Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 02, 1886
Died
Jun 09, 1956
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
120 titles
B. Reeves Eason
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.
Known For
Filmography
Bat Men of Africa
Director
Singapore Story
Director
Tranquil Village
Director
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Second Unit Director
Rimfire
Director
Black Gold
Second Unit Director
Duel in the Sun
Second Unit Director
North of the Border
Director
'Neath Canadian Skies
Director
The Spanish Main
Second Unit Director
The Desert Hawk
Director
The Phantom
Director
Wagon Wheels West
Director
Murder on the Waterfront
Director
Oklahoma Outlaws
Director
Mountain Fighters
Director
Truck Busters
Director
Men of the Sky
Director
Spy Ship
Director
Murder in the Big House
Director
Soldiers in White
Director
They Died with Their Boots On
Second Unit Director
The Tanks Are Coming
Director
Wings of Steel
Director
Meet the Fleet
Director
March On, Marines
Director
Service with the Colors
Director
Pony Express Days
Director
Young America Flies
Director
Radio Ranch
Director
Mountain Rhythm
Director
Blue Montana Skies
Director
Call of The Yukon
Director
The Kid Comes Back
Director
The Daredevil Drivers
Director
Sergeant Murphy
Director
Prairie Thunder
Director
Empty Holsters
Director
Land Beyond the Law
Director
Give Me Liberty
Director
Sharad of Atlantis
Director
Red River Valley
Director
Darkest Africa
Director
The Singing Vagabond
Assistant Director
The Fighting Marines
Director
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Director
The Miracle Rider
Director
The Phantom Empire
Director
Mystery Mountain
Director
The Law of the Wild
Director