The Saint Character

The sign of the Saint, which appears on virtually every edition of every Simon Templar adventure.
Name:	Simon Templar
Job:	Thief, amateur detective, occasional police agent
Portrayed by:	Louis Hayward, George Sanders, Roger Moore, Ian Ogilvy, Val Kilmer, Vincent Price, others
Weapons:	Ebony Stick Fists Throwing Knives named Anna & Belle Pistol Swordstick

Simon Templar is a fictional character known as The Saint in a long-running series of books by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date other authors collaborated with Charteris on the books until 1983; two additional works without the participation of Charteris were published in 1997. The Saint refers to the fictional character created by Leslie Charteris in one of the following contexts: Simon Templar, the character also known as The Saint (main article on this topic) The Saint (TV series), a TV series that ran from 1962 to 1969, starring Roger Moore as Simon Templar. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Everyday instance of theft: the bike which fits on this wheel has disappeared. ... Louis Hayward, born Seafield Grant, (March 19, 1909-February 21, 1985), was a British actor born in Johannesburg, South Africa. ... Do you mean: George Sanders (1906-1972), the British actor George Sanders, who was awarded the Victoria Cross on the first day of the Battle of the Somme This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar pictured on a reprint of an early Saint novel published to coincide with the TV series. ... Val Edward Kilmer[1] (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. ... Vincent Leonard Price Jr. ... A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ... A swordstick or cane-sword is a cane incorporating a concealed blade. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Leslie Charteris (May 12, 1907, Singapore–April 15, 1993), born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, was a half-Chinese, half English author of primarily mystery fiction, as well as a screenwriter. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Overview

Simon Templar is known as the Saint because of his initials (ST), and also because of his heroic exploits that fly in the face of an otherwise nefarious reputation. Templar uses a number of aliases, often using the initials S.T. such as "Sebastian Tombs" or "Sugarman Treacle". Blessed with a boyish sense of humor, he often makes humorous and off-putting remarks and frequently leaves a "calling card" at the scenes of his "crimes," consisting of a stick-figure drawing of a man with a halo, which is the logo of both the book series and the later 1960s TV series. (This image is visible on the book cover reproduced at right.) Calling cards are often found in phone boxes in London advertising the services of call girls Calling Card may refer to various object of the same name: Historically, a calling card was used socially to signify a visit made to a house if the occupant were absent; or as an... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ...

The books often allude to the possibility that Templar started his career as a criminal and suggest that he had somewhere developed the skills of a burglar. His origins remain a mystery, but it is made clear from the texts that, in the books, all of his income derives from the pockets of the "ungodly" (as he terms those who live by a less moral code than his own). There are several references to a "ten percent collection fee" that he collects to cover expenses when he extracts large sums of money from his victims, the remainder being returned to the rightful owners, given away to charity, shared amongst Templar's colleagues, or some combination thereof. Templar's targets often include corrupt politicians, warmongers, and other examples of the nastier forms of low life. "He claims he's a Robin Hood," bleats one of his victims, "but to me he's just a robbing hood." In fact, Robin Hood appears to have been one of the inspirations for the character; Templar stories were often promoted as featuring "The Robin Hood of modern crime", and this phrase to describe Templar appears in several of the stories. A term used frequently by Templar to describe his monetary "acquisitions" is "boodle" (a term which was also applied to the title of a Saint short story collection). for other uses please see Crime (disambiguation) A crime is an act that violates a political or moral law. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics, sometimes this may include political scientists. ... A warmonger is, pejoratively, someone who is anxious to encourage a people or nation to go to war. ... For other uses, see Robin Hood (disambiguation). ... Boodle, or boodler, was a barroom or street term for money or booty applied by the yellow press (in 1884-1886) to members of the New York Board of Aldermen who were charged with accepting bribes in connection with the granting of a franchise for a street railroad on Broadway. ... Boodle is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in 1934. ...

