 He was famous for staging spectacular battle scenes in war films and action scenes in large-budget westerns, but he acquired the nickname "Breezy" for his "breezy" attitude towards safety while staging his sequences—during the famous cavalry charge at the end of "Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936), so many horses were killed or injured so severely that they had to be euthanized that both the public and Hollywood itself were outraged, resulting in the selection of the American Humane Society by the beleaguered studios to provide representatives on the sets of all films using animals to ensure their safety.Born in New York City, Eason directed 150 films and starred in almost 100 films over his career.Eason's career transcended into sound and he directed film serials such as "The Miracle Rider" starring Tom Mix in 1935.