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
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Films
7
TV Shows
14
Crew Credits
Known For
20 Credits
Have I Got News for You
as Self
1990
Wogan
as Self
1982
Omnibus
as Self
1967
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
Prisoners of Gravity
as Self
1989
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Pub (uncredited)
1981
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Ocean (uncredited)
1981
Parrot Fashion
as (archive footage)
2007
Hyperland
as Self
1990
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Ocean
1981
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'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
as Self - (archive)
2024
Behind the Camera
14 Credits
Doctor Who
Writer
1963
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Writer
1969
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Writer
1981
Doctor Snuggles
Writer
1981
Hyperland
Writer
1990
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Writer
1981
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer
2017
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer
2003
Doctor Who: City of Death
Writer
1979
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Writer
1978
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer
1992
Rockstar
Director
2000