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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1926-02-20
- event Death Date 2013-06-23
- school Known for: Writing
- star Popularity: 4.6
- info Birth Place Allendale, New Jersey, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Richard Matheson
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Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005-10-04
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The Godfather Part II
1974-12-20
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The Life After Death Project
2013-05-15
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Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
2010-03-27
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Duel
1971-11-13
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The Last Man on Earth
1964-05-06
2
The Last Man on Earth
1964-05-06
2
The Omega Man
1971-08-01
2
The Box
2009-10-29
2
I Am Omega
2007-11-18
2
Stir of Echoes
1999-09-10
2
House of Usher
1960-07-20
2
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957-02-22
2
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957-02-22
2
Loose Cannons
1990-02-09
2
The Night Strangler
1973-01-16
2
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981-01-30
2
The Return of Andrew Bentley
1961-12-11
2
What Dreams May Come
1998-10-02
2
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961-08-12
2
The Raven
1963-01-25
2
Tales of Terror
1962-07-04
2
The Comedy of Terrors
1964-01-22
2
Cold Sweat
1970-12-18
2
The Beat Generation
1959-07-03
2
Fanatic
1965-03-21
2
Somewhere in Time
1980-10-02
2
Somewhere in Time
1980-10-02
2
The Night Stalker
1972-01-11
2
The Legend of Hell House
1973-06-15
2
The Legend of Hell House
1973-06-15
2
Night of the Eagle
1962-04-25
2
Trilogy of Terror II
1996-10-30
2
Trilogy of Terror
1975-03-04
2
Trilogy of Terror
1975-03-04
2
Master of the World
1961-05-01
2
Dead of Night
1977-03-29
2
Dying Room Only
1973-09-18
2
Dracula
1974-06-13
2
De Sade
1969-08-27
2
The Morning After
1974-02-13
2
The Comedy of Terrors
1964-01-22
2
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
1977-02-28
2
The Young Warriors
1967-02-03
2
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983-06-24
2
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983-06-24
2
Scream of the Wolf
1974-01-16
2
Dance of the Dead
2005-11-11
2
The Devil Rides Out
1968-07-20
2
Dying Room Only
1973-09-18
2
The Ghost of Potter's Field
1973-03-23
2
L'Homme qui rétrécit
2025-10-22
2
Duel
1971-11-13
2
The Stranger Within
1974-10-01
2
The Stranger Within
1974-10-01
2
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019-11-14
2
My Ambition
2006-05-14
2
Jaws 3-D
1983-07-22
2
Real Steel
2011-09-28
2
The Comedy of Terrors
1964-01-22
2
Icy Breasts
1974-08-28
2
I Am Legend
2007-12-12
2
Soy leyenda
1967-01-01
2
I Am Legend 2
2
Prey
1983-01-01
2
Dead of Night
1977-03-29
2
Trilogy of Terror II
1996-10-30
2
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
1977-02-28
2
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994-05-19
2
Star Trek
1966-09-08
2
The Martian Chronicles
1980-01-15
2
The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02
2
Masters of Horror
2005-10-28
2
The Twilight Zone
1985-09-27
2
Cheyenne
1955-09-20
2
Amazing Stories
1985-09-29
2
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966-09-13
2
Combat!
1962-10-02
2
Night Gallery
1970-12-16
2
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
2
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-10-04
2
Thriller
1960-09-13
2
Lawman
1958-10-05
2
The Outer Limits
1995-03-26
2
Family Guy
1999-01-31
2
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20
2
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20
2
Ghost Story
1972-09-15