Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Reeves Eason (October 2, 1886 – June 9, 1956), known as B. Reeves Eason, was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. His directorial output was limited mainly to low-budget westerns and action pictures, but it was as a second-unit director and action specialist that he was best known. He was famous for staging spectacular battle scenes in war films and action scenes in large-budget westerns, but he acquired the nickname "Breezy" for his "breezy" attitude towards safety while staging his sequences—during the famous cavalry charge at the end of Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), so many horses were killed or injured so severely that they had to be euthanized that both the public and Hollywood itself were outraged, resulting in the selection of the American Humane Society by the beleaguered studios to provide representatives on the sets of all films using animals to ensure their safety.
Directed 107
1960s
- 1966
Bat Men of Africa
Director
1950s
- 1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Second Unit Director
1940s
- 1949
Rimfire
Director
- 1947
Black Gold
Second Unit Director
- 1946
North of the Border
Director
'Neath Canadian Skies
Director
- 1945
- 1944
The Desert Hawk
Director
- 1943
The Phantom
Director
Wagon Wheels West
Director
Murder on the Waterfront
Director
Oklahoma Outlaws
Director
Truck Busters
Director
- 1942
Men of the Sky
Director
Spy Ship
Director
Murder in the Big House
Director
Soldiers in White
Director
- 1941
The Tanks Are Coming
Director
Wings of Steel
Director
- 1940
Meet the Fleet
Director
March On, Marines
Director
Service with the Colors
Director
Pony Express Days
Director
Young America Flies
Director
1930s
- 1939
Mountain Rhythm
Director
Blue Montana Skies
Director
- 1938
The Daredevil Drivers
Director
The Kid Comes Back
Director
Sergeant Murphy
Director
- 1937
Prairie Thunder
Director
Empty Holsters
Director
Land Beyond the Law
Director
- 1936
Give Me Liberty
Director
Red River Valley
Director
Darkest Africa
Director
- 1935
The Singing Vagabond
Assistant Director
The Fighting Marines
Director
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Director
The Miracle Rider
Director
- 1934
Mystery Mountain
Director
The Law of the Wild
Director
- 1933
Neighbors' Wives
Director
Alimony Madness
Director
- 1932
Cornered
Director
The Honor of the Press
Director
The Sunset Trail
Director
- 1931
The Galloping Ghost
Director
The Vanishing Legion
Director
King of the Wild
Director
- 1930
Spurs
Director
Trigger Tricks
Director
Troopers Three
Director
1920s
- 1929
Riding for Fame
Director
The Winged Horseman
Director
The Lariat Kid
Director
- 1928
Clearing the Trail
Director
The Flyin' Cowboy
Director
A Trick of Hearts
Director
- 1927
Galloping Fury
Director
Painted Ponies
Director
The Prairie King
Director
The Denver Dude
Director
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Director
- 1926
Lone Hand Saunders
Director
The Sign of the Claw
Director
- 1925
A Fight to the Finish
Director
The New Champion
Director
Fighting the Flames
Director
Fighting Youth
Director
The Texas Bearcat
Director
The Shadow on the Wall
Director
- 1924
Trigger Fingers
Director
Women First
Director
Tiger Thompson
Director
Treasure Canyon
Director
- 1923
His Last Race
Director
Around the World in 18 Days
Director
- 1922
The Lone Hand
Director
Roughshod
Director
Pardon My Nerve!
Director
- 1921
The Fire Eater
Director
Red Courage
Director
The Big Adventure
Director
Colorado
Director
- 1920
Two Kinds of Love
Director
Pink Tights
Director
Blue Streak McCoy
Director
Human Stuff
Director
The Texas Kid
Director
The Rattler's Hiss
Director
Held Up for the Makin's
Director
Hair Trigger Stuff
Director
1910s
- 1919
The Tell-Tale Wire
Director
The Jack of Hearts
Director
The Four-Bit Man
Director
- 1915
The Poet of the Peaks
Director
Wrote 9
1930s
- 1935
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Screenplay
- 1930
Spurs
Writer
Trigger Tricks
Writer
1920s
- 1929
Riding for Fame
Writer
- 1928
The Flyin' Cowboy
Writer
- 1920
Two Kinds of Love
Scenario Writer
Human Stuff
Scenario Writer
The Texas Kid
Scenario Writer
Acted in 4
1920s
- 1928
The Danger Rider
Tucson Joe
- 1920
Two Kinds of Love
Dorgan
The Rattler's Hiss
Movie
1910s
- 1916
Gold and the Woman
Movie
Other crew 1
Produced 1
1920s
- 1920
Pink Tights
Producer