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Arthur Philip Dent is a fictional character and the hapless protagonist [1] of the comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.. In the radio, LP and television versions of the story, Arthur is played by Simon Jones (not to be confused with Peter Jones, the voice of the guide).
Cast lists for different versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. A blank cell in the table indicates that the information is unknown. "N/A" indicates that the role in question does not exist for that version of the story. Columns are in chronological order from 1978–2005, except for the two German radio series (1981 and 1990–1991).
Ford Prefect is Arthur Dent's friend. He rescued Dent when the Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass at the start of the story. Although his heart is in the right place and he is shown to be highly intelligent, resourceful, and even brave, Ford is essentially a dilettante when it comes to causes such as the search for the question to the ultimate answer of "life ...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [a] [b] is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams.Originally a 1978 radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, it was later adapted to other formats, including novels, stage shows, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 text adventure game, and 2005 feature film.
Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, watching his home being demolished in the first television episode. In early 1980, production on the pilot episode began on several fronts. Rod Lord of Pearce Animation Studios directed a 50-second pilot, hand-animated, giving a 'computer graphic' feel to the Babel Fish speech of the first episode.
Simon Jones, who portrayed Arthur Dent in both the BBC radio and BBC television adaptations of Hitchhiker's, makes a cameo appearance as the Ghostly Image. Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, and Steve Pemberton voice the additional Vogons, with Pemberton also appearing as Mr. Prosser. Kelly MacDonald makes a cameo as a reporter.
Earthman Arthur Dent learns his house is about to be demolished to make way for a new road. His friend Ford Prefect informs him that the planet is about to be demolished by a Vogon constructor fleet "to make way for a hyperspace bypass", and that Ford is in fact an alien writer for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , a pan-galactic ...
In 2018, Jones was once again playing Arthur Dent when he recorded the final radio series, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – the Hexagonal Phase directed by Dirk Maggs for BBC Radio 4. [ 5 ] In August 2018, it was announced that Jones would be among the new cast to join the original actors in the Downton Abbey film , which started principal ...