Writing · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Born March 11, 1952
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
2025
as Self (Archive Material)
MovieDarkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
2024
as Self - (archive)
MovieA Matter of Time
2007
as (archive footage)
MovieParrot Fashion
2007
as (archive footage)
MovieParis in the Springtime
2005
as (archive footage)
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'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLife, the Universe and Douglas Adams
2002
as Himself
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
2001
as Himself
MovieRockstar
2000
as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
MovieVisions of Heaven and Hell
1994
as Self
Movie30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
as Himself
MovieThe Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
1993
as Self
TVHave I Got News for You
1990
as Self
MovieHyperland
1990
as Self
TVPrisoners of Gravity
1989
as Self
Saturday Review
1984
as Self
TVWogan
1982
as Self
MovieThe Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
as Man in Ocean
TVThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981
as Man in Pub (uncredited)
TVMonty Python's Flying Circus
1969
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
Open Door
as Self
