Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20th, 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 The Incredible Shrinking Man, What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return (filmed as Somewhere in Time), A Stir of Echoes, and I Am Legend, all of which have been adapted as major motion pictures, the last at least three times. Matheson has also written for several The Twilight Zone television show episodes such as "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", and adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" into a screenplay later that year for the Steven Spielberg–directed television movie of the same name.
Richard Matheson passed away in his home in Calabasas, California on Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 at the age of 87. [1]
The 2011 film Real Steel is loosely based off of Matheson's short story, "Steel".
A character from The X-Files known as Senator Richard Matheson shares the same name. It is unknown whether the character was named for Richard Burton Matheson or not.
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