Douglas Adams
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 11, 1952
- Died
- May 11, 2001 (aged 49)
- Birthplace
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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
Filmography
Doctor Who: Shada
Movie · Writer, Script Editor
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
TV · Book · 18 eps
Dirk Gently
TV · Novel · 3 eps
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · Novel, Screenplay
Doctor Who: Shada
Movie · Writer
Doctor Who: Shada
Movie · Writer, Script Editor
Hyperland
Movie · Writer
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · Writer
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
TV · Writer, Book · 6 eps
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: City of Death
Movie · Writer, Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Movie · Script Editor
Doctor Snuggles
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Movie · Writer
Out of the Trees
Movie · Writer
Monty Python's Flying Circus
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · Writer, Script Editor · 8 eps