Birthday
1926/02/20
Day of death
2013/06/23 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Allendale, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Richard Burton Matheson, Logan Swanson, Richard Matheson Sr.
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times, the first of which, The Last Man on Earth, was co-scripted by him and starred Vincent Price. (The other two adaptations are The Omega Man with Charlton Heston and I Am Legend with Will Smith.) Matheson a...Read more