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Richard Matheson
Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born February 20, 1926Died June 23, 2013 (87 years)
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.
He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times, the first of which, The Last Man on Earth, was co-scripted by him and starred Vincent Price. (The other two adaptations are The Omega Man with Charlton Heston and I Am Legend with Will Smith.) Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures – House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror and The Raven. He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay directed by Steven Spielberg for the television film Duel that year.
In addition, to I Am Legend and Duel, nine more of his novels and short stories have been adapted as motion pictures: The Shrinking Man (filmed as The Incredible Shrinking Man), Hell House (filmed as The Legend of Hell House), What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return (filmed as Somewhere in Time), A Stir of Echoes, Steel (filmed as Real Steel), and Button, Button (filmed as The Box). The movie Cold Sweat was based on his novel Riding the Nightmare, and Les seins de glace ("Icy Breasts") was based on his novel Someone is Bleeding. Both Steel and Button, Button had previously been episodes of The Twilight Zone.
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He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times, the first of which, The Last Man on Earth, was co-scripted by him and starred Vincent Price. (The other two adaptations are The Omega Man with Charlton Heston and I Am Legend with Will Smith.) Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures – House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror and The Raven. He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay directed by Steven Spielberg for the television film Duel that year.
In addition, to I Am Legend and Duel, nine more of his novels and short stories have been adapted as motion pictures: The Shrinking Man (filmed as The Incredible Shrinking Man), Hell House (filmed as The Legend of Hell House), What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return (filmed as Somewhere in Time), A Stir of Echoes, Steel (filmed as Real Steel), and Button, Button (filmed as The Box). The movie Cold Sweat was based on his novel Riding the Nightmare, and Les seins de glace ("Icy Breasts") was based on his novel Someone is Bleeding. Both Steel and Button, Button had previously been episodes of The Twilight Zone.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | The Shrinking Man · as Novel |
| 2019 | |
| 2007 | I Am Legend · as Novel |
| 2007 | I Am Omega · as Novel |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Stir of Echoes · as Novel |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come · as Novel |
| 1996 | Trilogy of Terror II · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) |
| 1990 | |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Jaws 3-D · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman · as Novel |
| 1980 | Somewhere in Time · as Novel |
| 1980 | The Martian Chronicles (TV Series) |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1975 | Trilogy of Terror · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | Someone Is Bleeding · as Novel |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | The Legend of Hell House · as Novel |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | Ghost Story (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Duel · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | The Omega Man · as Novel |
| 1970 | Cold Sweat · as Novel |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) |
| 1969 | De Sade · as Screenplay |
| 1968 | The Devil Rides Out · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Star Trek (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Die! Die! My Darling! · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | The Last Man on Earth · as Novel |
| 1963 | The Comedy of Terrors · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Raven · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Tales of Terror · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | The Pit and the Pendulum · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Master of the World · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Buckskin (TV Series) |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Incredible Shrinking Man · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) |