B. Reeves Eason, Jr.

B. Reeves Eason Jr.
Born	November 19, 1914 Los Angeles, California
Died	October 25, 1921 (aged 6) Hollywood, California
Other names	Master Breezy Reeves, Jr., Universal's Littlest Cowboy, Breezy Eason, Jr.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1916–1921

B. Reeves Eason Jr. (November 19, 1914 – October 25, 1921) was a silent screen actor. Billed as "Master Breezy Reeves, Jr.", "Universal's Littlest Cowboy" and later, also known as Breezy Eason, Jr., he was the son of motion picture director and actor B. Reeves Eason and his wife, the actress Jimsy Maye.

Death

Eason Jr. was killed after being hit by a runaway truck outside of his parent's house^[1] shortly after the filming of the Harry Carey silent western The Fox (1921) had been completed. He was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery and was one of the first actors to be buried there.

Filmography

• Gold and the Woman (1916)
• Nine-Tenths of the Law (1918)
• The Kid and the Cowboy (1919)
• The Thunderbolt (1919)
• Two Kinds of Love (1920)
• Pink Tights (1920)
• The Lone Ranger (1920)
• Blue Streak McCoy (1920)
• His Nose in the Book (1920)
• Sure Fire (1921)
• The Fox (1921)
• The Big Adventure (1921)

References

1. "Plays and Players". Photoplay (New York City: Photoplay Publishers Company) 21 (2): 96. January 1922. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

External links

B. Reeves Eason, Jr. at Find a Grave

• B. Reeves Eason, Jr. at the Internet Movie Database