The Saint also has a dark side to his personality as he is willing to ruin the lives of certain members of the "ungodly", and even kill them, if he feels that, by doing so, lives can be saved. In several early books, Templar openly refers to this as murder, although he considers his actions to be justified and righteous, a view usually (but not always) shared by his partners and colleagues.

Although the Saint functions as an ordinary detective in some stories (figuring out puzzle-mysteries), according to fans and critics, the best of the stories depict ingenious plots to get even with vanity publishers and other consumer ripoff artists, greedy bosses who exploit their workers to an extreme degree, con men, etc.

The Saint has many partners in his escapades, though none that have lasted throughout the series. For the first half of the series (up until the late 1940s), the most recurrent is Patricia Holm, his girlfriend, who was introduced in the very first Saint story, the 1928 novel Meet - The Tiger! in which she shows herself to be a capable adventurer in her own right. Holm appeared erratically throughout the series, sometimes disappearing for books at a time. Templar and Holm had a relationship that was somewhat ahead-of-its-time for the 1920s and '30s: in a time when common law relationships were uncommon (and in some areas, illegal), they lived together. They also appeared to have an "open" relationship of sorts, as Templar is shown flirting with other women from time to time. However, his heart remained true to Patricia Holm in the early books, culminating in his considering proposing marriage in the novella "The Melancholy Journey of Mr. Teal", only to have Holm say she had no interest in it (another progressive attitude for the time). Holm disappeared from the series in the late 1940s, and according to Burl Barer's history of The Saint, Charteris thereafter refused to allow Templar to have a steady girlfriend, or for Holm to return (although according to the Saintly Bible website, Charteris did write a film story that would have seen Templar encountering a son he had with Holm). Patricia Holm as depicted on the cover of a 1980s reprint of Meet - The Tiger! Patricia Holm is the name of a fictional character who appeared in the novels of Leslie Charteris from the 1920s to the 1940s. ... Meet - The Tiger! is the title of an action-adventure novel written by Leslie Charteris. ... The Holy Terror is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1932 by Hodder and Stoughton. ... Category: ...

Another recurring character, Scotland Yard Inspector Claud Eustace Teal, could frequently be found attempting to put the Saint behind bars, although in some books they can be found working in partnership. (Teal can be said to play a role comparable to Sherlock Holmes' Inspector Lestrade.) New Scotland Yard, London New Scotland Yard, it blowwsssss often referred to simply as Scotland Yard or The Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (although not the City of London itself). ... Claud Eustace Teal is a fictional character who made many appearances in a series of novels, novellas and short stories by Leslie Charteris entitled The Saint, starting in 1929. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... Inspector Lestrade arresting a suspect, by Sidney Paget Inspector Lestrade in the Granada television series Inspector Lestrade is a Scotland Yard detective appearing in several of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. ...

Many Saint novels were reprinted in new editions in the 1960s to capitalize on the popular television series, starring Roger Moore.

The Saint had a veritable band of compatriots over the years, including Norman Kent, Peter Quentin, Archie Sheridan, Dicky Tremayne (a character name that later appeared in the 1990s TV series, Twin Peaks), Monty Hayward, Roger Conway, and his ex-military valet, Orace. In later stories, the dimwitted and constantly-soused, but reliable, American thug Hoppy Uniatz was frequently found at Templar's side. Download high resolution version (474x798, 94 KB) This work is copyrighted. ... Download high resolution version (474x798, 94 KB) This work is copyrighted. ... The Saint was a long-running ITC mystery-cum-spy thriller, airing in Britain on ITV between 1962 and 1969. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... For the hills in San Francisco, see Twin Peaks, San Francisco, California. ...

