Douglas Gresham
William Gresham was the author of Nightmare Alley, the classic of American noir literature, while Joy Davidman (of Jewish descent) was best known for her book Smoke on the Mountain, about the Ten Commandments.The couple separated in 1954, and Joy moved to England with her two sons, sending them to Dane Court preparatory school in Pyrford, Surrey.[4] 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.A fictionalized young Douglas Gresham is a character in the 1993 film Shadowlands, in part derived from Lenten Lands.[4] After David's death, Gresham revealed that his brother had been diagnosed as a dangerous paranoid schizophrenic, and in their youth had often tried to harm him.