Richard Matheson
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- February 20, 1926
- Died
- June 23, 2013 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Allendale, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Matheson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
I Am Legend 2
Movie · Characters
No Such Thing as a Vampire
Movie · Writer
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Movie · Novel
De 6 à 8
Movie · Original Story
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · Writer
Real Steel
Movie · Short Story
The Box
Movie · Original Story
I Am Omega
Movie · Novel
I Am Legend
Movie · Novel
My Ambition
Movie · Short Story
Dance of the Dead
Movie · Short Story
Masters of Horror
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Stir of Echoes
Movie · Novel
Family Guy
TV · Short Story · 1 ep
What Dreams May Come
Movie · Novel
Trilogy of Terror II
Movie · Screenplay, Short Story
The Outer Limits
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Movie · Teleplay
Loose Cannons
Movie · Writer
The Dreamer of Oz
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
Movie · Writer
The Twilight Zone
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Amazing Stories
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Jaws 3-D
Movie · Screenplay
Prey
Movie · Short Story
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Movie · Novel
Somewhere in Time
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
The Martian Chronicles
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Dead of Night
Movie · Writer, Original Story
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
Movie · Writer
Trilogy of Terror
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Dracula
Movie · Writer
The Morning After
Movie · Teleplay
Scream of the Wolf
Movie · Teleplay
The Stranger Within
Movie · Short Story, Teleplay
Icy Breasts
Movie · Novel
The Night Strangler
Movie · Writer
The Legend of Hell House
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
Dying Room Only
Movie · Teleplay, Short Story
The Night Stalker
Movie · Teleplay
Ghost Story
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Duel
Movie · Screenplay, Story
The Omega Man
Movie · Novel
Cold Sweat
Movie · Novel
Night Gallery
TV · Writer · 2 eps
De Sade
Movie · Screenplay
The Devil Rides Out
Movie · Screenplay
Late Night Horror
TV · Short Story · 1 ep
The Young Warriors
Movie · Writer
Soy leyenda
Movie · Novel
Star Trek
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Fanatic
Movie · Screenplay
The Last Man on Earth
Movie · Novel, Screenplay
The Comedy of Terrors
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
The Raven
Movie · Screenplay
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Tales of Terror
Movie · Screenplay
Night of the Eagle
Movie · Writer
Combat!
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · Writer, Novel · 2 eps
The Pit and the Pendulum
Movie · Screenplay
Master of the World
Movie · Screenplay
House of Usher
Movie · Writer
Thriller
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Beat Generation
Movie · Writer
The Twilight Zone
TV · Writer · 16 eps
Now Is Tomorrow
Movie · Writer
Lawman
TV · Writer · 3 eps
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Cheyenne
TV · Writer · 1 ep