B. Reeves Eason

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birthname = William Reaves Eason
birthdate = 2 October 1886
location = Flagicon|USA New York City, United States
deathdate = 9 June 1956
deathplace = Flagicon|USA Sherman Oaks, California, United States
othername = "Breezy"
yearsactive = 1914-1950
spouse = Jimsy Maye
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notable role = Film Director
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B. Reeves Eason (born William Reeves Eason, 2 October 1886, New York City - 9 June 1956, California) was an American silent film director, actor and screenwriter of the early period. Eason directed 150 films and starred in almost 100 films over his career.

His career transcended into sound and he directed film serials such as The Miracle Rider starring Tom Mix in 1935.

Eason used 42 cameras to film the chariot race as a second unit director on "Ben-Hur" (1925) and also directed the "Burning of Atlanta" in "Gone with the Wind" (1939).

His son, B. Reeves Eason Jr., born in 1914 would later appear in a twelve films, including "Nine-Tenths of the Law", which Eason Sr. directed. He died in a train accident during filming in 1921.

Filmography

Director

* 1915 : "Competition"
* 1915 : "The Day of Reckoning"
* 1915 : "She Walketh Alone"
* 1915 : "The Poet of the Peaks"
* 1915 : "A Good Business Deal"
* 1915 : "Mountain Mary"
* 1915 : "To Melody a Soul Responds"
* 1915 : "The Honor of the District Attorney"
* 1915 : "After the Storm"
* 1915 : "The Newer Way"
* 1915 : "The Exile of Bar-K Ranch"
* 1915 : "Drawing the Line"
* 1915 : "A Question of Honor"
* 1915 : "The Spirit of Adventure"
* 1915 : "In Trust"
* 1915 : "The Little Lady Next Door"
* 1915 : "The Barren Gain"
* 1915 : "Hearts in Shadow"
* 1915 : "Profit from Loss"
* 1915 : "The Blot on the Shield"
* 1915 : "The Smuggler's Cave"
* 1915 : "The Wasp"
* 1915 : "To Rent Furnished"
* 1915 : "The Substitute Minister"
* 1915 : "The Bluffers"
* 1915 : "The Silver Lining"
* 1915 : "The Assayer of Lone Gap"
* 1915 : "The Solution to the Mystery"
* 1916 : "Matching Dreams"
* 1916 : "Time and Tide"
* 1916 : "Viviana"
* 1916 : "A Sanitarium Scramble"
* 1916 : "Shadows"
* 1918 : "Nine-Tenths of the Law"
* 1919 : "The Fighting Heart"
* 1919 : "The Four-Bit Man"
* 1919 : "The Jack of Hearts"
* 1919 : "The Crow"
* 1919 : "The Tell Tale Wire"
* 1919 : "The Fighting Line"
* 1919 : "The Kid and the Cowboy"
* 1920 : "The Prospector's Vengeance"
* 1920 : "Hair Trigger Stuff"
* 1920 : "Held Up for the Makin's"
* 1920 : "The Rattler's Hiss"
* 1920 : "His Nose in the Book"
* 1920 : "The Moon Riders"
* 1920 : "Human Stuff"
* 1920 : "Blue Streak McCoy"
* 1920 : "Pink Tights"
* 1920 : "Two Kinds of Love"
* 1921 : "The Big Adventure"
* 1921 : "Colorado"
* 1921 : "Red Courage"
* 1921 : "The Fire Eater"
* 1922 : "Pardon My Nerve!"
* 1922 : "When East Comes West"
* 1922 : "Roughshod"
* 1922 : "The Lone Hand"
* 1923 : "Around the World in Eighteen Days"
* 1923 : "His Last Race"
* 1924 : "Treasure Canyon"
* 1924 : "Tiger Thompson"
* 1924 : "Women First"
* 1924 : "Trigger Finger"
* 1924 : "Flashing Spurs"
* 1925 : "The Texas Bearcat"
* 1925 : "Fighting Youth"
* 1925 : "Border Justice"
* 1925 : "Fighting the Flames"
* 1925 : "The New Champion"
* 1925 : "A Fight to the Finish"
* 1925 : "The Shadow on the Wall"
* 1926 : "The Test of Donald Norton"
* 1926 : "The Sign of the Claw"
* 1926 : "Lone Hand Saunders"
* 1927 : "Johnny Get Your Hair Cut"
* 1927 : "The Denver Dude"
* 1927 : "The Prairie King"
* 1927 : "Painted Ponies"
* 1927 : "Through Thick and Thin"
* 1927 : "Galloping Fury"
* 1928 : "A Trick of Hearts"
* 1928 : "The Flyin' Cowboy"
* 1928 : "Riding for Fame"
* 1928 : "Clearing the Trail"
* 1929 : "The Lariat Kid"
* 1929 : "The Winged Horseman"
* 1930 : "Troopers Three"
* 1930 : "Roaring Ranch"
* 1930 : "Trigger Tricks"
* 1930 : "Spurs"
* 1931 : "King of the Wild"
* 1931 : "The Vanishing Legion"
* 1931 : "The Galloping Ghost"
* 1932 : "Sunset Trail"
* 1932 : "The Shadow of the Eagle"
* 1932 : "The Last of the Mohicans"
* 1932 : "The Honor of the Press"
* 1932 : "Cornered"
* 1932 : "Heart Punch"
* 1932 : "Behind Jury Doors"
* 1933 : "Revenge at Monte Carlo"
* 1933 : "Alimony Madness"
* 1933 : "Her Resale Value"
* 1933 : "Dance Hall Hostess"
* 1933 : "Neighbors' Wives"
* 1934 : "Hollywood Hoodlum"
* 1934 : "The Law of the Wild" ("Le Démon noir")
* 1934 : "Mystery Mountain"
* 1935 : "The Phantom Empire" ("La Reine de l'empire fantôme")
* 1935 : "The Miracle Rider" ("Le Cavalier miracle")
* 1935 : "The Adventures of Rex and Rinty"
* 1935 : "The Fighting Marines"
* 1936 : "Darkest Africa"
* 1936 : "Red River Valley"
* 1936 : "Undersea Kingdom"
* 1936 : "Give Me Liberty"
* 1937 : "Land Beyond the Law"
* 1937 : "Empty Holsters"
* 1937 : "Prairie Thunder"
* 1938 : "Sergeant Murphy"
* 1938 : "The Kid Comes Back"
* 1938 : "Daredevil Drivers"
* 1938 : "Call of the Yukon"
* 1939 : "Blue Montana Skies"
* 1939 : "Mountain Rhythm"
* 1940 : "Men with Steel Faces"
* 1940 : "Pony Express Days"
* 1940 : "Young America Flies"
* 1940 : "Service with the Colors"
* 1940 : "March On, Marines"
* 1940 : "Meet the Fleet"
* 1941 : "The Tanks Are Coming"
* 1942 : "Soldiers in White"
* 1942 : "Murder in the Big House"
* 1942 : "Spy Ship"
* 1942 : "Men of the Sky"
* 1943 : "Truck Busters"
* 1943 : "Mechanized Patrolling"
* 1943 : "Oklahoma Outlaws"
* 1943 : "Murder on the Waterfront"
* 1943 : "Wagon Wheels West"
* 1943 : "The Phantom"
* 1944 : "The Desert Hawk"
* 1944 : "Black Arrow"
* 1946 : "'Neath Canadian Skies"
* 1946 : "North of the Border"
* 1949 : "Rimfire"

