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name: "Charles Beaumont"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-beaumont"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 January 1929"
died: "21 February 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:41:13.502339+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Charles Beaumont

Writer. Born 2 January 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 21 February 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 January 1929, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 21 February 1967

## Biography

Charles Beaumont (born Charles Leroy Nutt) was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction genres. He wrote numerous episodes for the television series *The Twilight Zone* (1959), among them adaptations of his own stories such as "Perchance to Dream" and "The Howling Man".

Beaumont also wrote screenplays for several films, including *The Intruder* (1962), *The Premature Burial* (1962), *The Haunted Palace* (1963), *7 Faces of Dr. Lao* (1964) and *The Masque of the Red Death* (1964). Born in Chicago, Illinois, on 2 January 1929, he died in Los Angeles, California, on 21 February 1967.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, twilightzone.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *The Masque of the Red Death* (1964), Screenplay
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Writer
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), Writer
- *The Haunted Palace* (1963), Writer
- *The Premature Burial* (1962), Screenplay
- *Brain Dead* (1990), Screenplay
- *The Intruder* (1962), Writer, Novel
- *Night of the Eagle* (1962), Writer

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