Richard Matheson

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-02-20

Deathday 2013-06-23 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Allendale, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As Richard Burton Matheson, Logan Swanson, Richard Matheson Sr.

Richard Matheson

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

Writer

I Am Legend 2

as Characters

2011
Real Steel

as Short Story

2009
The Box

as Original Story

2007
I Am Omega

as Novel

2007
I Am Legend

as Novel

2006
My Ambition

as Short Story

2005
2005
1999
1999
Family Guy

as Short Story

1996
Trilogy of Terror II

as Screenplay

1995
1990
Loose Cannons

as Writer

1990
1990
The Dreamer of Oz

as Screenplay

1985
1985
Amazing Stories

as Writer

1983
1983
Jaws 3-D

as Screenplay

1983
Prey

as Short Story

1980
1980
Somewhere in Time

as Screenplay

1977
Dead of Night

as Writer

1977
Dead of Night

as Original Story

1975
1975
Trilogy of Terror

as Screenplay

1974
Dracula

as Writer

1974
The Morning After

as Teleplay

1974
Scream of the Wolf

as Teleplay

1974
1974
The Stranger Within

as Short Story

1974
Icy Breasts

as Novel

1973
1973
1973
Dying Room Only

as Teleplay

1973
Dying Room Only

as Short Story

1972
The Night Stalker

as Teleplay

1972
Ghost Story

as Writer

1971
Duel

as Screenplay

1971
The Omega Man

as Novel

1971
Duel

as Story

1970
Cold Sweat

as Novel

1970
Night Gallery

as Writer

1969
De Sade

as Screenplay

1968
The Devil Rides Out

as Screenplay

1967
1967
Soy leyenda

as Novel

1966
Star Trek

as Writer

1965
Fanatic

as Screenplay

1964
The Last Man on Earth

as Screenplay

1964
The Comedy of Terrors

as Screenplay

1963
The Raven

as Screenplay

1962
Tales of Terror

as Screenplay

1962
1962
Combat!

as Writer

1961
1961
Master of the World

as Screenplay

1960
House of Usher

as Writer

1960
Thriller

as Writer

1959
1959
1958
Lawman

as Writer

1957
1955
Cheyenne

as Writer

Producer

1977
1964
The Comedy of Terrors

as Associate Producer

Creator

1972
Ghost Story

as Creator