OVERLOOKED TELEVISION: RICHARD MATHESON, R.I.P.

The announcement of Richard Matheson's death was a shock.  Although he was 87, he died far too early with far too many more stories to tell. 

From Boris Karloff's Thriller, December 11, 1961, here's Richard Matheson's adaptation of August Derleth and Mark Schorer's story "The Return of Andrew Bentley."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edoAcJpysfQ

From IMDB, here's a list of Matheson's television credits.  Note: many of these were written by Matheson based on his short stories, but if IMDB didn't mention this, neither did I.

1955 - Studio 57, "Young Couples Only."  Original story.
1958 - Now Is Tomorrow.  TV movie written by Matheson.
1959 - Buckskin, "Act of Faith."  Written by Matheson and Charles Beaumont.
         - Wanted:  Dead or Alive, "The Healing Woman."  Written by Charles Beaumont; story
           by Matheson and Beaumont.
         - The Twilight Zone, "And When the Sky Was Opened."  Written by Rod Serling based on a
           story by Matheson.
1960 - The Twilight Zone, "Third from the Sun."  Written by Rod Serling based on the story by
           Matheson.
         - __________, "The Last Flight," Written by Matheson.
         - __________, "A World of Difference."  Written by Matheson.
         - __________, "A World of His Own."  Written by  Matheson.
         - __________, "Nick of Time."  Written by Matheson.
         - Have Gun - Will Travel, "The Lady on the Wall."  Written by Matheson and Charles
           Beaumont.
         - Bourbon Street Beat, "Target of Hate."  Written by Matheson and William L. Stuart; story by
           Matheson.
         - Cheyenne, "Home Is the Brave."  Written by Matheson; story by George Waggner.
         - Lawman, "Thirty Minutes."  Written by Matheson.
           __________, "Yawkey."  Written by Matheson.
           __________, "Samson the Great."  Written by Matheson.
           __________, "Cornered."  Written by Matheson.
1961 - The Twilight Zone, "The Invaders."  Written by Matheson.
           __________, "Once Upon a Time."  Written by Matheson.
          - Lawman, "Homecoming."  Written by Matheson.
           __________, "The Actor."  Written by Matheson.
         - Thriller, "The Return of Andrew Bentley."  Written by Matheson from the story by August
           Derleth and Mark Schorer.
1962 - The Twilight Zone, "Little Girl Lost."  Written by Matheson.
           __________, "Young Man's Fancy." Written by Matheson.
         - Combat!, "Forgotten Front."  Written by Matheson under the name "Logan Swanson"; story
           by Jerome Coopersmith.  (The premiere episode of this series.)
         - The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, "Ride the Nightmare."  Written by Matheson from his novel.
         - The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, "The Thirty-First of February."  Written by Matheson under the
           name "Logan Swanson", from the novel by Julian Symons.
1963 - The Twilight Zone, "Mute."  Written by Matheson.
           __________, "Death Ship."  Written by Matheson.
           __________, "Steel."  Written by Matheson.
           __________, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet."
1964 - The Twilight Zone, "Night Call."  Written by Matheson.
           __________, "Spur of the Moment."  Written by Matheson.
1966 - Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre, "Time of Flight."  Written by Matheson.
         - Star Trek, "The Enemy Within."  Written by Matheson.
         - The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., "The Atlantis Affair."  Written by Matheson.
1968 - Late Night Horror, "No Such Thing as a Vampire."  Written by Hugh Leonard from
           Matheson's short story.
         - Journey to the Unknown, "Girl of My Dreams."  Written by Robert Bloch and Michael J.
           Bird; story by Matheson.
1969 - "It's Alive!"  Television movie; no writer credited.  Evidently this turkey was based on an
           uncredited Matheson story.
1971 - Duel.  Television movie.  Written by Matheson from his story.
         - Rod Serling's Night Gallery, "Big Surprise" [a segment from the November 10 episode].
           Written by Matheson from his short story.
1972 - The Night Stalker.  Television movie.  Written by Matheson from a story by Jeff Rice.  IMDB
           lists Max Hodge as an uncredited writer.
         - Rod Serling's Night Gallery, "The Funeral" [ a segment from the January 5 episode].
           Written by Matheson from his short story.
         - Circle of Fear, "The New House."  Written by Matheson from a short story by Elizabeth M.
           Walter.  Matheson is also listed as the developer for the first 22 episodes of this series.
           Beginning with episode 15 (January 15, 1973) the series was renamed Ghost Story.
1973 - The Night Strangler.  Written by Matheson from characters created by Jeff Rice.  (I believe
           the story was by Rice, although IMDB does not mention this.)
         - Dying Room Only.  Television movie.  Written by Matheson from his short story.
1974 - Scream of the Wolf.  Television movie.  Written by Matheson from a story by David Case.
         - Bram Stoker's Dracula.  Television movie.  Written by Matheson.
         - The Morning After.  Television movie.  Written by Matheson from the novel by Jack B.
           Weiner.
         - The Stranger Within.  Television movie.  Written by Matheson from his short story.
1975 - Trilogy of Terror.  Television movie based on three stories by Matheson.  The episodes are 
           titled  "Julie," "Millicent and Therese," and "Amelia."  The first two were scripted by
           William  F. Nolan; the last by Matheson.
1977 - The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver.  Television movie.  Written by Matheson.
         - Dead of Night.  Television movie written by Matheson based on three stories:  "Second 
           Chance" by Jack Finney and "No Such Thing as a Vampire" and "Bobby," both by Matheson.
1979 - Racconti di fantascienza [Italian television show], "L'esame."  From a story by Matheson.
1980 - The Martian Chronicles.  Three-episode mini-series written by Matheson from the stories of
           Ray Bradbury.
1986 - The Twilight Zone, "Button, Button" [a segment from the March 7 episode].  Written by
           Matheson under the name Logan Swanson, from his short story.
         - Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories, "The Doll."  Written by Matheson.
         - ___________, "One for the Books."  Written by Matheson from his short story.
1987 - Steven Spileberg's Amazing Stories, "Miss Stardust."  Written by Thomas Szolloli and
           Richard Christian Matheson from a story by Richard Matheson.
1990 - The Dreamer of Oz.  Television movie.  Written by Matheson; story by Matheson and
           David Kirschner.
1994 - The Twilight Zone:  Rod Serling's Lost Classics.  Television movie.  Written by Rod Serling
           and Matheson; story by Serling.
1996 - The Outer Limits, "First Anniversary."  Written by Jon Cooksey and Ali Marie Matheson
           from a story by Matheson (credited here as "Richard Matheson Sr.")
         - Trilogy of Terror II.  Television movie.  One segment ("Prey") was written by Matheson from
           his story.  (The other two segments were written by William F. Nolan and Dan Curtis.)
2005 - Masters of Horror, "Dance of the Dead."  Written by Matheson from his story.
2010 - Family Guy, "The Splendid Source."  Written by Mark Hentemann from Matheson's story.