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Douglas Adams
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How Did Douglas Adams Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 49
GenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn11/03/1952Born inCambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UKDied11/05/2001 (aged 49)Died inSanta BarbaraCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ42 ↗Buried atHighgate CemeteryTMDb#52843 ↗

Douglas Noël Adams was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He was best known as the creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a 1978 radio comedy series which he adapted into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 14 million copies in his lifetime. He also adapted it into a 1981 television series, a 1984 video game and a 2005 feature film.

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Filmography18 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham WilliamsMovieSelf - (archive)72
2007Parrot FashionMovie(archive footage)55
2007A Matter of TimeMovie(archive footage)55
2005Paris in the SpringtimeMovie(archive footage)53
2005Don'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'MovieSelf (archive footage)53
2002Life, the Universe and Douglas AdamsMovieHimself50
2001Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and EverythingMovieHimself49
2000RockstarMovieBlack shoe and blue jeans trouser leg48
1993The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'MovieSelf41
1990Have I Got News for YouSeriesSelf38
1990HyperlandMovieSelf38
1982WoganSeriesSelf30
1981The Hitch Hikers Guide to the GalaxyMovieMan in Ocean29
1981The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxySeriesMan in Ocean (uncredited)29
1978The South Bank ShowSeries—26
1969Monty Python's Flying CircusSeries—17
1967OmnibusSeries—15
0Open DoorSeriesSelf—