Personal Info
Known For:
Writing
Birthday:
March 11, 1952
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
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future | Self (Archive Material) |
| 2007 | A Matter of Time | (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Parrot Fashion | (archive footage) |
| 2005 | 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 | Paris in the Springtime | (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams | Himself |
| 2001 | Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything | Himself |
| 2000 | Rockstar | Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg |
| 1994 | Visions of Heaven and Hell | Self |
| 1993 | 30 Years in the TARDIS | Himself |
| 1993 | The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self |
| 1990 | Hyperland | Self |
| 1981 | The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy | Man in Ocean |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self |
| 1989 | Prisoners of Gravity | Self |
| 1984 | Saturday Review | Self |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Man in Pub (uncredited) |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Man in Ocean (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Monty Python's Flying Circus | |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self |
| Open Door | Self |