Charteris gave Templar a number of interests and personality quirks that manifested themselves as the series went on. Early in the series, for example, his talents as an amateur poet and songwriter were frequently displayed, often to taunt villains, though the novella "The Inland Revenue" established that poetry was also a hobby. That same story also revealed that Templar once wrote an adventure novel featuring a South American hero not too far removed from The Saint himself. Templar also on occasion would break the fourth wall in an almost metafictional sense, making occasional references to being part of a story, and mentioning in one early story, how he cannot be killed off so early on; later, the 1960s television series would also have Templar similarly break the fourth wall and address viewers. The Holy Terror is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1932 by Hodder and Stoughton. ... The fourth wall is the imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. ... Look up metafiction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Publishing history

The origins of The Saint can be found in several early works by Charteris, some of which predated the first Saint novel, 1928's Meet - The Tiger!, or were written after it but before Charteris committed to writing a Saint series. Saint historian Burl Barer reveals that an obscure early Charteris work, Daredevil, not only featured a heroic lead character who shared many "Saintly" traits (right down to driving the same brand of automobile), but he shared his adventures with Inspector Claud Eustace Teal -- a character later to be a regular in the Saint books. Barer writes that several early Saint stories were also re-written from non-Saint stories, including the novel She Was a Lady which originally appeared in magazine form featuring a different lead character. Daredevil is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris which was first published by Ward Lock in 1929 (followed by an American edition that same year by The Crime Club). ... She Was a Lady is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his creation, Simon Templar, alias The Saint. ...

Charteris utilized three formats for delivering his stories, each with its own supporters and critics within Saint fandom. Besides full-length novels, he also wrote shorter novellas that were for the most part originally published in magazines and later usually collected in volumes of two or three stories. He also wrote many short stories featuring the character, again mostly for magazines and later compiled into omnibus editions. In later years these short stories often carried a common theme, such as focusing on the women Templar meets or the exotic places he visits. With the exception of Meet - The Tiger!, chapter titles of Templar novels usually contain a descriptive phrase describing the events of the chapter; for example Chapter Four of Knight Templar is entitled, "How Simon Templar dozed in the Green Park and discovered a new use for toothpaste". A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction somewhat longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Knight Templar is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris first published in 1930. ...

Although Charteris' novels and novellas had more conventional thriller plots than his confidence game short stories, both the novels and the stories are still admired by a significant fan community. As in the past, the central appeal lies in the vitality of the Templar character, a hero who can go into a brawl and come out of it with his hair still freshly combed, and who, when faced with imminent death, coolly lights a cigarette and taunts his enemy with the signature phrase, "As the actress said to the bishop..." Said the actress to the bishop, or as the actress said to the bishop is an informal (and occasionally vulgar) exclamation, usually after an inadvertent use of a double entendre, which outlines a sexually ambiguous phrase mentioned by the utterer. ...

The time period of the books begins in the 1920s and moves through to the 1970s recognisably as the series of 50 books progresses (the character being seemly ageless). In the early books most of the Saint's activities are clearly illegal, although directed at villainous characters. In later books, this becomes less so. In the books written during the period of World War II, The Saint (in common with many fictional maverick heroes) was recruited by the government to help with the war effort by tracking down spies and similar undercover work. Later he became a cold warrior fighting against Communism. The quality of writing also changes; early books have a freshness of spirit which becomes replaced to an extent by an air of cynicism in the later works. A few Saint stories crossed into the realms of science fiction and fantasy, with "The Man Who Liked Ants" and the early novel The Last Hero being examples. When early Saint books were republished in the 1960s through to the 1980s, it was not uncommon to see freshly written introductions by Charteris appended to the works, apologizing for the stories' out-of-date tone; according to a Charteris "apology" in a 1969 paperback edition of Featuring the Saint, he once attempted to revise and update some of his earlier stories when they were reprinted, but eventually gave up on the idea and let them sit unaltered as period pieces. The 1963 edition of the short story collection The Happy Highwayman contains examples of these abandoned revisions; in one story originally published in the 1930s ("The Star Producers"), references to popular actors of the 1930s were replaced for the 1963 printing with names of then-current movie stars; another 1930s-era story in the collection, "The Man Who Was Lucky" added updated references to atomic power for the reprint. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... The Last Hero is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris that was first published in the United Kingdom in 1930 by Hodder and Stoughton and in the United States in 1931 by The Crime Club. ... Featuring the Saint is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1931 by Hodder and Stoughton. ... The Happy Highwayman is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1939 by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom and The Crime Club in the United States. ...

