B. Reeves Eason Jr.


Barnes Reeves Eason, better known by his screen name B. Reeves Eason Jr. was an American silent film child actor. Billed as "Master Breezy Reeves Jr." and "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 was killed after being hit by a truck outside of his parents' house after running into the street chasing after a ball shortly after the filming of the Harry Carey silent western The Fox 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 Nine-Tenths of the Law The Kid and the Cowboy The Thunderbolt Two Kinds of Love Pink Tights The Lone Ranger Blue Streak McCoy His Nose in the Book Sure Fire The Fox