Television
Shows from
Matheson Scripts
The Joust (Have Gun, Will
Travel, date unknown) With Charles
Beaumont.
Phillip Marlowe - No details
available
Richard Diamond, Private
Detective - No Details Available.
Iron Mike Benedict (The D.A.'s
Man, 1958) With Charles Beaumont.
Act of Faith (Buckskin, 1959)
With Charles Beaumont.
And When The Sky Was Opened
(Twilight Zone, 1959) Script Rod Serling, based
on Matheson's story "Disappearing Act."
The Healing Woman (Wanted Dead
or Alive, 1959) With Charles Beaumont.
Home of the Brave (Cheyenne,
1959)
Lady on the Wall (Have Gun
Will Travel, 1959) With Charles Beaumont.
Spirit Unwilling (Markham,
1959) With Charles Beaumont.
Thirty Minutes (Lawman,
1959)
The Actor (Lawman, 1960)
Cornered (Lawman, 1960)
Homecoming (Lawman, 1960)
The Last Flight (Twilight
Zone, 1960) Original script by Matheson.
Nick of Time (Twilight Zone,
1960) Original script by Matheson.
Samson the Great (Lawman,
1960)
Target of Hate (Bourbon Street
Beat, 1960)
Third From The Sun (Twilight
Zone, 1960) Script by Rod Serling, based on
Matheson's story.
Thy Will Be Done (Now is
Tomorrow, 1960) Pilot script.
A World of Difference
(Twilight Zone, 1960) Original script by
Matheson.
A World of His Own (Twilight
Zone, 1960) Original script by Matheson.
Yawkey (Lawman, 1960)
The Invaders (Twilight Zone,
1961) Original script by Matheson.
Once Upon a Time (Twilight
Zone, 1961) Original script by Matheson.
Little Girl Lost (Twilight
Zone, 1961) Script by Matheson, based on his
story.
Forgotten Front (Combat,
1962)
Ride the Nightmare (Alfred
Hitchcock Hour, 1962) Based on his novel.
The Thirty-First of February
(Alfred Hitchcock Hour, 1962) Based on the
Julian Symons novel, written under a
pseudonym.
Young Man's Fancy (Twilight
Zone, 1962) Original script by Matheson.
The Return of Andrew Bentley
(Thriller, 1962) Script by Matheson, based on
the short story by August Derleth and Marck
Schorer.
Mute (Twilight Zone, 1963)
Script by Matheson, based on his story.
Death Ship (Twilight Zone,
1963) Script by Matheson, based on his
story.
Steel (Twilight Zone, 1963)
Script by Matheson, based on his story.
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
(Twilight Zone, 1963) Script by Matheson, based
on his story.
Night Call (Twilight Zone,
1964) Script by Matheson, based on his
story.
Spur of the Moment (Twilight
Zone, 1964) Original script by Matheson.
Time of Flight (Bob Hope's
Chrysler Theater, 1966) Original script by
Matheson.
The Enemy Within (Star Trek,
1966) Original script by Matheson.
The Atlantis Affair (The Girl
from U.N.C.L.E., 1966)
Girl of My Dreams (Journey to
the Unknow, 1968) - Script by Robert Bloch and
Michael J. Bird, based on Matheson's story.
The Funeral (Night Gallery,
1970) Script by Matheson, based on his
story.
The Big Surprise (Night
Gallery, 1971, Script by Matheson, based on his
story.
Duel (1971) Script by
Matheson, based on his story.
The Night Stalker (1972)
Script by Matheson, based on Jeff Rice's
unpublished novel, The Kolchak Tapes.
The New House (Ghost Story,
1972) Original script by Matheson.
The Night Strangler (1973)
Original script by Matheson, based on
characters created by Jeff Rice.
Dying Room Only (1973) Script
by Matheson, based on his story.
Scream of the Wolf (1974)
Script by Matheson, based on David Chase's
story "The Hunter".
Dracula (1974) Script by
Matheson, based on Bram Stoker's novel.
The Stranger Within (1974)
Script by Matheson, based on his story, "Mother
by Protest."
The Morning After (1974)
Adapted from a novel.
Trilogy of Terror (1975) Two
segments scripted by William F. Nolan based on
Matheson's story. Third segment scripted by
Matheson, based on his story, "Prey".
Dead of Night (1977) Script by
Matheson; one segment based on Jack Finney's
"Second Chance," another on Matheson's "No Such
Thing as a Vampire" and the Third, "Bobby" an
original Matheson script.
The Strange Possession of Mrs.
Oliver (1977) Original script by
Matheson.
The Martian Chronicles (1980)
Script by Matheson, based on Ray Bradbury's
novel.
Dreamer of Oz (1990, aka
Dreamer of Oz: The Frank L. Baum Story) Script
by Matheson.
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost
Classics (1994) Segment "The
Theatre"
Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
"Bobby", from Dead of Night, was remade
by Dan Curtis. Other two segments by William F.
Nolan.