About

Known credits:
115
Birthday:
1886-10-02
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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B. Reeves Eason

Overview

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

Acting
1928 The Danger Rider Actor Tucson Joe N/A
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1920 The Rattler's Hiss Actor N/A
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1917 Hell Hath No Fury Actor N/A
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1916 Gold and the Woman Actor N/A
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Directing
1953 Singapore Story Directing Director N/A
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1953 Tranquil Village Directing Director N/A
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1949 Rimfire Directing Director 59
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1947 Black Gold Directing Second Unit Director 59
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1946 North of the Border Directing Director N/A
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1946 'Neath Canadian Skies Directing Director 58
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1945 The Spanish Main Directing Second Unit Director 59
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1944 The Desert Hawk Directing Director 59
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1943 The Phantom Directing Director 59
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1943 Wagon Wheels West Directing Director 59
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1943 Murder on the Waterfront Directing Director 59
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1943 Oklahoma Outlaws Directing Director 59
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1943 Mountain Fighters Directing Director N/A
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1943 Truck Busters Directing Director 59
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1942 Men of the Sky Directing Director 58
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1942 Spy Ship Directing Director 59
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1942 Murder in the Big House Directing Director 59
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1942 Soldiers in White Directing Director 58
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1941 They Died with Their Boots On Directing Second Unit Director 60
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1941 The Tanks Are Coming Directing Director 58
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1941 Wings of Steel Directing Director N/A
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1940 Meet the Fleet Directing Director 59
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1940 March On, Marines Directing Director 59
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1940 Service with the Colors Directing Director 58
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1940 Pony Express Days Directing Director 59
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1940 Young America Flies Directing Director N/A
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1940 Men with Steel Faces Directing Director 59
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1939 Mountain Rhythm Directing Director 58
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1939 Blue Montana Skies Directing Director 58
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1938 Call of The Yukon Directing Director 58
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1938 The Daredevil Drivers Directing Director 59
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1938 The Kid Comes Back Directing Director 58
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1938 Sergeant Murphy Directing Director 59
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1937 Prairie Thunder Directing Director 58
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1937 Empty Holsters Directing Director N/A
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1937 Land Beyond the Law Directing Director 59
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1936 Give Me Liberty Directing Director 59
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1936 Sharad of Atlantis Directing Director 58
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1936 Red River Valley Directing Director 59
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1936 Darkest Africa Directing Director 59
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1935 The Singing Vagabond Directing Assistant Director 59
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1935 The Fighting Marines Directing Director 59
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1935 The Adventures of Rex and Rinty Directing Director 59
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1935 The Miracle Rider Directing Director 58
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1935 The Phantom Empire Directing Director 58
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1934 Mystery Mountain Directing Director N/A
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1934 The Law of the Wild Directing Director 59
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1934 Hollywood Mystery Directing Director 59
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1933 Alimony Madness Directing Director N/A
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1932 The Heart Punch Directing Director N/A
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1932 Cornered Directing Director N/A
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1932 The Honor of the Press Directing Director 59
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1932 The Last of the Mohicans Directing Director 59
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1932 The Sunset Trail Directing Director 59
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1932 The Shadow of the Eagle Directing Director 58
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1931 The Galloping Ghost Directing Director 58
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1931 The Vanishing Legion Directing Director 59
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1931 King of the Wild Directing Director 58
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1930 Spurs Directing Director N/A
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1930 Trigger Tricks Directing Director N/A
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1930 Roaring Ranch Directing Director N/A
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1930 Troopers Three Directing Director 59
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1929 Riding for Fame Directing Director N/A
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1929 The Winged Horseman Directing Director N/A
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1929 The Lariat Kid Directing Director N/A
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1928 Clearing the Trail Directing Director N/A
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1928 The Flyin' Cowboy Directing Director N/A
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1928 A Trick of Hearts Directing Director N/A
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1927 Galloping Fury Directing Director N/A
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1927 Painted Ponies Directing Director N/A
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1927 The Prairie King Directing Director N/A
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1927 The Denver Dude Directing Director N/A
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1927 Johnny Get Your Hair Cut Directing Director N/A
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1926 The Sign of the Claw Directing Director N/A
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1926 The Test of Donald Norton Directing Director N/A
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1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Directing Second Unit Director 61
Fair
1925 Fighting Youth Directing Director N/A
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1925 The Shadow on the Wall Directing Director N/A
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1924 Tiger Thompson Directing Director N/A
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1924 Treasure Canyon Directing Director N/A
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1923 His Last Race Directing Director N/A
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1923 Around the World in 18 Days Directing Director N/A
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1922 The Lone Hand Directing Director N/A
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1922 Roughshod Directing Director N/A
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1922 Pardon My Nerve! Directing Director N/A
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1921 The Fire Eater Directing Director N/A
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1921 Red Courage Directing Director N/A
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1921 The Big Adventure Directing Director N/A
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1921 Colorado Directing Director N/A
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1920 Pink Tights Directing Director 58
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1920 Blue Streak McCoy Directing Director N/A
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1920 Human Stuff Directing Director N/A
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1920 The Texas Kid Directing Director N/A
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1920 The Rattler's Hiss Directing Director N/A
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1920 Held Up for the Makin's Directing Director N/A
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1920 Hair Trigger Stuff Directing Director N/A
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1919 The Tell-Tale Wire Directing Director N/A
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1919 The Crow Directing Director N/A
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1919 The Jack of Hearts Directing Director N/A
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1919 The Four-Bit Man Directing Director N/A
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1919 The Fighting Heart Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1935 The Adventures of Rex and Rinty Writing Screenplay 59
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1930 Spurs Writing Writer N/A
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1930 Trigger Tricks Writing Writer N/A
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1930 Roaring Ranch Writing Story N/A
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1929 Riding for Fame Writing Writer N/A
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1928 The Flyin' Cowboy Writing Writer N/A
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1920 Human Stuff Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1920 The Texas Kid Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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Production
1920 Pink Tights Production Producer 58
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Crew
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Crew Stunt Coordinator 61
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