Blue Washington
| Blue Washington | |
|---|---|
 Lobby card for Kiki (1931) with Washington at upper right | |
| Born |
February 26, 1898 Los Angeles, California |
| Died |
September 15, 1970 (aged 72) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 1919-1957 |
| Edgar "Blue" Washington | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Baseman / pitcher | |||
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| debut | |||
| 1916, for the Chicago American Giants | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| 1920, for the Kansas City Monarchs | |||
| Teams | |||
Edgar "Blue" Washington (12 February 1898 – 15 September 1970), was an American actor and played for a few years as a pitcher and first baseman in the Negro Leagues for the Chicago American Giants and the Kansas City Monarchs. He appeared in 74 films between 1919 and 1957. In the 1933 film Haunted Gold, he portrays Clarence, a comic sidekick, with John Wayne.
Selected filmography
- Haunted Spooks (1920)
- A Virginia Courtship (1921)
- The Blood Ship (1927)
- By Whose Hand? (1927)
- Wyoming (1928)
- Ransom (1928)
- Do Your Duty (1928)
- Beggars of Life (1928)
- Black Magic (1929)
- Welcome Danger (1929)
- Parade of the West (1930)
- Lucky Larkin (1930)
- Kiki (1931)
- Haunted Gold (1933)
- It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
- The Hustler (1961)
References
External links
- Blue Washington on IMDb
- Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
- "Edgar 'Blue' Washington" website for the Society for American Baseball Research, Article written by Mark V. Perkins
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