The Monarchs Play Today" The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, Sunday, April 18, 1920, Page 15, Column 2
- ^ Atwood 2016, p. 1.
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ "Edgar Washington statistics at Baseball-Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Atwood 2016, p. 24.
- Atwood, Gretchen (September 6, 2016). Lost Champions: Four Men, Two Teams, and the Breaking of Pro Football's Color Line. New York: Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 9781620406007. OCLC 956379043.
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Seamheads
| International | |
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Blue Washington | |
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| Born | Edgar Hughes Washington February 26, 1898
Los Angeles,
California, U.S. |
| Died | September 15, 1970 (aged 72)
Los Angeles,
California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 1919–1961 |
|
Baseball career | |
| First Baseman / pitcher | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
| debut | |
| 1915, for the Chicago American Giants | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1920, for the Kansas City Monarchs | |
| Teams | |
Edgar Hughes "Blue" Washington (26 February 1898 – 15 September 1970) was an American actor and baseball player who played in the Negro leagues from 1915 to 1920 as a pitcher and first baseman. [3]
Washington started his baseball career as a pitcher with the Chicago American Giants in 1915. [4] He remained with Chicago in 1916. He later played with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1920, appearing in 24 documented major league games. [5]
He appeared in 74 films between 1919 and 1957, mostly playing small, uncredited roles as a porter, a bartender, an African native (as in King Kong (1933) and Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), a cook, a chauffeur, a ship's crew member, a Nubian slave, and a doorman. Some of his characters had names such as "Ulambo", "Sambo" ( sambo) and "Hambone". In the 1933 film Haunted Gold, he portrayed Clarence, John Wayne's comic sidekick. He had uncredited appearances in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Gone with the Wind (1939). [6]
Edgar Hughes Washington was the son of Susie Washington and had three siblings. [6] He became a boxer at age 14 with the stage name of "Kid Blue." [6] His separated from his partner Marian Lenàn when their son Kenny was two years old. [6] He was given the nickname "Blue" by film director Frank Capra when both were kids. Washington's son, Kenny Washington, a standout athlete at UCLA where he was a teammate of Jackie Robinson, broke the color barrier in the National Football League in 1946.
- Haunted Spooks (1920, Short) as Butler (film debut) (uncredited)
- A Virginia Courtship (1921)
- The Blood Ship (1927) as Minor Role
- By Whose Hand? (1927) as Eli
- The Haunted Ship (1927) as Mose
- The Smart Set (1928) as Polo Fan (uncredited)
- Wyoming (1928) as Mose
- Ransom (1928) as Oliver
- Beggars of Life (1928) as Black Mose
- Do Your Duty (1928) as Dude Jackson
- The Passion Song (1928) as Ulambo
- The Phantom City (1928) as 'Blue'
- Weary River (1929) as Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
- Black Magic (1929) as Unit
- Hallelujah (1929) as Church Member (uncredited)
- Rio Rita (1929) as Fremont Bank Robber (uncredited)
- Welcome Danger (1929) as Thorne's Black Henchman (uncredited)
- Parade of the West (1930) as Sambo
- Lucky Larkin (1930) as Hambone
- Mountain Justice (1930) as Mose (uncredited)
- The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa (1930) as Native Golf Champion (uncredited)
- Desert Vengeance (1931) as Train Porter (uncredited)
- Kiki (1931) (uncredited)
- Guilty Hands (1931) as Johnny (uncredited)
- Haunted Gold (1932) as Clarence
- King Kong (1933) as Warrior (uncredited)
- King of the Arena (1933) as Sambo (uncredited)
- Her Bodyguard (1933) as Chauffeur (uncredited)
- One Year Later (1933) as Train Porter (uncredited)
- Goodbye Love (1933) as Jail Steward (uncredited)
- Roman Scandals (1933) as Litter Bearer (uncredited)
- Belle of the Nineties (1934) as Doorman at Sensation House (uncredited)
- Menace (1934) as Kenya Manservant (uncredited)
- The Whole Town's Talking (1935) as Bank Doorman (uncredited)
- The Crusades (1935) as One of Saladin's Guards (uncredited)
- The Virginia Judge (1935) as 1st Black Man (uncredited)
- Annie Oakley (1935) as Cook (uncredited)
- Escape from Devil's Island (1935) as Convict (uncredited)
- The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
- The Plainsman (1936) as Black Man Dropping Box (uncredited)
- White Hunter (1936) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) as Convict (uncredited)
- Souls at Sea (1937) as Ship Slave (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) as Doorman at Hottentot Club (uncredited)
- Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) as Arab (uncredited)
- Wells Fargo (1937) as Sam - Coachman (uncredited)
- Tarzan's Revenge (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)
- Kentucky (1938) as Bill (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1939) as Crewman (uncredited)
- Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) as First Bartender (uncredited)
- Rose of Washington Square (1939) as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) as Man in Line-Up (uncredited)
- Way Down South (1939) as Slave (uncredited)
- Gone with the Wind (1939) as Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
- The Light That Failed (1939) as Bit Part (uncredited)
- The Long Voyage Home (1940) as Black Cook on Glencairn (uncredited)
- A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941) as Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
- Sundown (1941) as Askari Veteran (uncredited)
- Lady for a Night (1942) as Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
- Law of the Jungle (1942) as Native (uncredited)
- Drums of the Congo (1942) as Native Bearer (uncredited)
- It Happened in Flatbush (1942) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Shantytown Man (Robeson sequence) (uncredited)
- Road to Morocco (1942) as Nubian Slave (uncredited)
- To the Ends of the Earth (1948) as Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
- Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) as Native Bearer (uncredited)
- Africa Screams (1949) as Native (uncredited)
- Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949) as Native Bearer (uncredited)
- Pinky (1949) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) as Randini Bearer Shot by Arrow (uncredited)
- I Was a Communist for the FBI (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 (1952) as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
- Siren of Bagdad (1953) as Palace Servant (uncredited)
- The Kid from Left Field (1953) as Train Station Porter (uncredited)
- The Wings of Eagles (1957) as Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
- The Hustler (1961) as Limping Attendant at Ames Billiards (final film) (uncredited)
- ^ "Gee, Heeza Wiz!" Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona, Saturday Morning, April 1, 1916, Page 9, Column 1
- ^ "The Monarchs Play Today" The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, Sunday, April 18, 1920, Page 15, Column 2
- ^ Atwood 2016, p. 1.
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ "Edgar Washington statistics at Baseball-Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Atwood 2016, p. 24.
- Atwood, Gretchen (September 6, 2016). Lost Champions: Four Men, Two Teams, and the Breaking of Pro Football's Color Line. New York: Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 9781620406007. OCLC 956379043.
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Seamheads
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |