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Douglas Adams

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Born

March 11, 1952

Died

May 11, 2001 (age 49)

Place of Birth

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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Douglas Adams

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

The unlikely origins of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | BBC Global

Video

Known For

Wogan
TV

Wogan

Self

1982

Have I Got News for You
TV

Have I Got News for You

Self

1990

Omnibus
TV

Omnibus

Self

1967

Omnibus
TV

Omnibus

1967

Monty Python's Flying Circus
TV

Monty Python's Flying Circus

1969

Prisoners of Gravity
TV

Prisoners of Gravity

Self

1989

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
TV

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Man in Pub (uncredited)

1981

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
TV

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Man in Ocean (uncredited)

1981

Hyperland
Film

Hyperland

Self

1990

Rockstar
Film

Rockstar

Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg

2000

Parrot Fashion
Film

Parrot Fashion

(archive footage)

2007

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Film

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

Man in Ocean

1981

Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
Film

Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams

Himself

2002

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'
Film

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'

Self (archive footage)

2005

A Matter of Time
Film

A Matter of Time

(archive footage)

2007

Saturday Review
TV

Saturday Review

Self

1984

Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Film

Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future

Self (Archive Material)

2025

30 Years in the TARDIS
Film

30 Years in the TARDIS

Himself

1993

Visions of Heaven and Hell
Film

Visions of Heaven and Hell

Self

1994

The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Film

The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Self

1993

Filmography

2025FilmDouglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Futureas Self (Archive Material)2024FilmDarkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williamsas Self - (archive)2007FilmA Matter of Timeas (archive footage)2007FilmParrot Fashionas (archive footage)2005FilmParis in the Springtimeas (archive footage)2005FilmDon'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'as Self (archive footage)2002FilmLife, the Universe and Douglas Adamsas Himself2001FilmDouglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everythingas Himself2000FilmRockstaras Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg1994FilmVisions of Heaven and Hellas Self1993Film30 Years in the TARDISas Himself1993FilmThe Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'as Self1990TVHave I Got News for Youas Self1990FilmHyperlandas Self1989TVPrisoners of Gravityas Self1984TVSaturday Reviewas Self1982TVWoganas Self1981FilmThe Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxyas Man in Ocean1981TVThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyas Man in Pub (uncredited)1969TVMonty Python's Flying Circus1967TVOmnibusas Self—TVOpen Dooras Self