Charteris started to step back from writing the books in the early 1960s, retiring from writing the books following 1963's The Saint in the Sun. The next book to carry Charteris' name, 1964's Vendetta for the Saint, was written by science fiction author Harry Harrison, who had worked on the Saint comic strip, after which Charteris edited and revised the manuscript. Between 1964 and 1983 another 14 Saint books would be published, credited to Charteris but written by others. In his introduction to the first of these books, The Saint on TV, Charteris called these volumes a team effort, in which he oversaw the selection of stories, which initially consisted of adaptations of scripts written for the 1962-69 TV series The Saint, and with Fleming Lee writing the actual adaptations (other authors later took over from Lee). Charteris and Lee would also collaborate on two Saint novels in the 1970s, The Saint in Pursuit (based upon a story written by Charteris for the Saint comic strip) and The Saint and the People Importers. The "team" writers were usually credited on the book's title page, if not on the cover. One of these later volumes, Catch the Saint, was an experiment in returning The Saint to his period roots, being set prior to the Second World War (as opposed recent Saint books which had been set in the present day). The Saint in the Sun is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, featuring the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter, Simon Templar, whom Charteris introduced in 1928. ... The Saint was a long-running British action adventure television series, made by ITC Entertainment, that aired on ITV stations between 1962 and 1969, and on American television as a syndicated show (1962-1967) and on NBC (1967-69). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American science fiction author who has lived in many parts of the world including Mexico, England, Denmark and Italy. ... The Saint on TV is a collection of two mystery novellas by Fleming Lee, continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris. ... The Saint was a long-running ITC mystery-cum-spy thriller, airing in Britain on ITV between 1962 and 1969. ... The Saint in Pursuit is the title of a 1970 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The novel is credited to Leslie Charteris, who created the Saint in 1928, but the book was actually authored by Fleming Lee and is adapted from a comic strip... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... The Saint and the People Importers is the title of a 1971 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The novel is credited to Leslie Charteris, who created the Saint in 1928, but the book was actually co-authored by Fleming Lee. ... Catch the Saint is a collection of two mystery novellas by Fleming Lee, based upon stories by Norman Walker continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

The last Saint volume in the line of books starting with Meet - The Tiger! in 1928, was Salvage for the Saint, published in 1983. According to the Saintly Bible website, every Saint book published between 1928 and 1983 saw their first editions issued by Hodder and Stoughton in the UK (ironically a company that originally published only religious books) and The Crime Club (an imprint of Doubleday that specialized in mystery and detective fiction) in the United States. For the first 20 years of the series, the books were first published in Britain, with the US edition sometimes following up to a year later. By the late 40s-early 50s this situation had been reversed. In one case, The Saint to the Rescue, a British edition did not appear until nearly two years after the American publication. Salvage for the Saint is the title of a 1983 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The novel was written by Peter Bloxsom and John Kruse, but per the custom at this time, the author credit on the cover goes to Leslie Charteris, who created... Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hodder Headline. ... The Crime Club is an imprint of the United States publishing company, Doubleday, which was active in the 20th century. ... This article is about imprints in publishing. ... Doubleday is one of the largest book publishing companies in the world. ... The Saint to the Rescue is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1959 by The Crime Club in the United States. ...

A series of French language books featuring the character were published over a 30-year period. This series included a number of translated volumes of Charteris originals, as well as novelisations of radio scripts from the English-language radio series, and comic strip adaptations. Many of these books, though credited to Charteris, were in fact written by others, including Madeleine Michel-Tyl.[1] French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...

Charteris died in 1993. Two additional Saint novels appeared around the time of the 1997 film starring Val Kilmer: a novelisation of the film (which had little if any connection to the Charteris stories), and Capture the Saint, a more faithful-to-the-character work published by The Saint Club, the Club originated by Charteris himself in 1936. Both books were written by Saint historian Burl Barer, who in the early 1990s published a massive history of The Saint in books, radio, and television. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Val Edward Kilmer[1] (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. ... Capture the Saint is the title of a 1997 mystery novel by Burl Barer, featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias The Saint who was created by Leslie Charteris in 1928. ... Category: ...

