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Edgar Hughes "Blue" Washington (12 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]

Blue Washington
BornFebruary 26, 1898
DiedSeptember 15, 1970(1970-09-15) (aged 72)
OccupationFilm actor
Years active1919–1961

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
  • Chicago American Giants (1915-1916)[1]
  • Kansas City Monarchs (1920)[2]

Baseball career


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]


Acting career


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 Birth of a Nation (1915) and Gone with the Wind (1939).[6]


Personal


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.


Filmography


Lobby card for Kiki (1931) with Washington at upper right
Lobby card for Kiki (1931) with Washington at upper right

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На других языках


- [en] Blue Washington

[ru] Вашингтон, Блу

Блу Вашингтон (англ. Blue Washington; 12 февраля 1898, Лос-Анджелес, Калифорния[1] — 15 сентября 1970 или 16 июля 1961[2], Лос-Анджелес, Калифорния[1]) — американский бейсболист[3], позднее — киноактёр.



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