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
Movie Appearances
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
as Himself
2002
Hyperland
as Self
1990
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Ocean
1981
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
as Himself
2001
Rockstar
as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
2000
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'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Visions of Heaven and Hell
as Self
1994
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
1993
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
as Self (Archive Material)
2025
A Matter of Time
as (archive footage)
2007
Parrot Fashion
as (archive footage)
2007
Paris in the Springtime
as (archive footage)
2005
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self
1993
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
as Self - (archive)
2024
TV Appearances
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
Prisoners of Gravity
as Self
1989
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Pub (uncredited)
1981
Open Door
as Self
TBA
Saturday Review
as Self
1984
Have I Got News for You
as Self
1990
Wogan
as Self
1982
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Man in Ocean (uncredited)
1981
Omnibus
as Self
1967