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B. Reeves Eason (1886–1956)

Director | Actor | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Mississippi-born action specialist B. Reeves Eason started his career as an actor in the 1910s. It didn't take long for him to switch to the other side of the camera, where he became known as one of the best second-unit directors in the business. He handled everything from the stupendous chariot-race... See full bio »

Born:

William Reaves Eason
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 69) in Sherman Oaks, California, USA
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1966 Sharad of Atlantis (TV movie) (original material)
 
1950 Dick Tracy (TV series)
– Dick Tracy and Flattop (1950) (as B. Reaves Eason)
– The Payroll Robbery (1950) (as B. Reaves Eason)
– The Mole: Part 2 (1950) (as B. Reaves Eason)
– The Mole: Part 1 (1950)
 
1949 Rimfire
 
1946 North of the Border
 
1946 'Neath Canadian Skies (short)
 
1944 Black Arrow (uncredited)
 
1944 The Desert Hawk
 
1943 The Phantom
 
1943 Wagon Wheels West (short) (as B. Reaves Eason)
 
1943 Murder on the Waterfront
 
1943 Oklahoma Outlaws (short) (as B. Reaves Eason)
 
1943 Mountain Fighters (documentary short)
 
1943 Mechanized Patrolling (short)
 
1943 Truck Busters
 
1943 The Fighting Engineers (short)
 
1942 Men of the Sky (short)
 
1942 Spy Ship
 
1942 Murder in the Big House
 
1942 Maybe Darwin Was Right (short)
 
1942 Soldiers in White (short)
 
1941 The Tanks Are Coming (short)
 
1941 Wings of Steel (short)
 
1941 Take the Air (short)
 
1940 Sockeroo (short)
 
1940 Meet the Fleet (short)
 
1940 March On, Marines (short)
 
1940 Service with the Colors (short)
 
1940 Young America Flies (short)
 
1940 Pony Express Days (short)
 
1940 Men with Steel Faces (archive footage)
 
1939 Mountain Rhythm (as B. Reaves Eason)
 
1939 Blue Montana Skies (as B. Reaves Eason)
 
1938 Call of the Yukon
 
1938 Daredevil Drivers
 
1938 The Kid Comes Back
 
1938 Sergeant Murphy
 
1937 Prairie Thunder
 
1937 Empty Holsters
 
1937 Land Beyond the Law
 
1936 Give Me Liberty (short)
 
1936 Undersea Kingdom
 
1936 Red River Valley
 
1936 Darkest Africa
 
1935 The Fighting Marines
 
1935 The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
 
1935 The Miracle Rider
 
1935 The Phantom Empire (as Breezy Easton)
 
1934 Mystery Mountain (as Breezy Easton)
 
1934 The Law of the Wild (as Breezy Eason)
 
1934 Hollywood Hoodlum
 
1933 Neighbors' Wives
 
1933 Dance Hall Hostess (as Reeves Eason)
 
1933 Her Resale Value (as Reeves Eason)
 
1933 Alimony Madness (as Reeves Eason)
 
1933 Revenge at Monte Carlo
 
1932 Behind Jury Doors (as Breezy Eason)
 
1932 The Heart Punch
 
1932 Cornered
 
1932 The Honor of the Press (as Breezy Eason)
 
1932 The Last of the Mohicans (as Reaves Eason)
 
1932 The Shadow of the Eagle (uncredited)
 
1932 The Sunset Trail
 
1931 The Galloping Ghost (as Reaves Eason)
 
1931 The Vanishing Legion (as Reeves Eason)
 
1931 King of the Wild
 
1930 Spurs (as Reaves Eason)
 
1930 Trigger Tricks (as Reaves Eason)
 
1930 Roaring Ranch (as Reaves Eason)
 
1930 Troopers Three
 
1929 The Winged Horseman
 
1929 The Lariat Kid
 
1928 Clearing the Trail
 
1928 Riding for Fame (as Reeves Eason)
 
1928 The Flyin' Cowboy
 
1928 A Trick of Hearts (as Reeves Eason)
 
1927 Galloping Fury
 
1927 Through Thick and Thin (uncredited)
 
1927 Painted Ponies (as Reeves Eason)
 
1927 The Prairie King (as Reeves Eason)
 
1927 The Denver Dude
 
1927 Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
 
1926 Lone Hand Saunders
 
1926 The Sign of the Claw (as 'Breezy' Reeves Eason)
 
1926 The Test of Donald Norton
 
1925 The Shadow on the Wall
 
1925 A Fight to the Finish (as Reeves Eason)
 
1925 The New Champion
 
1925 Fighting the Flames
 
1925 Border Justice (as Reeves Eason)
 
1925 Fighting Youth
 
1925 The Texas Bearcat
 
1924 Flashing Spurs
 
1924 Trigger Fingers
 
1924 Women First (as Reeves Eason)
 
1924 Tiger Thompson
 
