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Douglas Adams
Writing
Born: 1952
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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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
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Book
2016 · US
Dirk Gently
Novel
2012 · GB
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990 · GB
Wogan
Self
1982 · GB
Doctor Snuggles
Writer
1981 · NL
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Man in Ocean (uncredited)
1981 · GB
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Writer
1969 · GB
Omnibus
Self
1967 · GB
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| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | 2016 | Book |
| Dirk Gently | 2012 | Novel |
| Have I Got News for You | 1990 | Self |
| Wogan | 1982 | Self |
| Doctor Snuggles | 1981 | Writer |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 1981 | Man in Ocean (uncredited) |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 1981 | Book |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | 1969 | Contributor |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | 1969 | Writer |
| Omnibus | 1967 | Self |
| Doctor Who | 1963 | Script Editor |