Douglas Adams
Known for WritingBorn 1952-03-11 — died 2001-05-11Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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
Hyperland
1990 · as Self
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)
Parrot Fashion
2007 · as (archive footage)
Rockstar
2000 · as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981 · as Man in Ocean
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
2002 · as Himself
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993 · as Himself
A Matter of Time
2007 · as (archive footage)
Paris in the Springtime
2005 · as (archive footage)
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025 · as Self (Archive Material)
Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994 · as Self
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
2024 · as Self - (archive)
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
1993 · as Self
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
2001 · as Himself