Douglas Gresham
Douglas Gresham | |
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New York City, New York, U.S. | |
| Nationality | American, British |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, voice-over actor, biographer, film producer, executive record producer |
| Spouse | Merrie Gresham |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | William Lindsay Gresham Joy Davidman |
Douglas Howard Gresham (born November 10, 1945)
Early life
Gresham was born in
C. S. Lewis
Gresham's mother had become friends with
Douglas Gresham is a Christian, as were Lewis and his mother Joy,
Career
Gresham hosted Focus on the Family Radio Theatre's adaptations of his stepfather's most famous works, and he was named co-producer for the series of theatrical films adaptations of The Chronicles of Narnia; he also appeared in a cameo role in the first installment as a radio newscaster, the second as a "Telmarine crier" and the third as a slaver.
Gresham came on as executive producer of recording artist Meg Sutherland's debut album in 2014, successfully signing her to Sprig Music in March with producer Christopher Hopper.[5] He has responded to Sutherland's music by saying that it "sings from and about the heart. Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes it fills with joy. But then, beauty is like that.”[6]
Personal life
Douglas Gresham and his wife, Merrie, lived at Rathvinden House in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland, before moving to their house in Malta in 2008. They have five children. Before this he owned four farms in Tasmania, Australia, with his wife Merrie and their four children.[7]
Gresham has written an autobiography, Lenten Lands, of his life to the age of 28 in 1973. A fictionalized young Douglas Gresham is a character in the 1993 film Shadowlands, in part derived from Lenten Lands. In the film, Gresham is played by the American actor Joseph Mazzello. There is no character derived from Douglas' brother David in the film or in the stage play on which the film was based, although both Douglas and David were portrayed in the original teleplay (1985) on which the stage play was based.
Douglas Gresham acknowledged in a 15 November 2005 interview on NPR that he and his brother, David, had been estranged,[8] although in a 4 December 2005 interview he did say that they had been in email contact.[4] After David's death Gresham revealed that his brother had been diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic, and had often tried to harm him. David died in a Swiss mental hospital.[9]
Bibliography
- Lenten Lands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis, Macmillan (USA 1988) ISBN 0-02-545570-2
- Jack's Life: The Life Story of C.S. Lewis, Broadman and Holman (2005) ISBN 0-8054-3246-9
References
- ^ "JOY DAVIDMAN PAPERS 1926–1964" (PDF). wheaton.edu. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ Sibley (1985), pp. 108–12.
- ^ "At home in Narnia". The Age. Melbourne. 4 December 2005.
- ^ a b "At home in Narnia". The Age. Melbourne. 4 December 2005.
- ^ "Press Release: Narnia Comes To Watertown". New Life Christian Church. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Meg Sutherland". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Lyle W. Dorsett, "Joy and C. S. Lewis"
- ^ "NPR". NPR.
- ^ Jonathon Van Maren, C. S. Lewis and His Stepsons, The First Things, September 3, 2020
- ISBN 0-800-71509-8
External links
- More to Doug Gresham than Narnia
- Douglas Gresham at IMDb
- "In Lenten Lands", Le Penseur Réfléchit, the Mr. Renaissance bi-weekly newsletter, 2001–2002 archive
- Interview with Douglas Gresham
- Douglas Gresham at Library of Congress, with 5 library catalog records
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