Acting

Blue Washington

Born February 11, 1898 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died September 15, 1970 · aged 72

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, wa…

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

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

The Hustler

The Hustler · 1961

MovieDramaRomance

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.

The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home · 1940

The Long Voyage Home

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.

The Wings of Eagles

The Wings of Eagles · 1957

The Wings of Eagles

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

Cleopatra

Cleopatra · 1934

MovieHistoryDrama

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

Pinky

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 grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan · 1942

Tales of Manhattan

MovieDramaComedy

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 release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.

Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life · 1928

Beggars of Life

MovieAdventureDrama

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, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.

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Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

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

Renegade's Companion (uncredited)

The Hustler

The Hustler · 1961

MovieDramaRomance

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.

(uncredited)

The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home · 1940

The Long Voyage Home

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.

Black Cook on Glencairn

The Wings of Eagles

The Wings of Eagles · 1957

The Wings of Eagles

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)

Cleopatra

Cleopatra · 1934

MovieHistoryDrama

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

Nubian Guard (uncredited)

Pinky

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 grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

Man (uncredited)

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan · 1942

Tales of Manhattan

MovieDramaComedy

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 release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.

Shantytown Man (uncredited)

Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life · 1928

Beggars of Life

MovieAdventureDrama

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, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.

Black Mose

The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island · 1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

MovieDramaHistory

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady · 1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

MovieComedyRomance

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 for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.

Dock Worker (uncredited)

Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco · 1942

Road to Morocco

MovieComedyMusic

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

Nubian Slave (uncredited)

Roman Scandals

Roman Scandals · 1933

MovieMusicComedy

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.

Litter Bearer (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle · 1938

Too Hot to Handle

MovieComedyAdventure

While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.

Native (uncredited)

Souls at Sea

Souls at Sea · 1937

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

Ship Slave (uncredited)

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo · 1937

MovieHistoryWestern

In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.

Sam - Coachman

Haunted Gold

Haunted Gold · 1932

MovieWesternHorror

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 and his gang are also there to get the gold. A mysterious Phantom is also present. Mason's plan to expose Ryan as an outlaw and to force him to turn his share to Janet works. But when distracted by the Phantom, John is made a prisoner by the gang.

Clarence Washington Brown

The Light That Failed

The Light That Failed · 1939

The Light That Failed

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

Bit Part

Guilty Hands

Guilty Hands · 1931

MovieCrimeDrama

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

Johnny (uncredited)

Sundown

Sundown · 1941

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

Askari Veteran (uncredited)

To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth · 1948

To the Ends of the Earth

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

Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)

Welcome Danger

Welcome Danger · 1929

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

Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)

Tarzan and the Slave Girl

Tarzan and the Slave Girl · 1950

Tarzan and the Slave Girl

MovieActionAdventure

The Lionians, a tribe of lion worshippers, make a desperate attempt to find a cure for the mysterious disease plaguing their village. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola, a half-breed nurse, in order to help repopulate his civilization. Tarzan must rescue them while fending off blowgun attacks from people called the Waddies who are disguised as bushes.

Rose of Washington Square

Rose of Washington Square · 1939

Rose of Washington Square

MovieDramaMusic

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

Prisoner (uncredited)

Charlie Chan in Reno

Charlie Chan in Reno · 1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

MovieMysteryThriller

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 specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.

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