Douglas Adams
Writing
1952-03-11 · Cambridge, 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
movieDouglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
as Self (Archive Material) · 2025 · 8.3
movieDarkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
as Self - (archive) · 2024 · 0.0
movieA Matter of Time
as (archive footage) · 2007 · 0.0
movieParrot Fashion
as (archive footage) · 2007 · 0.0
movieParis in the Springtime
as (archive footage) · 2005 · 0.0
movieDon'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 · 0.0
movieLife, the Universe and Douglas Adams
as Himself · 2002 · 8.0
movieDouglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
as Himself · 2001 · 0.0
movieRockstar
as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg · 2000 · 5.3
movieVisions of Heaven and Hell
as Self · 1994 · 9.0
movie30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself · 1993 · 7.9
movieThe Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self · 1993 · 10.0
tvHave I Got News for You
as Self · 1990 · 7.2
movieHyperland
as Self · 1990 · 7.0
tvPrisoners of Gravity
as Self · 1989 · 5.9
tvSaturday Review
as Self · 1984 · 0.0
tvWogan
as Self · 1982 · 5.3
movieThe Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Ocean · 1981 · 7.2
tvThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Pub (uncredited) · 1981 · 8.0
tvThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Ocean (uncredited) · 1981 · 8.0
tvMonty Python's Flying Circus
as · 1969 · 8.3
tvOmnibus
as Self · 1967 · 7.2
tvOmnibus
as · 1967 · 7.2
tvOpen Door
as Self · 0.0