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
Filmography
all 36
Movies 25
Writer 14
self 13
TV Shows 11
Creator 1
Director 1
Thanks
Faraway Eyes (2020)
Movie
Writer
Doctor Who: Shada (2017)
Movie
Book
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)
TV
6
Writer
Absolutely Anything (2015)
Movie
5
Creator
Dirk Gently (2012)
TV
3.5
Self
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)
Movie
Writer
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Movie
7.14
Writer
Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
Movie
Self
The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' (2002)
Movie
Self
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams (2002)
Movie
Himself
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything (2001)
Movie
Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg / Director
Rockstar (2000)
Movie
Self (Sci-fi Author)
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996)
Movie
Self
Pink Floyd: The Story (1994)
Movie
Self - Writer
Visions of Heaven and Hell (1994)
Movie
Writer
Doctor Who: Shada (1992)
Movie
Himself
Have I Got News for You (1990)
TV
Self
Hyperland (1990)
Movie
Self
Prisoners of Gravity (1989)
TV
Self
Saturday Review (1984)
TV
Writer
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
Movie
Self
Wogan (1982)
TV
Writer
Doctor Snuggles (1981)
TV
Man in Ocean / Writer
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
Movie
10
Creator / Man in Pub (uncredited) / Writer
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
TV
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (1980)
Movie
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden (1979)
Movie
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit (1979)
Movie
Writer / Script Editor
Doctor Who: City of Death (1979)
Movie
Script Editor
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks (1979)
Movie
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (1979)
Movie
Writer
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet (1978)
Movie
Writer
Out of the Trees (1976)
Movie
Writer
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
TV
5.64
Writer
Doctor Who (1963)
TV
5.28
Self
Open Door
TV
Ratings
Average 6.2
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1980
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1984
2020
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1952-03-11
Deathday2001-05-11 (49 years old)
Birth NameDouglas Noël Adams
Birth PlaceCambridge, United Kingdom
Religionatheism
Height1.96-meter
RelationshipsJane Belson (1991-11-25 - 2001-05-11)
ChildrenPolly Jane Rocket Adams
FatherChristopher Douglas Adams
MotherJanet Adams
SiblingsSusan Adams
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesLondon · Brentwood, United Kingdom
AwardsInkpot Award, Ditmar Award
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