Actor

* 1913 : "The Step Brothers"
* 1913 : "A Divorce Scandal"
* 1913 : "Armed Intervention"
* 1913 : "The Shriner's Daughter"
* 1914 : "The Miser's Policy"
* 1914 : "The Return of Helen Redmond"
* 1914 : "The Hermit"
* 1914 : "The Lost Treasure"
* 1914 : "The Money Lender"
* 1914 : "The Dream Child"
* 1914 : "The Second Clue"
* 1914 : "The Smouldering Spark"
* 1914 : "In the Moonlight"
* 1914 : "Calamity Anne's Love Affair"
* 1914 : "A Soul Astray"
* 1914 : "Beyond the City"
* 1914 : "The Lost Sermon"
* 1914 : "A Prince of Bohemia"
* 1914 : "Sparrow of the Circus"
* 1914 : "Feast and Famine"
* 1914 : "The Aftermath"
* 1914 : "Break, Break, Break"
* 1914 : "His Faith in Humanity"
* 1914 : "Jail Birds"
* 1914 : "In the Open"
* 1914 : "Sir Galahad of Twilight"
* 1914 : "Redbird Wins"
* 1914 : "The Strength o' Ten"
* 1915 : "The Unseen Vengeance"
* 1915 : "The Black Ghost Bandit"
* 1915 : "The Legend Beautiful"
* 1915 : "The Law of the Wilds"
* 1915 : "A Heart of Gold" : "Fred"
* 1915 : "In the Twilight"
* 1915 : "Heart of Flame"
* 1915 : "The Echo" : "Ferryman"
* 1915 : "Competition"
* 1915 : "The Guy Upstairs"
* 1917 : "Hell Hath No Fury"
* 1918 : "Nine-Tenths of the Law" : "'Red' Adair"
* 1920 : "Two Kinds of Love" : "Dorgan"
* 1928 : "The Danger Rider" : "Tucson Joe"

creenwriter

* 1920 : "Pink Tights"
* 1918 : "Nine-Tenths of the Law"
* 1920 : "The Prospector's Vengeance"
* 1920 : "Human Stuff"
* 1928 : "The Flyin' Cowboy"
* 1928 : "Riding for Fame"
* 1930 : "Trigger Tricks"
* 1930 : "Spurs"
* 1934 : "The Law of the Wild" ("Le Démon noir")

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Persondata
NAME= Eason, B. Reeves
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Eason, William Reaves
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Film director, actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 2 October 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH= New York City, United States
DATE OF DEATH= 9 June 1956
PLACE OF DEATH= Sherman Oaks, California, United States