Douglas Adams
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-03-11
Day of Death
2001-05-11 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Douglas Adams
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
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
as Self (Archive Material)
(2007)
A Matter of Time
as (archive footage)
(2007)
Parrot Fashion
as (archive footage)
(2005)
(2005)
Paris in the Springtime
as (archive footage)
(2002)
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
as Himself
(2001)
(2000)
Rockstar
as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
(1994)
Visions of Heaven and Hell
as Self
(1993)
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
(1990)
Hyperland
as Self
(1981)
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Ocean
Crew
(2020)
Faraway Eyes
Thanks
(2017)
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer, Script Editor
(2007)
Parrot Fashion
Thanks
(2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer
(2003)
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer
(2000)
Rockstar
Director
(1992)
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer, Script Editor
(1990)
Hyperland
Writer
(1981)
(1980)
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
Script Editor
(1979)
Doctor Who: City of Death
Writer, Script Editor
(1979)
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Script Editor
(1979)
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
Script Editor
(1979)
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Script Editor
(1979)
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
Script Editor
(1978)
(1976)
Out of the Trees
Writer