Charles Beaumont

Charles Beaumont (born Charles Leroy Nutt; January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres. He is remembered as a writer of classic Twilight Zone episodes, such as "The Howling Man", "Static", "Miniature", "Printer's Devil", and "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You", but also penned the screenplays for several films, such as 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The Intruder, and The Masque of the Red Death.

For the British Olympic fencer, see Charles de Beaumont.

Charles Beaumont
Beaumont c. late 1950s
BornCharles Leroy Nutt
(1929-01-02)January 2, 1929
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedFebruary 21, 1967(1967-02-21) (aged 38)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Period1950–1967
Genre
  • Speculative fiction
  • science fiction
  • horror
Notable worksThe Twilight Zone (various episodes)

Novelist Dean Koontz said "Charles Beaumont was one of the seminal influences on writers of the fantastic and macabre." Beaumont is also the subject of the documentary Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man by Jason V. Brock.

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