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Aliases: Richard Burton Matheson , Logan Swanson , Richard Matheson Sr.

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Allendale, New Jersey, USA

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Movie Involvements: 67

TV Involvements: 19


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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.

Most Famous Work

Have Gun, Will Travel
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7

Have Gun, Will Travel

(1957) Writer
The Outer Limits
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8

The Outer Limits

(1995) Writer
Family Guy
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7

Family Guy

(1999) Short Story
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
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5
Star Trek
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8

Star Trek

(1966) Writer
Night Gallery
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8

Night Gallery

(1970) Writer
Lawman
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5

Lawman

(1958) Writer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
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8

Acting

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Writer
2011 Short Story
2009 Original Story
2007 Screenplay
Novel
2006 Short Story
2005 Story
Writer
1999 Novel
Short Story
1998 Novel
1996 Screenplay
Story
1995 Writer
1994 Teleplay
1990 Writer
1985 Writer
Writer
1983 Screenplay
Screenplay
Story
1981 Novel
1980 Novel
Screenplay
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1977 Writer
Original Story
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1975 Screenplay
Story
1974 Short Story
Teleplay
Novel
Writer
Teleplay
Teleplay
1973 Teleplay
Short Story
Novel
Screenplay
Writer
Writer
1972 Teleplay
1971 Screenplay
Story
Novel
1970 Novel
Writer
1969 Screenplay
1968 Screenplay
1967 Writer
Novel
1966 Writer
Writer
1965 Screenplay
1964 Novel
Screenplay
Screenplay
Novel
1963 Writer
Screenplay
1962 Writer
Writer
Novel
Screenplay
Writer
1961 Writer
Screenplay
Screenplay
1960 Writer
Writer
1959 Writer
Writer
1958 Writer
1957 Writer
Novel
Screenplay
1955 Writer
Novel
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1977 Associate Producer
1964 Associate Producer
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Creator

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1972 Creator
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