Douglas Adams
Writing•Born March 11, 1952•Died May 11, 2001 (age 49)•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
Have I Got News for You
1990•TV Series•
7.2
Wogan
1982•TV Series•
5.3
Omnibus
1967•TV Series•
7.2
Omnibus
1967•TV Series•
7.2
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969•TV Series•
8.3
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981•TV Series•
8.0
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981•TV Series•
8.0
Prisoners of Gravity
1989•TV Series•
5.9
Filmography
2005
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'
Movieas Self (archive footage)
Personal Info
DepartmentWriting
BirthdayMarch 11, 1952
Day of DeathMay 11, 2001
Place of BirthCambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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