- Hes claimed that the film that came closest to capturing the spirit of his novel "I Am Legend" was Night of the Living Dead (1968), even though that film was not an intentional adaptation of his book.
- One of Stephen King's favorite writers.
- According to producer Roger Corman, Matheson's scripts were so good that Corman usually used the first draft with a minimum of rewrites.
- Father of Chris Matheson, Ali Marie Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson. He adopted his wife's daughter from a previous marriage named Bettina Louise Matheson (b. 1950).
- His short story "Steel" was the first inspiration for the screenplay to Real Steel (2011).
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