In total, between 1928 and 1971 Charteris wrote 14 novels (the last two being co-written with another writer), 34 novellas, and 95 short stories featuring Simon Templar. Between 1963 and 1997 an additional 7 novels and 14 novellas were written by others.

Many Saint adventures were reprinted in pulp editions, such as this 1943 edition.

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (451x644, 72 KB) Summary Vintage paperback cover of The Saint Goes On, copyright 1943 Avon Books. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (451x644, 72 KB) Summary Vintage paperback cover of The Saint Goes On, copyright 1943 Avon Books. ... This article is about inexpensive fiction magazines. ...

The Saint on Radio

Several radio drama series based upon The Saint were produced in North America and Great Britain. The earliest known was produced for Radio Eireann in 1940 and starred Terence De Marney. Both NBC and CBS produced separate Saint series during 1945, starring Edgar Barrier and Brian Aherne, respectively. Many of these early shows were adaptations of published Saint stories, although Charteris himself later wrote several storylines for the series which, in due course, were novelised as short stories and novellas. RTÉ Radio 1 dates back to January 1st 1926, when the Dublin radio station 2RN began broadcasting on a regular basis. ... Terence De Marney (March 1, 1908 – May 25, 1971) was a British film, stage, radio, and television actor. ... This article is about the television network. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Brian Aherne (May 2, 1902 – February 10, 1986) was an English film actor who found success in Hollywood. ...

The longest-running and best known radio incarnation of Simon Templar was Vincent Price, who played the character in a long-running series that was broadcast between 1947 and 1951 on no fewer than three networks: CBS, Mutual and NBC. After Price left the series in May 1951, he was replaced by Tom Conway, who played the role for several more months. (His brother, George Sanders, played Templar on film.) Vincent Leonard Price Jr. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... The Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS) was an American radio network, in operation from 1934 to 1999. ... This article is about the television network. ... Tom Conway (September 15, 1904 – April 22, 1967) was an English actor. ... Do you mean: George Sanders (1906-1972), the British actor George Sanders, who was awarded the Victoria Cross on the first day of the Battle of the Somme This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The next English-language radio series aired on Springbok Radio in South Africa between 1953 and 1957. These were fresh adaptations of the original stories and starred Tom Meehan as the Saint.

Around 1965-1966 the South African version of Lux Radio Theatre produced a single dramatization of The Saint.

The English Radio Service of South Africa produced another series of Saintly radio adventures which aired for 6 months in 1970-1971.

The next English-language radio series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995, starring Paul Rhys. old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Paul Rhys (December 19, 1963), is a Welsh actor, best known for his television work. ...

The Saint on film and TV

Not long after creating the Saint, Charteris began a long association with Hollywood as a screenwriter. He was also successful in getting a major studio -- RKO Radio Pictures -- interested in producing a film based upon one of his works. The first of these films, The Saint in New York, based upon the 1935 novel of the same name, was released in 1938 starring Louis Hayward as Templar and Jonathan Hale as Inspector Henry Farnack, the American counterpart of Mr. Teal. The classic logo of RKO Radio Pictures. ... The Saint in New York, released in 1938 by RKO Pictures was a crime thiller that marked the first screen appearance of sleuth Simon Templar, alias the Saint. ... Leslie Charteris first novel with an American setting was The Saint in New York (first released as paperback in 1935 by Hodder & Stoughton). ... Louis Hayward, born Seafield Grant, (March 19, 1909-February 21, 1985), was a British actor born in Johannesburg, South Africa. ... Jonathan Hale (March 21, 1891 - February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor. ...

The film was a success, and eight more films followed over the next 15 years. The character of Farnack returned in the first five, George Sanders took over the role of Templar from Hayward, only to be himself replaced by Hugh Sinclair for two films. George Sanders (July 3, 1906 – April 25, 1972) was an English actor in British and American films. ... For other persons named Hugh Sinclair, see Hugh Sinclair (disambiguation). ...

