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- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Simon Jones was born on July 27, 1950 in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Brideshead Revisited (1981) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live (2016). He was previously married to Nancy Lewis.
- SpouseNancy Lewis(December 3, 1983 - December 20, 2019) (her death, 1 child)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- While at Cambridge Revue Club Footlights, he met Douglas Adams, who later cast him as the utterly ordinary Earthman Arthur Dent in his cult classic The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), both in the original 1978 radio series and the 1981 TV mini-series. The two were lifelong friends after college and Jones later spoke at Adams's funeral in May, 2001.
- Having worked together before, Douglas Adams wrote the role of Arthur Dent specifically with Jones in mind.
- Had a small role in the film adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) as the "Ghostly Image" on the planet Magrathea.
- Returned for the new "Quintessential Phase" episodes of "The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy" BBC Radio 4 radio series, adapted from the fifth and final book of the late Douglas Adams' "Hitch Hiker's Trilogy", "Mostly Harmless".
- Went on to appear in "Blithe Spirit" with Angela Lansbury in London's West End, and went on to do the North American tour, starting at the end of 2014.
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