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

Monty Python's Flying Circus

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

as Man in Ocean

Have I Got News for You

as Self

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as Man in Pub (uncredited)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as Man in Ocean (uncredited)

Prisoners of Gravity

as Self

Wogan

as Self

Hyperland

as Self

30 Years in the TARDIS

as Himself

Rockstar

as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg