Kenny Washington

Acting

Kenny Washington

Born — Died

1918-08-31 — 1971-06-24

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

10 titles

Pro football player who was one of the first African Americans, along with Woody Strode, to play in the National Football League after World War II. Appeared in TV and Film in the 1940s and 50s

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 7 titles

The Little Foxes poster
7.5

In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.

The Little Foxes

1941

Pinky poster
7.1

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.

Pinky

1949

Easy Living poster
5.7

A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.

Easy Living

1949

Rope of Sand poster
5.9

Two years after trespassing on South African diamond company land, safari guide Mike Davis returns, but, instead of sending his heavy, the manager hires a seductive adventuress to ferret out his secrets, unaware of the extent Davis is willing to go.

Rope of Sand

1949

Sundown poster
5.5

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

Sundown

1941

Rogues' Regiment poster
6.8

A post World War 2, US Army agent is assigned to join the Foreign Legion in search of high ranking Nazi war criminal who may have also enlisted.

Rogues' Regiment

1948

While Thousands Cheer poster
7.0

Kenny Harrington, the star football player of Gilmore College, leads his team to many victories, raising hopes that Gilmore will play in the "Peach Bowl," the championship playoffs of the Western conference. Unknown to Kenny, Downey, the head of a gambling syndicate, has placed a $100,000 bet against the Gilmore team.

While Thousands Cheer

1940