Richard Matheson

About Richard Matheson

Who is it?: writer, miscellaneous, actor
Birth Day: February 20, 1926
Birth Place: USA
Birth Sign: Pisces

Richard Matheson Net Worth

Born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, Richard Burton Matheson first became a published author while still a child, when his stories and poems ran in the "Brooklyn Eagle". A lifelong reader of fantasy tales, he made his professional writing bow in 1950 when his short story "Born of Man and Woman"? appeared in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"; Matheson turned out a number of highly regarded horror, fantasy and mystery stories throughout that decade.
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💰Richard Matheson Net worth and Salary

House of Usher (1960) $5,000
Master of the World (1961) $5,000
Pit and the Pendulum (1961) $5,000
Night of the Eagle (1962) $5,000

Born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, Richard Burton Matheson first became a published author while still a child, when his stories and poems ran in the "Brooklyn Eagle". A lifelong reader of fantasy tales, he made his professional writing bow in 1950 when his short story "Born of Man and Woman"? appeared in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"; Matheson turned out a number of highly regarded horror, fantasy and mystery stories throughout that decade. He broke into films in 1956, adapting his novel "The Shrinking Man" for the big-screen The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957).