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