B. Reeves Eason Jr. | |
Birth Name: | Barnes Reeves Eason |
Birth Date: | 19 November 1914 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California |
Death Place: | Hollywood, California |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 1916–1921 |
Other Names: | Master Breezy Reeves Jr. Universal's Littlest Cowboy Breezy Eason Jr. |
Barnes Reeves Eason[1] (November 19, 1914 – October 25, 1921), 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.
Eason was killed after being hit by a truck outside of his parents' house after running into the street chasing after a ball[2] 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.