1924 Treasure Canyon (as Reaves Eason)
 
1923 His Last Race
 
1923 Around the World in Eighteen Days
 
1922 The Lone Hand
 
1922 Roughshod (as Reeves Eason)
 
1922 When East Comes West
 
1922 Pardon My Nerve! (as Reeves Eason)
 
1921 The Fire Eater
 
1921 Red Courage (as Reeves Eason)
 
1921 The Big Adventure
 
1921 Colorado
 
1920 Two Kinds of Love (as Reeves Eason)
 
1920 Pink Tights (as Reeves Eason)
 
1920 Blue Streak McCoy (as Reeves Eason)
 
1920 Human Stuff (as Reeves Eason)
 
1920 The Moon Riders (as Reeves Easton)
 
1920 His Nose in the Book (short)
 
1920 The Rattler's Hiss (short)
 
1920 Held Up for the Makin's (short)
 
1920 Hair Trigger Stuff (short)
 
1920 The Prospector's Vengeance (short)
 
1919 The Kid and the Cowboy (short)
 
1919 The Fighting Line (short)
 
1919 The Tell Tale Wire (short)
 
1919 The Crow (short)
 
1919 The Jack of Hearts (short)
 
1919 The Four-Bit Man (short)
 
1919 The Fighting Heart (short)
 
1918 Nine-Tenths of the Law (as Reeves Eason)
 
1916 Shadows (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1916 A Sanitarium Scramble (short)
 
1916 Viviana (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1916 Time and Tide (short)
 
1916 Matching Dreams (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Solution to the Mystery (short)
 
1915 The Silver Lining (short)
 
1915 The Bluffers (short)
 
1915 The Substitute Minister (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 To Rent Furnished (short)
 
1915 The Wasp (short)
 
1915 The Smuggler's Cave (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Blot on the Shield (short)
 
1915 Profit from Loss (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 Hearts in Shadow (short) (as Reeves Eason)
 
1915 The Barren Gain (short)
 
1915 The Little Lady Next Door (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 In Trust (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 A Question of Honor (short)
 
1915 The Spirit of Adventure (short)
 
1915 Drawing the Line (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Assayer of Lone Gap (short)
 
1915 The Exile of Bar-K Ranch (short)
 
1915/II After the Storm (short)
 
1915 The Newer Way (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Honor of the District Attorney (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 To Melody a Soul Responds (short)
 
1915 Mountain Mary (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 A Good Business Deal (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 She Walketh Alone (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Day of Reckoning (short)
 
1915 The Poet of the Peaks (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 Competition (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
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1928 The Danger Rider
Tucson Joe (as Reeves Eason)
 
1920 Two Kinds of Love
Dorgan (as Reeves Eason)
 
1918 Nine-Tenths of the Law
'Red' Adair (as Reeves Eason)
 
1917 Hell Hath No Fury
 
1915 The Guy Upstairs (short)
Chick Moran (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Purple Hills (short)
 
1915 When Empty Hearts Are Filled (short)
A Fisherman
 
1915 A Touch of Love (short)
Bill (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 Competition (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Two Sentences (short)
William Ford (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Echo (short)
Ferryman
 
1915 Heart of Flame (short) (as Reeves Eason)
 
1915 In the Twilight (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 A Heart of Gold (short)
Fred (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Law of the Wilds (short)
Steve Baker (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Black Ghost Bandit (short)
Mr. Palmer (as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 The Legend Beautiful (short)
Rachael's father (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 The Unseen Vengeance (short)
Host
 
