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B. Reeves Eason

Known for

Directing

Born

October 2, 1886

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Died

June 9, 1956 (aged 69)

Biography

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 th...

Best known work

Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun
1946
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
The Spanish Main
The Spanish Main
1945
Sharad of Atlantis
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
Give Me Liberty
Give Me Liberty
1936
The Phantom Empire
The Phantom Empire
1935
The Shadow of the Eagle
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
The Tanks Are Coming
The Tanks Are Coming
1941

Filmography

  1. 1966

    Bat Men of Africa

    Director

  2. 1953

  3. 1953

  4. 1952

    Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

    Second Unit Director

  5. 1949

    Rimfire

    Director

  6. 1947

    Black Gold

    Second Unit Director

  7. 1946

    Duel in the Sun

    Second Unit Director

  8. 1946

  9. 1946

  10. 1945

    The Spanish Main

    Second Unit Director

  11. 1944

  12. 1943

    The Phantom

    Director

  13. 1943

  14. 1943

  15. 1943

  16. 1943

  17. 1943

  18. 1942

  19. 1942

    Spy Ship

    Director

  20. 1942

  21. 1942

  22. 1941

    They Died with Their Boots On

    Second Unit Director

  23. 1941

  24. 1941

  25. 1940

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