Editing Zaphod Beeblebrox (section)

== In non-print media ==
[[Image:Adam Pope Zaphod Beeblebrox.JPG|thumb|right|An actor portraying Zaphod in an amateur production of ''HHGTTG'' by Prudhoe's Really Youthful Theatre Company]]

In both the radio and television versions of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' Zaphod was played by [[Mark Wing-Davey]]. The jokes about Zaphod having two heads and more than two arms were written for the original radio version, where the details could be filled in by the listener's imagination. In the television version Wing-Davey wore a false arm (when the arm was required to gesture it was replaced by the arm of [[Mike Kelt]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447101/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 |title = Mike Kelt|website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref> designer of the [[animatronic]] head, standing behind Wing-Davey), and a radio-controlled second head with an eye-patch. Unfortunately, the second head's mechanics seldom worked properly and so for most of the time it just sat on Zaphod's shoulder looking inanimate,{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} although in one scene it manages to have a brief conversation with Wing-Davey's real head, before being told to "go back to sleep". Wing-Davey also suggested to the TV series' costume designer that Zaphod's costume should be made to indicate that the character has two penises. Special padding was thus arranged, though the first attempt was deemed to be "too long" and was "cut back" for the final version.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} This was referenced in the film version when Arthur Dent says to Trillian "So, two heads is what does it for a girl?...Anything else he's got two of?"

Zaphod is played by [[Sam Rockwell]] in the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|film version]] of the story that was released in April 2005. In that version, his second head occasionally pops out to express the parts of his personality that are (as the main head puts it) "less than Presidential." Rockwell performed Zaphod as a blend of [[Vince Vaughn]] and [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] taking additional influence from [[George W. Bush]] and [[Bill Clinton]] among others.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://movieweb.com/sam-rockwell-gets-two-headed-in-the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/ |title = Sam Rockwell gets two-headed in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|website = [[MovieWeb]] | date=28 April 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505030110/https://movieweb.com/sam-rockwell-gets-two-headed-in-the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/ |archive-date=5 May 2022 |url-status=live |access-date=19 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.tdtnews.com/archive/article_30207fb8-7eef-574e-939a-11436edfac77.html |title = Sam Rockwell thinks 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' role is groovy
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''The Illustrated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' has him portrayed by Francis Johnson.

When [[Mark Wing-Davey]]'s academic commitments prevented him resuming the role of Zaphod for the 2013 tour of "[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]] Live Radio Show", comedian, songwriter and author [[Mitch Benn]] was cast in the part.

To coincide with the April 2005 release of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' film, a "campaign music video" was released on the Internet. The music, "Beeblebrox for President" by [[Joby Talbot]], comes from the film's soundtrack, though it is not heard in the film itself.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}