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- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 2, 1886
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- June 9, 1956
B. Reeves Eason
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 …
Filmography
movieBat Men of Africa
1966 · Director
Singapore Story
movieSingapore Story
1953 · Director
Tranquil Village
movieTranquil Village
1953 · Director
movieMa and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 · Second Unit Director
movieRimfire
1949 · Director
movieBlack Gold
1947 · Second Unit Director
movieDuel in the Sun
1946 · Second Unit Director
movieNorth of the Border
1946 · Director
movie'Neath Canadian Skies
1946 · Director
movieThe Spanish Main
1945 · Second Unit Director
movieThe Desert Hawk
1944 · Director
movieThe Phantom
1943 · Director
movieWagon Wheels West
1943 · Director
movieMurder on the Waterfront
1943 · Director
movieOklahoma Outlaws
1943 · Director
Mountain Fighters
movieMountain Fighters
1943 · Director
movieTruck Busters
1943 · Director
movieMen of the Sky
1942 · Director
movieSpy Ship
1942 · Director
movieMurder in the Big House
1942 · Director
movieSoldiers in White
1942 · Director
movieThey Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Second Unit Director
movieThe Tanks Are Coming
1941 · Director
movieWings of Steel
1941 · Director
movieMeet the Fleet
1940 · Director
movieMarch On, Marines
1940 · Director
movieService with the Colors
1940 · Director
moviePony Express Days
1940 · Director
Young America Flies
movieYoung America Flies
1940 · Director
movieRadio Ranch
1940 · Director
movieMountain Rhythm
1939 · Director
movieBlue Montana Skies
1939 · Director
movieCall of The Yukon
1938 · Director
movieThe Daredevil Drivers
1938 · Director
movieThe Kid Comes Back
1938 · Director
movieSergeant Murphy
1938 · Director
moviePrairie Thunder
1937 · Director
movieEmpty Holsters
1937 · Director
movieLand Beyond the Law
1937 · Director
movieGive Me Liberty
1936 · Director
movieSharad of Atlantis
1936 · Director
movieRed River Valley
1936 · Director
movieDarkest Africa
1936 · Director
movieThe Singing Vagabond
1935 · Assistant Director
movieThe Fighting Marines
1935 · Director
movieThe Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Miracle Rider
1935 · Director
movieThe Phantom Empire
1935 · Director
movieMystery Mountain
1934 · Director
movieThe Law of the Wild
1934 · Director
movieHollywood Mystery
1934 · Director
movieNeighbors' Wives
1933 · Director
Dance Hall Hostess
movieDance Hall Hostess
1933 · Director
Revenge at Monte Carlo
movieRevenge at Monte Carlo
1933 · Director
movieAlimony Madness
1933 · Director
The Heart Punch
movieThe Heart Punch
1932 · Director
movieCornered
1932 · Director
movieThe Honor of the Press
1932 · Director
movieThe Last of the Mohicans
1932 · Director
movieThe Sunset Trail
1932 · Director
movieThe Shadow of the Eagle
1932 · Director
movieThe Galloping Ghost
1931 · Director
movieThe Vanishing Legion
1931 · Director
movieKing of the Wild
1931 · Director
movieSpurs
1930 · Director, Writer
movieTrigger Tricks
1930 · Writer, Director
movieRoaring Ranch
1930 · Story, Director
movieTroopers Three
1930 · Director
movieRiding for Fame
1929 · Director, Writer
movieThe Winged Horseman
1929 · Director
movieThe Lariat Kid
1929 · Director
movieThe Danger Rider
1928 · Tucson Joe
movieClearing the Trail
1928 · Director
A Society Cowboy
movieA Society Cowboy
1928 · Director
movieThe Flyin' Cowboy
1928 · Director, Writer
movieA Trick of Hearts
1928 · Director
movieGalloping Fury
1927 · Director
moviePainted Ponies
1927 · Director
movieThe Prairie King
1927 · Director
movieThe Denver Dude
1927 · Director
movieJohnny Get Your Hair Cut
1927 · Director
movieLone Hand Saunders
1926 · Director
movieThe Sign of the Claw
1926 · Director
The Test of Donald Norton
movieThe Test of Donald Norton
1926 · Director
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
movieA Fight to the Finish
1925 · Director
movieThe New Champion
1925 · Director
movieFighting the Flames
1925 · Director
movieFighting Youth
1925 · Director
movieThe Texas Bearcat
1925 · Director
movieThe Shadow on the Wall
1925 · Director
movieTrigger Fingers
1924 · Director
movieWomen First
1924 · Director
movieTiger Thompson
1924 · Director
movieTreasure Canyon
1924 · Director
movieHis Last Race
1923 · Director
movieAround the World in 18 Days
1923 · Director
movieThe Lone Hand
1922 · Director
movieRoughshod
1922 · Director
moviePardon My Nerve!
1922 · Director
movieThe Fire Eater
1921 · Director
movieRed Courage
1921 · Director
movieThe Big Adventure
1921 · Director
movieColorado
1921 · Director
movieTwo Kinds of Love
1920 · Dorgan, Director, Scenario Writer
moviePink Tights
1920 · Director, Producer
movieBlue Streak McCoy
1920 · Director
movieHuman Stuff
1920 · Scenario Writer, Director
movieThe Texas Kid
1920 · Director, Scenario Writer
movieThe Rattler's Hiss
1920 · , Director
movieHeld Up for the Makin's
1920 · Director
movieHair Trigger Stuff
1920 · Director
movieThe Tell-Tale Wire
1919 · Director
The Crow
movieThe Crow
1919 · Director
movieThe Jack of Hearts
1919 · Director
movieThe Four-Bit Man
1919 · Director
The Fighting Heart
movieThe Fighting Heart
1919 · Director
Hell Hath No Fury
movieHell Hath No Fury
1917
movieGold and the Woman
1916
movieThe Poet of the Peaks
1915 · Director