Joshua Lewis (Guiding Light)

Joshua Lewis
Robert Newman as Josh Lewis with Kim Zimmer's Reva Shayne
Guiding Light character
Portrayed by	Robert Newman
Duration	1981–84 1986–91 1993–2009
First appearance	October 1, 1981
Last appearance	September 18, 2009
Created by	Douglas Marland
Introduced by	Allen M. Potter
Profile
Occupation	Businessman
Residence	The Beacon Springfield, Illinois
Parents H.B. Lewis Martha Lewis Sisters Trish Lewis Half-brothers Billy Lewis Spouse Sonni Carrera (divorced) Reva Shayne (1989–95, 1999–2000, 2002–07) Annie Dutton (1996–97) Olivia Spencer (2000–01) Cassie Winslow (2007–08) Sons Shayne Lewis Daughters Marah Lewis Grandsons Henry Lewis Nieces and nephews Dylan Lewis Bill Lewis III Mindy Lewis

Joshua Lewis is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama Guiding Light. He was portrayed by Robert Newman from October 1, 1981 to December 1984, October 1986 to January 25, 1991, and August 30, 1993 to September 18, 2009.

Josh grew up in Tulsa with his brother Billy and longtime love Reva Shayne. When he left for school, an angry Reva married his brother and Josh went to Tenerife to become a womanizer. He came and went through Springfield, seducing various women and managing rock bands. He created his own company, LTA, because of acrimony between him and his brother. However, when Alan began attacking Lewis Inc., Josh was pulled into the family fold for the fight. In the process, he returned to Reva's orbit, quickly rekindling what had begun all those years ago. His father, HB, was less enthusiastic about this turn and bribed her into marrying him. A furious Josh promptly got in a car accident which resulted in a lengthy paralysis. During this, his new stepmother teased and taunted him until they ended up in a torrid affair. When HB got her pregnant and became ill, a recovered Josh decided it was best to leave town and went to work on an oil rig.

Reva remained in Springfield and soon moved on with Kyle Sampson while Josh was nearly murdered by the Diamondhead organization. Returning to Cross Creek to hide out, Reva discovered him after running away from her wedding and they reunited just as a hit-man was on his trail. The couple were kidnapped and, luckily, rescued by Mindy. Reva discovered that she was pregnant but didn't tell Josh when he left for Venezuela after quitting Lewis. While there, he married Sonni, who supposedly died on their honeymoon. He returned with his friend Will Jeffries to discover Reva giving birth to Marah. While she tried to pass the baby off as his, Will convinced him that she was actually Kyle's. This ended the relationship again. All of this turned out to be false, Marah was actually Josh's and Sonni was really alive. But even this was wrong, Sonni was actually her twin sister Solita and this had all been a plot by Will. Reva discovered this and, although she was with Alan by then, told Josh. After he confronted them, 'Sonni' convinced him of her love and faked a pregnancy to keep him, then Will rigged his breaks and he drove off a bridge. Reva tried to rescue him but the freezing water almost killed her. After they recovered, they investigated Will and Sonni, tracking them to Venezuela, where Josh was nearly tried for attempted murder but got off when they discovered that Sonni had multiple personalities and was her supposedly dead sister.

Josh and Reva married and had another child, but she was growing paranoid and suffering from postpartum depression. Josh hired Harley to help keep an eye on her, but it wasn't enough to prevent her from breaking down and driving off a bridge. Harley stayed to look after him and they quickly fell into a tumultuous relationship which led to him proposing to her. The engagement was short lived when Billy subverted it by giving Josh an image he found of Reva on Italian TV. He became obsessed and abandoned Harley to go in search of Reva. He didn't find her, but he did find Tangie Hill who followed him back to Springfield. As their relationship unraveled, it came out that she had been sold to Roger Thorpe as a teenager. While the Lewis family went to war with Thorpe, Billy went to jail and Josh took over Lewis Oil. Following a split from Tangie, he hooked up with nurse Annie Dutton after being seriously injured in a fire while saving Marina Cooper. After being haunted by Reva's ghost, he had her declared legally dead so that he could marry Annie. Unfortunately for the newlyweds, Reva was alive and returned to destroy the marriage with Alan's help. Despite her efforts, he didn't abandon Annie and she decided to marry Buzz. This made Josh jealous and Annie started going mad, popping pills and blackmailing a friend to help her get pregnant. While Reva and Josh admitted their love for each other and she readied to divorce, he refused when he found that he had a baby on the way. When Annie lost the baby, she tried to frame Reva for it, but she managed to be cleared. Joshua soon divorced Annie (-later the marriage was invalidated due to Annie being married to a man named Eddie Banks-). This left the couple able to remarry, but this was not easy with Annie on the warpath and Alan as her backer. They brought back Reva's sister Cassie as a pawn, but things backfired badly for them. Josh couldn't rescue her however when Annie abducted Reva and left her to crash in an airplane.