Douglas Adams
Known for Writing · 22 credits
- Born
- 1952-03-11
- Died
- 2001-05-11
- Place of birth
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Biography
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame
Known For
TV Shows (8)
Wogan
1982
as Self
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
Prisoners of Gravity
1989
as Self
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981
as Man in Pub (uncredited) / Man in Ocean (uncredited)
Saturday Review
1984
as Self
Open Door
as Self
Movies (14)
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
as Man in Ocean
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025
as Self (Archive Material)
Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994
as Self
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
2001
as Himself
Hyperland
1990
as Self
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
1993
as Self
A Matter of Time
2007
as (archive footage)
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
2002
as Himself
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
as Himself
Paris in the Springtime
2005
as (archive footage)
Rockstar
2000
as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
2024
as Self - (archive)
Parrot Fashion
2007
as (archive footage)
About Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame With 22 credits spanning from 1967 to 2025, Douglas Adams has appeared in 14 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Douglas Adams Movies
- Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981) — as Man in Ocean
- Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future (2025) — as Self (Archive Material)
- Visions of Heaven and Hell (1994) — as Self
- Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything (2001) — as Himself
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