1952-03-11 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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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' | Self (archive footage) | 2005-09-05 |
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Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams | Himself | 2002-07-01 |
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Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything | Himself | 2001-05-28 |
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Rockstar | Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg | 2000-01-01 |
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Hyperland | Self | 1990-09-21 |
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy | Man in Ocean | 1981-02-09 |
