B. Reeves Eason

DirectorActorSecond Unit or Assistant Director
Born
October 2, 1886
Died
June 9, 1956

B. Reeves Eason ran a produce business before going into stock and vaudeville. He is known for using 42 cameras to film the spectacular chariot race in the Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman version of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925). (The chariot race was filmed at what is now the intersection…

Actor

The Danger Rider(1928)as Tucson Joe
Two Kinds of Love(1920)as Dorgan
The Rattler's Hiss(1920)
Nine-Tenths of the Law(1918)as 'Red' Adair
Hell Hath No Fury(1917)

Producer

Pink Tights(1920)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair(1952)
The Half-Breed(1952)
Drums in the Deep South(1951)
Dallas(1950)
Northwest Stampede(1948)

Archive Footage

Radio Ranch(1940)