Douglas Adams
Writing • Born 1952-03-11 – Died 2001-05-11
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
Filmography
23 credits
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
Movie • 2002
Himself
Hyperland
Movie • 1990
Self
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Movie • 1981
Man in Ocean
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
Movie • 2001
Himself
Rockstar
Movie • 2000
Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
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'
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Movie • 1994
Self
30 Years in the TARDIS
Movie • 1993
Himself
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Movie • 2025
Self (Archive Material)
A Matter of Time
Movie • 2007
(archive footage)
Parrot Fashion
Movie • 2007
(archive footage)
Paris in the Springtime
Movie • 2005
(archive footage)
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Movie • 1993
Self
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
Movie • 2024
Self - (archive)
Monty Python's Flying Circus
TV • 1969
Prisoners of Gravity
TV • 1989
Self
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
TV • 1981
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Open Door
TV
Self
Saturday Review
TV • 1984
Self
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
TV • 1981
Man in Ocean (uncredited)
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self