1914 The Sower Reaps (short)
Tim Rolfe - the Schoolmaster (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 The Strength o' Ten (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 In the Candlelight (short)
Louis, an Artist (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 Redbird Wins (short)
Ray Connors (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 Sir Galahad of Twilight (short)
Pedro, the Half-Breed (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 In the Open (short)
The Doctor (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 Jail Birds (short)
Attorney Bright
 
1914 His Faith in Humanity (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 Break, Break, Break (short)
Grandfather Day (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 The Aftermath (short) (as Reeves Eason)
 
1914 Feast and Famine (short)
Rogers - the Lawyer (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 Sparrow of the Circus (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 A Prince of Bohemia (short)
The Old Janitor (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 The Lost Sermon (short)
Dr. Graham (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 Beyond the City (short)
Frank Thompson
 
1914 A Soul Astray (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 Calamity Anne's Love Affair (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 In the Moonlight (short)
Lytton's Office Manager (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 The Smouldering Spark (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 The Second Clue (short) (as William Eason)
 
1914/I Like Father, Like Son (short)
Richard Jordon (as Reeves Eason)
 
1914 The Town of Nazareth (short) (as William Eason)
 
1914 The Dream Child (short)
Harry Colby (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914/II The Money Lender (short) (as William Eason)
 
1914 The Lost Treasure (short) (as William Eason)
 
1914 The Hermit (short) (as Reaves Eason)
 
1914 The Return of Helen Redmond (short)
Neil Forrester (as William Eason)
 
1914 The Miser's Policy (short) (as William Eason)
 
1913 The Shriner's Daughter (short) (as William Eason)
 
1913 Armed Intervention (short)
Tom Fischer (as William Eason)
 
1913 A Divorce Scandal (short) (as William Eason)
 
1913 In the Days of Trajan (short)
Roman (as William Eason)
 
1913 The Step Brothers (short) (as Reeves Eason)
 
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (second unit director)
 
1951 Drums in the Deep South (second unit director)
 
1950 Dallas (second unit director)
 
1948 Northwest Stampede (second unit director)
 
1947 Black Gold (second unit director - as Eason B. Reaves)
 
1947 The Homestretch (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1946 Duel in the Sun (second unit director - as Reaves Eason)
 
1945 The Spanish Main (second unit director)
 
1945 Salome Where She Danced (second unit director - chase sequence)
 
1941 They Died with Their Boots On (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1939 Man of Conquest (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1938 Straight Place and Show (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1938 Army Girl (second unit director)
 
1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1935 The Singing Vagabond (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1931 Cimarron (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1919 The Right to Happiness (assistant director - as Reeves Eason)
 
1916 Pay Dirt (assistant director - as Reaves Eason)
 
1915 This Is the Life (short) (assistant director)
 
Show ShowWriter (14 titles)
1935 The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (story)
 
1934 Mystery Mountain (story / as Breezy Easton)
 
1934 The Law of the Wild (screenplay / as Breezy Eason)
 
1930 Spurs (as Reaves Eason)
 
1930 Trigger Tricks (screenplay / story)
 
1930 Roaring Ranch (scenario and dialogue / story "Howdy Cowboy")
 
1928 Riding for Fame (as Reeves Eason)
 
1928 The Flyin' Cowboy (writer)
 
1920 Two Kinds of Love (scenario / as Reeves Eason)
 
1920 Human Stuff (as Reeves Eason / scenario)
 
1920 His Nose in the Book (short) (scenario)
 
1920 The Prospector's Vengeance (short)
 
1918 Nine-Tenths of the Law (as Reeves Eason / story)
 
1914 Redbird Wins (short) (story / as Reaves Eason)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1947 Tarzan and the Huntress (director of elephant stampede - uncredited)
 
1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood (director: archery tournament scene - uncredited)
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (directorial associate - as Reeves Eason)
 
Show ShowStunts (3 titles)
1939 Gone with the Wind (stunts - uncredited)
 
1931 Lasca of the Rio Grande (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1920 Pink Tights (producer - as Reeves Eason)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Story: "Howdy, Cowboy" (filmed as Roaring Ranch)

Alternate Names:

'Breezy' Reeves Eason | B. Reaves 'Breezy' Eason | B. Reaves Eason | Breezy Eason | Reaves Eason | Reeves Eason | William Eason | Breezy Easton | Reeves Easton | Eason B. Reaves

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Father of B. Reeves Eason Jr. See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Libra