B. Reeves Eason
Directing
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
Directing117
movieBat Men of Africa
1966
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
movieOklahoma Outlaws
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
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 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
movieAlimony Madness
1933
Director
movieCornered
1932
Director
movieThe Honor of the Press
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
movieTrigger Tricks
1930
Director
movieRoaring Ranch
1930
Director
movieTroopers Three
1930
Director
movieRiding for Fame
1929
Director
movieThe Winged Horseman
1929
Director
movieThe Lariat Kid
1929
Director
movieClearing the Trail
1928
Director
movieThe Flyin' Cowboy
1928
Director
movieA Trick of Hearts
1928
Director
movieGalloping Fury
1927
Director
moviePainted Ponies
1927
Director
movieThe Prairie King
1927
Director
movieThe Denver Dude
1927
Director
movieLone Hand Saunders
1926
Director
movieThe Sign of the Claw
1926
Director
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
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
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
Director
moviePink Tights
1920
Director
movieBlue Streak McCoy
1920
Director
movieHuman Stuff
1920
Director
movieThe Texas Kid
1920
Director
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
1919
Director
movieThe Jack of Hearts
1919
Director
movieThe Four-Bit Man
1919
Director
movieThe Poet of the Peaks
1915
Director
Writing9
movieThe Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935
Screenplay
movieSpurs
1930
Writer
movieTrigger Tricks
1930
Writer
movieRiding for Fame
1929
Writer
movieTwo Kinds of Love
1920
Scenario Writer
movieHuman Stuff
1920
Scenario Writer
movieThe Texas Kid
1920
Scenario Writer
Acting5
Crew1
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Stunt Coordinator
Production1
moviePink Tights
1920
Producer