B. Reeves Eason

Known for: Directing
Born: October 2, 1886, New York City, New York, USA
Died: June 9, 1956
Movies: 115

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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.

Best-Known Movies

4.4

Sharad of Atlantis

1936

6.4

Give Me Liberty

1936

5.8

The Phantom Empire

1935

5.4

The Shadow of the Eagle

1932

5.7

The Tanks Are Coming

1941

6.6

The Phantom

1943

5.4

Service with the Colors

1940

5.2

Rimfire

1949

5.6

Radio Ranch

1940

4.2

King of the Wild

1931

Filmography

1928	The Danger Rider	Tucson Joe
1920	Two Kinds of Love	Dorgan
1920	The Rattler's Hiss
1917	Hell Hath No Fury
1916	Gold and the Woman

Directing, Writing & Producing

1966	Bat Men of Africa	Director
1953	Singapore Story	Director
1953	Tranquil Village	Director
1949	Rimfire	Director
1946	North of the Border	Director
1946	'Neath Canadian Skies	Director
1944	The Desert Hawk	Director
1943	The Phantom	Director
1943	Wagon Wheels West	Director
1943	Murder on the Waterfront	Director
1943	Oklahoma Outlaws	Director
1943	Mountain Fighters	Director
1943	Truck Busters	Director
1942	Men of the Sky	Director
1942	Spy Ship	Director
1942	Murder in the Big House	Director
1942	Soldiers in White	Director
1941	The Tanks Are Coming	Director
1941	Wings of Steel	Director
1940	Meet the Fleet	Director
1940	March On, Marines	Director
1940	Service with the Colors	Director
1940	Pony Express Days	Director
1940	Young America Flies	Director
1940	Radio Ranch	Director
1939	Mountain Rhythm	Director
1939	Blue Montana Skies	Director
1938	Call of The Yukon	Director
1938	The Daredevil Drivers	Director
1938	The Kid Comes Back	Director
1938	Sergeant Murphy	Director
1937	Prairie Thunder	Director
1937	Empty Holsters	Director
1937	Land Beyond the Law	Director
1936	Give Me Liberty	Director
1936	Sharad of Atlantis	Director
1936	Red River Valley	Director
1936	Darkest Africa	Director
1935	The Fighting Marines	Director
1935	The Adventures of Rex and Rinty	Director, Screenplay
1935	The Miracle Rider	Director
1935	The Phantom Empire	Director
1934	Mystery Mountain	Director
1934	The Law of the Wild	Director
1934	Hollywood Mystery	Director
1933	Neighbors' Wives	Director
1933	Dance Hall Hostess	Director
1933	Revenge at Monte Carlo	Director
1933	Alimony Madness	Director
1932	Heart Punch	Director
1932	Cornered	Director
1932	The Honor of the Press	Director
1932	The Last of the Mohicans	Director
1932	The Sunset Trail	Director
1932	The Shadow of the Eagle	Director
1931	The Galloping Ghost	Director
1931	The Vanishing Legion	Director
1931	King of the Wild	Director
1930	Spurs	Director, Writer
1930	Trigger Tricks	Writer, Director
1930	Roaring Ranch	Director
1930	Troopers Three	Director
1929	Riding for Fame	Director, Writer
1929	The Winged Horseman	Director
1929	The Lariat Kid	Director
1928	Clearing the Trail	Director
1928	A Society Cowboy	Director
1928	The Flyin' Cowboy	Director, Writer
1928	A Trick of Hearts	Director
1927	Galloping Fury	Director
1927	Painted Ponies	Director
1927	The Prairie King	Director
1927	The Denver Dude	Director
1927	Johnny Get Your Hair Cut	Director
1926	Lone Hand Saunders	Director
1926	The Sign of the Claw	Director
1926	The Test of Donald Norton	Director
1925	A Fight to the Finish	Director
1925	The New Champion	Director
1925	Fighting the Flames	Director
1925	Fighting Youth	Director
1925	The Texas Bearcat	Director
1925	The Shadow on the Wall	Director
1924	Trigger Fingers	Director
1924	Women First	Director
1924	Tiger Thompson	Director
1924	Treasure Canyon	Director
1923	His Last Race	Director
1923	Around the World in 18 Days	Director
1922	The Lone Hand	Director
1922	Roughshod	Director
1922	Pardon My Nerve!	Director
1921	The Fire Eater	Director
1921	Red Courage	Director
1921	The Big Adventure	Director
1921	Colorado	Director
1920	Two Kinds of Love	Director
1920	Pink Tights	Director, Producer
1920	Blue Streak McCoy	Director
1920	Human Stuff	Director
1920	The Texas Kid	Director
1920	The Rattler's Hiss	Director
1920	Held Up for the Makin's	Director
1920	Hair Trigger Stuff	Director
1919	The Tell-Tale Wire	Director
1919	The Crow	Director
1919	The Jack of Hearts	Director
1919	The Four-Bit Man	Director
1919	The Fighting Heart	Director
1915	The Poet of the Peaks	Director

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