The Life After Death Project
2013 · Movie
as Self
Richard Matheson
1926-02-20
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Allendale, New Jersey, USA
Writers: , Masters of Horror, The Outer Limits, , The Twilight Zone
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.
Filmography
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
2010 · Movie
as Self
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005 · Movie
as Self
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
2000 · Movie
as Self
Somewhere in Time
1980 · Movie
as Astonished Man [1912]
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Movie
as Senator #3 (uncredited)
No image
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
· Movie
Crew Credits
The Shrinking Man
2025 · Movie
Novel
De 6 à 8
2023 · Movie
Original Story
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019 · Movie
Writer
Real Steel
2011 · Movie
Short Story
The Box
2009 · Movie
Original Story
I Am Omega
2007 · Movie
Novel
I Am Legend
2007 · Movie
Novel
My Ambition
2006 · Movie
Short Story
Dance of the Dead
2005 · Movie
Short Story
Masters of Horror
2005 · TV Show
Writer
Stir of Echoes
1999 · Movie
Novel
Family Guy
1999 · TV Show
Short Story
What Dreams May Come
1998 · Movie
Novel
Trilogy of Terror II
1996 · Movie
Screenplay, Short Story
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV Show
Writer
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994 · Movie
Teleplay
Loose Cannons
1990 · Movie
Writer
The Dreamer of Oz
1990 · Movie
Story, Screenplay
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV Show
Writer
Amazing Stories
1985 · TV Show
Writer
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Movie
Story, Screenplay
Jaws 3-D
1983 · Movie
Screenplay
No image
Prey
1983 · Movie
Short Story
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981 · Movie
Novel
Somewhere in Time
1980 · Movie
Novel, Screenplay
The Martian Chronicles
1980 · TV Show
Writer
Dead of Night
1977 · Movie
Writer, Original Story
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
1977 · Movie
Writer, Associate Producer
Trilogy of Terror
1975 · Movie
Story, Screenplay
Dracula
1974 · Movie
Writer
The Morning After
1974 · Movie
Teleplay
Scream of the Wolf
1974 · Movie
Teleplay
The Stranger Within
1974 · Movie
Teleplay, Short Story
Icy Breasts
1974 · Movie
Novel
The Night Strangler
1973 · Movie
Writer
The Legend of Hell House
1973 · Movie
Novel, Screenplay
Dying Room Only
1973 · Movie
Teleplay, Short Story
The Night Stalker
1972 · Movie
Teleplay
Ghost Story
1972 · TV Show
Writer, Creator
Duel
1971 · Movie
Screenplay, Story
The Omega Man
1971 · Movie
Novel
Cold Sweat
1970 · Movie
Novel
Night Gallery
1970 · TV Show
Writer
De Sade
1969 · Movie
Screenplay
The Devil Rides Out
1968 · Movie
Screenplay
No Such Thing as a Vampire
1968 · Movie
Writer
Late Night Horror
1968 · TV Show
Short Story
The Young Warriors
1967 · Movie
Writer
Soy leyenda
1967 · Movie
Novel
Star Trek
1966 · TV Show
Writer
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · TV Show
Writer
Fanatic
1965 · Movie
Screenplay
The Last Man on Earth
1964 · Movie
Screenplay, Novel
The Comedy of Terrors
1964 · Movie
Screenplay, Novel, Associate Producer
The Raven
1963 · Movie
Screenplay
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · TV Show
Writer
Tales of Terror
1962 · Movie
Screenplay
Night of the Eagle
1962 · Movie
Writer
Combat!
1962 · TV Show
Writer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · TV Show
Writer, Novel
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961 · Movie
Screenplay
Master of the World
1961 · Movie
Screenplay
House of Usher
1960 · Movie
Writer
Thriller
1960 · TV Show
Writer
The Beat Generation
1959 · Movie
Writer
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV Show
Writer
Lawman
1958 · TV Show
Writer
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · Movie
Screenplay, Novel
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV Show
Writer
Cheyenne
1955 · TV Show
Writer
No image
I Am Legend 2
· Movie
Characters
Now Is Tomorrow
· Movie
Writer
