Richard Christian Matheson

Richard Christian Matheson (born October 14, 1953)^[1] is an American writer of horror fiction and screenplays. He is the author of the short story collections Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks and Dystopia; the novel Created By; and the screenplay for the Showtime Masters of Horror installments Dance of the Dead (Season 1) and The Damned Thing (Season 2). He has also been a story editor for the television series The A-Team (Season 2 Episode 3 The Only Church In Town)and writer for the show (Season 2 Episode 4 Bad Time On The Border) which aired during the 1980s. As well as many others.

His father is fiction writer and screenwriter Richard Matheson and his paternal grandparents are from Norway.

Selected Filmography

• Three's Company (1978) (TV)
• The Incredible Hulk (1978–1979) (TV)
• The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979) (TV)
• Stone (1980) (TV)
• Enos (TV series) (1980) (TV)
• B.J. and the Bear (1981) (TV)
• The Powers of Matthew Star (1982) (TV)
• Knight Rider (1982) (TV)
• The A-Team (1983–1986) (TV)
• Hardcastle and McCormick (1984–1985) (TV)
• Hunter (1985) (TV)
• Amazing Stories (1986–1987) (TV)
• Three O'Clock High (with Thomas E. Szollosi) (1987)
• It Takes Two (with Thomas E. Szollosi) (1988)
• Loose Cannons (with Richard Matheson and Bob Clark) (1990)
• Tales from the Crypt (1991) (TV)
• The Torkelsons (1992) (TV)
• Full Eclipse (with Michael Reaves) (1993) (TV)
• Sole Survivor (2000)
• Paradise (with Norman Steinberg) (2004) (TV)
• Masters of Horror (2005–2006) (TV)
• Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006) (TV)
• Chemistry (2011) (TV) (Co-Creator, with Norman Steinberg)

See also

• List of horror fiction authors
• splatterpunk

References

1. ↑ Family Tree Legends

External links

• richardchristianmatheson.com
• rcmatheson.com
• Richard Christian Matheson at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Christian Matheson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database