Richard Matheson



First NameRichard
Last NameMatheson
Age85
Date of BirthFebruary 20, 1926
Star SignPisces
Occupation CategoryWriter
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Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the author of What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return, Duel, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and I Am Legend, all five of which have been adapted as major motion pictures. Matheson has also written for several The Twilight Zone television show episodes such as "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".


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Filmography

Selected Richard Matheson film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2011
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Himself

1980
Somewhere in Time
Astonished Man - in 1912

1976
Captains and the Kings
President Garfield

1974
The Godfather: Part II
Senator #3

Producer Credits

2006
Blood Son
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1996
Trilogy of Terror II
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1983
Jaws 3-D
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1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
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1975
Trilogy of Terror
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1974
The Stranger Within
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1973
The Legend of Hell House
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1971
Duel
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1970
Cold Sweat
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1969
De Sade
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1968
The Devil Rides Out
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1967
The Young Warriors
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1965
Die! Die! My Darling!
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1963
The Comedy of Terrors
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1963
The Raven
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1961
Pit and the Pendulum
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1960
House of Usher
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1959
The Beat Generation
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Writer Credits

2009
The Box
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2007
I Am Legend
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1999
Stir of Echoes
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1998
What Dreams May Come
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1990
Loose Cannons
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1990
The Dreamer of Oz
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1985
Amazing Stories
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1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
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1980
Somewhere in Time
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1980
The Martian Chronicles
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1974
Les seins de glace
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1974
Bram Stoker's Dracula
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1974
Scream of the Wolf
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1974
The Morning After
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1973
Dying Room Only
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1972
The Night Stalker
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1971
The Omega Man
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1969
'It's Alive!'
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1969
Rod Serling's Night Gallery
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1964
The Last Man on Earth
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1963
The Comedy of Terrors
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1962
Burn, Witch, Burn
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1962
Tales of Terror
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1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
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1961
Master of the World
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1959
The Twilight Zone
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1958
Lawman
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1957
The Incredible Shrinking Man
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The Twilight Zone
"The Twilight Zone" A Game of Pool (1961)
"The Twilight Zone" One for the Angels (1959)
"The Twilight Zone" Where Is Everybody? (1959)
Richard Matheson
Rod Serling
The Twilight Zone (1985)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Titles written by or based on the works of Richard Matheson
"The Twilight Zone" Death Ship (1963)
"The Twilight Zone" Little Girl Lost (1962)
"The Twilight Zone" Living Doll (1963)
"The Twilight Zone" Mute (1963)
"The Twilight Zone" Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1963)
"The Twilight Zone" Steel (1963)
"The Twilight Zone" Third from the Sun (1960)
Richard Matheson
Somewhere in Time (1980)
The Box (2009)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
The Martian Chronicles (1980)
The Young Warriors (1967)
What Dreams May Come (1998)