B. Reeves Eason
- Directing
- October 2, 1886 · New York City, New York, USA
- June 9, 1956
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 Daredevil Drivers · Director
- The Kid Comes Back · 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, Screenplay
- The Miracle Rider · Director
- The Phantom Empire · Director
- Mystery Mountain · Director
- The Law of the Wild · Director
- Hollywood Mystery · Director
- Neighbors' Wives · Director
- Dance Hall Hostess · Director
- Revenge at Monte Carlo · Director
- Alimony Madness · Director
- Heart Punch · Director
- Cornered · Director
- The Honor of the Press · Director
- The Last of the Mohicans · Director
- The Sunset Trail · Director
- The Shadow of the Eagle · Director
- The Galloping Ghost · Director
- The Vanishing Legion · Director
- King of the Wild · Director
- Spurs · Director, Writer
- Trigger Tricks · Writer, Director
- Roaring Ranch · Story, Director
- Troopers Three · Director
- Riding for Fame · Director, Writer
- The Winged Horseman · Director
- The Lariat Kid · Director
- The Danger Rider · Tucson Joe
- Clearing the Trail · Director
- A Society Cowboy · Director
- The Flyin' Cowboy · Director, Writer
- A Trick of Hearts · Director
- Galloping Fury · Director
- Painted Ponies · Director
- The Prairie King · Director
- The Denver Dude · Director