Interview with Douglas Gresham at the C.S. Lewis Symposium

An interview between Dr. Don King and Douglas Gresham.

Biography:
Doug Gresham is an American & British stage and voice-over actor, biographer, film producer, and executive record producer.

He is the last surviving member of the C. S. Lewis family. He is manager of the Lewis estate and executive producer of the three Narnia films. He recently announced a long-term agreement with Netflix, which will produce films and series based on Lewis’ novels beginning in 2019.

Living in Malta, Doug Gresham makes very limited public speaking appearances.

Gresham was born in New York City, the son of writers William Lindsay Gresham and Joy Davidman. William Gresham was the author of Nightmare Alley, the classic of American noir literature, while Joy Davidman was best known for her book Smoke on the Mountain, about the Ten Commandments. The couple was divorced in 1954, and Joy moved to England with her two sons.

Gresham's mother had become friends with C. S. Lewis through correspondence, and the friendship blossomed, eventually leading to marriage in 1956. Gresham's mother died of cancer in 1960, and Lewis continued to raise Douglas and his elder brother David, who is deceased. (Lewis had adopted the boys when he married). Douglas Gresham is a Christian, as were Lewis and his mother.

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