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Douglas Adams

Writing
Known For

49 Years Old

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

Born

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK on 11th March 1952

Died

11th May 2001

All Credits

Have I Got News for You Image
Have I Got News for You
Self
Omnibus Image
Omnibus
Self
Prisoners of Gravity Image
Prisoners of Gravity
Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus Image
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Wogan Image
Wogan
Self
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Image
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Man in Ocean (uncredited)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Image
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Man in Pub (uncredited)
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Saturday Review
Self
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Open Door
Self
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Image
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Man in Ocean
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' Image
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)
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future Image
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Self (Archive Material)
Hyperland Image
Hyperland
Self
Rockstar Image
Rockstar
Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
A Matter of Time Image
A Matter of Time
(archive footage)
30 Years in the TARDIS Image
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
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Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
Himself
Visions of Heaven and Hell Image
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Self
Paris in the Springtime Image
Paris in the Springtime
(archive footage)
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' Image
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams Image
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
Himself
Parrot Fashion Image
Parrot Fashion
(archive footage)