Douglas Adams
Age: N/A | From: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Homepage: http://www.douglasadams.com/
Movie Involvements: 23
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
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
Most Famous Work
Doctor Who
(1963) Writer
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(1981) Creator
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
(2016) Book
Monty Python's Flying Circus
(1969) Writer
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(2005) Screenplay
Doctor Snuggles
(1981) Writer
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
(1981) Writer
Dirk Gently
(2012) CreatorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Himself | |
| 2001 | Himself | |
| 2000 | Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg | |
| 1990 | Himself | |
| Self | ||
| 1989 | N/A | |
| 1984 | Self | |
| 1982 | Self | |
| 1981 | Man in Ocean | |
| Man in Pub (uncredited) | ||
| 1969 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Writer | |
| Script Editor | ||
| 2016 | Book | |
| 2005 | Novel | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 2003 | Writer | |
| 1992 | Writer | |
| Script Editor | ||
| 1990 | Writer | |
| 1981 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| Writer | ||
| 1980 | Script Editor | |
| 1979 | Script Editor | |
| Script Editor | ||
| Writer | ||
| Script Editor | ||
| Script Editor | ||
| Script Editor | ||
| 1978 | Writer | |
| 1976 | Writer | |
| 1969 | Writer | |
| 1963 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Creator | |
| 1981 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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