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Richard Matheson

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Biography

Born

2/20/1926, Allendale, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name

Richard Burton Matheson

Gender

Male

Credits

Writer (18)

Role
- The Outer Limits
  Writer
- Amazing Stories
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 23 One For the Books
    5/11/86
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Doll
    5/4/86
- The Martian Chronicles
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Martians
    1/29/80
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Settlers
    1/28/80
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Expeditions
    1/27/80
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  Writer
  - — The Night Strangler
    1/16/73
  - — The Night Stalker
    1/11/72
- Ghost Story
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 1 The New House
    3/17/72
- Night Gallery
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 44 The Funeral
    1/5/72
  - S 2: Ep 24 Big Surprise
    11/10/71
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Atlantis Affair
    11/15/66
- Star Trek
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Enemy Within
    10/6/66
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Writer
  - S 4: Ep 2 Time of Flight
    9/21/66
- The Twilight Zone
  Writer
  - S 5: Ep 21 Spur of the Moment
    2/21/64
  - S 5: Ep 19 Night Call
    2/7/64
  - S 5: Ep 3 Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
    10/11/63
  - S 5: Ep 2 Steel
    10/4/63
  - S 4: Ep 6 Death Ship
    2/7/63
  - + 9 More Credits
- Combat!
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Forgotten Front
    10/2/62
- Lawman (1958)
  Writer
  - S 4: Ep 37 The Actor
    5/27/62
  - S 3: Ep 21 Homecoming
    2/5/61
  - S 3: Ep 13 Cornered
    12/11/60
  - S 3: Ep 10 Samson the Great
    11/20/60
  - S 3: Ep 6 Yawkey
    10/23/60
  - + 1 More Credits
- Thriller
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Return of Andrew Bentley
    12/11/61
- Cheyenne
  Writer
  - S 4: Ep 13 Home Is the Brave
    3/14/60
- Bourbon Street Beat
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 22 Target of Hate
    3/7/60
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Writer
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Lady on the Wall
    2/20/60
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Healing Woman
    9/12/59
- Buckskin
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 30 Act Of Faith
    3/23/59
Story (10)

Role
- Family Guy
  Story
  - S 8: Ep 19 The Splendid Source
    5/16/10
- Masters Of Horror
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 3 Dance of the Dead
    11/11/05
- The Outer Limits
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 7 First Anniversary
    2/16/96
- Amazing Stories
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 21 Miss Stardust
    4/10/87
  - S 1: Ep 23 One For the Books
    5/11/86
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 50 Button, Button
    3/7/86
- Journey to the Unknown
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 9 Girl Of My Dreams
    12/5/68
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 11 Ride the Nightmare
    11/29/62
- Bourbon Street Beat
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 22 Target of Hate
    3/7/60
- The Twilight Zone
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 14 Third From the Sun
    1/8/60
  - S 1: Ep 11 And When the Sky Was Opened
    12/11/59
- Studio 57
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 1 Young Couples Only
    9/3/55
Teleplay (2)

Role
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Teleplay
  - S 1: Ep 50 Button, Button
    3/7/86
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Teleplay
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Thirty First of February
    1/4/63
  - S 1: Ep 11 Ride the Nightmare
    11/29/62
Developer (1)

Role
- Ghost Story
  Developer
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Phantom of Herald Square
    3/30/73
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Ghost of Potter's Field
    3/23/73
  - S 1: Ep 21 Spare Parts
    2/23/73
  - S 1: Ep 18 Doorway to Death
    1/26/73
  - S 1: Ep 17 Earth, Air, Fire and Water
    1/19/73
  - + 13 More Credits

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- Richard Matheson insists that he is a "terror writer", not a horror writer.
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- "Night of The Living Dead" was loosely based on Richard Matheson's classic novel, "I am legend". Virtually every zombie movie made since then has it's roots in that novel.
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- In 1994, The Shrinking Man was republished under the title of The Incredible Shrinking Man. The novel also contained the other following Matheson stories: - Nightmare At 20,000 Feet - The Test - The Holiday Man - Mantage - The Distributor - By Appointment Only - Button, Button - Duel - Shoofly
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