03/11/1952
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
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Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future (2025) as Self (Archive Material) |
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Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams (2024) as Self - (archive) |
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A Matter of Time (2007) as (archive footage) |
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Parrot Fashion (2007) as (archive footage) |
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Paris in the Springtime (2005) as (archive footage) |
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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' (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
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Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams (2002) as Himself |
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Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything (2001) as Himself |
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Rockstar (2000) as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg |
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Visions of Heaven and Hell (1994) as Self |
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30 Years in the TARDIS (1993) as Himself |
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The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (1993) as Self |
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Hyperland (1990) as Self |
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981) as Man in Ocean |
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Faraway Eyes (2021) Thanks |
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Doctor Who: Shada (2017) Writer |
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Doctor Who: Shada (2017) Script Editor |
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Doctor Who and the Shada Man (2013) Writer |
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Parrot Fashion (2007) Thanks |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Novel |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Screenplay |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Executive Producer |
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Doctor Who: Shada (2003) Writer |
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Rockstar (2000) Director |
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Doctor Who: Shada (1992) Writer |
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Doctor Who: Shada (1992) Script Editor |
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Hyperland (1990) Writer |
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981) Writer |
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Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (1980) Script Editor |
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Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden (1979) Script Editor |
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Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit (1979) Script Editor |
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Doctor Who: City of Death (1979) Writer |
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Doctor Who: City of Death (1979) Script Editor |
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Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks (1979) Script Editor |
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Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (1979) Script Editor |
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Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet (1978) Writer |
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Out of the Trees (1976) Writer |