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name: "Richard Matheson"
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born: "20 February 1926"
died: "23 June 2013"
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# Richard Matheson

Writer. Born 20 February 1926 in Allendale, New Jersey, USA. Died 23 June 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 February 1926, Allendale, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 23 June 2013
- **Active:** 1959–1966
- **Also known as:** Richard Burton Matheson, Logan Swanson, Richard Matheson Sr.
- **Works often with:** Anton Leader, George Clayton Johnson, Jerome Bixby, Jerry Sohl, Ralph Senensky, Robert Butler

## Biography

Richard Matheson was an American author and screenwriter who worked primarily in the fantasy, horror and science fiction genres. He was born on 20 February 1926 in Allendale, New Jersey, and died on 23 June 2013 in Calabasas, California.

Matheson wrote 16 episodes of the original *The Twilight Zone* television series (1959), including 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet' and 'Steel'. He also wrote the screenplay for the television film *Duel* (1971), directed by Steven Spielberg, and adapted several Edgar Allan Poe stories for films directed by Roger Corman, such as *House of Usher* (1960), *The Pit and the Pendulum* (1961) and *The Raven* (1963).

His novels and short stories have been adapted into numerous films, including *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), *The Legend of Hell House* (1973), *Somewhere in Time* (1980), *What Dreams May Come* (1998), *Stir of Echoes* (1999), *The Box* (2009) and *Real Steel* (2011). He also wrote for *Star Trek* (1966) and contributed to adaptations of his work *I Am Legend*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *I Am Legend* (2007), Novel
- *Real Steel* (2011), Short Story
- *Family Guy* (1999), Short Story
- *What Dreams May Come* (1998), Novel
- *Duel* (1971), Screenplay, Story
- *The Box* (2009), Original Story
- *Jaws 3-D* (1983), Screenplay
- *Stir of Echoes* (1999), Novel

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