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Douglas Adams
Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born March 11, 1952Died May 11, 2001 (49 years)
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
Douglas Adams Filmography
| 2017 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2010 | Dirk Gently (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · as Novel |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV Series) |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Doctor Snuggles (TV Series) |
| 1978 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1969 | Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | A Matter of Time · as (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | Parrot Fashion · as (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | Paris in the Springtime · as (archive Footage) |
| 1981 | The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy · as Man In Ocean |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV Series) · as Man In Ocean (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Out of the Trees · as Thug Attacking Old Lady |
| 1969 | Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Man In Café |
| 2025 | Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future · as Self (archive Material) |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams · as Himself |
| 2002 | |
| 1996 | Triumph of the Nerds (TV Series) · as Self (sci-Fi Author) |
| 1993 | Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS · as Himself |
| 1993 | |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Hyperland · as Self |
| 1989 | Prisoners of Gravity (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Computer Chronicles (TV Series) · as Self - Author |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Tomorrow's World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV Series) · as Book |
| 2003 | Doctor Who: Shada (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 1980 | Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon · as Script Editor |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks · as Script Editor |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Script Editor |