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 sets of all films using animals to ensure their safety.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
October 2, 1886Deathday
June 9, 1956Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
104Place of birth
New York City, New York, USAAlso known as
William Reaves Eason, William Eason, B. Reaves 'Breezy' Eason, B. Reaves Eason, Breezy Eason, Reaves Eason, Reeves Eason, William Reeves Eason, 'Breezy' Reeves Eason, Eason B. Reaves, Reeves Easton, Breezy EastonCast credits
Crew credits
The Flyin' Cowboy
Director, WriterThe Tanks Are Coming
DirectorKing of the Wild
DirectorHuman Stuff
Scenario Writer, DirectorTiger Thompson
DirectorThe Texas Kid
Director, Scenario WriterThe Winged Horseman
DirectorHair Trigger Stuff
DirectorHeld Up for the Makin's
DirectorA Trick of Hearts
DirectorThe Tell-Tale Wire
DirectorRiding for Fame
Director, WriterPainted Ponies
DirectorClearing the Trail
DirectorTrigger Tricks
Writer, DirectorThe Four-Bit Man
DirectorThe Lone Hand
DirectorRed River Valley
Director