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
Himself
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
Self
Hyperland
Man in Ocean
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Himself
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
Rockstar
Self (archive footage)
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
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Himself
30 Years in the TARDIS
Self (Archive Material)
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
(archive footage)
A Matter of Time
(archive footage)
Parrot Fashion
(archive footage)
Paris in the Springtime
Self
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
13
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-03-11
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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