Several of the films were original stories, sometimes based upon outlines by Charteris, while others were based (usually somewhat loosely) upon original novels or novellas. After 1943, the series took a decade-long hiatus before returning for one final film, The Saint's Girl Friday in 1953, for which Hayward returned to the role. This was followed by an unsuccessful French production in 1960. The Saints Girl Friday distributed by RKO in 1954, was produced by Royal Productions in London and produced by Julian Lesser. ...

Val Kilmer as Simon Templar.

In the 1960s Roger Moore revived the role in a long-running television series The Saint. (According to the book Spy Television by Wesley Britton, the first actor offered the role was Patrick McGoohan of Danger Man fame.) The series ran from 1962 to 1969 and Moore remains the single actor most closely identified with the character, although an attempt at launching a French film series was made during his tenure in the role. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 327 × 374 pixelsFull resolution (327 × 374 pixel, file size: 13 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) From The Saint. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 327 × 374 pixelsFull resolution (327 × 374 pixel, file size: 13 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) From The Saint. ... Val Edward Kilmer[1] (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... The Saint was a long-running ITC mystery-cum-spy thriller, airing in Britain on ITV between 1962 and 1969. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the 1960s TV series which was also known as Secret Agent and shouldnt be confused with the 1990s television series Secret Agent Man. ...

Since Moore, there have been several other actors who played him in later TV series, most notably Return of the Saint (1978-1979) starring Ian Ogilvy; the series ran for only one season although it was picked up by the CBS Network. In the mid-1980s, the National Enquirer and other newspapers reported that Moore was planning to produce a movie based upon The Saint with Pierce Brosnan as Templar, but it was never made. A pilot for a The Saint in Manhattan series starring Australian actor Andrew Clarke (who with his moustache bore a passing similarity to Tom Selleck) was shown in 1987, produced by Don Taffner, but it never progressed beyond the single pilot episode. Inspector John Fernack of the NYPD made his first film appearance since the 1940s in that production, while Templar got about in a black Lamborghini, also bearing the ST1 licence plate. In 1989, a series of six movies were made by Taffner, starring Simon Dutton. These films were syndicated in the United States as part of a rotating series of films entitled Mystery Wheel of Adventure, whilst in the UK they were shown as a standalone series on the ITV Network. Return of the Saint was a British action-adventure television series that aired for one season in 1978 and 1979 in Britain on ITV, and was also broadcast on CBS in the United States. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar pictured on a reprint of an early Saint novel published to coincide with the TV series. ... radio and United States. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... The National Enquirer is a national American supermarket tabloid. ... Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE [1] (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish actor and producer best known for portraying James Bond in four films from 1995 to 2002: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... Andrew Clarke in Banjo Patersons The Man From Snowy River (Snowy River: The McGregor Saga) as Matt McGregor (The Man) American (video tape cover) Andrew Clarke in Banjo Patersons The Man From Snowy River (Snowy River: The McGregor Saga) as Matt McGregor (The Man) Australian (DVD cover) Andrew... Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actor, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his starring role on the long-running television show Magnum P.I.. He is recognizable by his 6 ft 4 (193 cm) height... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The New York City Police Department (NYPD) , the largest police department in the United States, has primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ... Automobili Lamborghini S.p. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Simon Dutton is a British actor, best known for playing the title role of Simon Templar in an ill-fated 1989 television revival of The Saint. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...

In 1991, as detailed by Burl Barer in his 1992 history of The Saint plans were announced for a series of motion pictures based upon the character. Ultimately, however, no such franchise eventuated. Category: ...

A film with Val Kilmer in the title role was finally made in 1997, but diverged far from the Charteris books, although it did revive Templar's use of aliases. Among other things, Kilmer's Saint is unable to defeat a Russian gangster in hand to hand combat and is forced to flee; this would have been unthinkable in a Charteris tale. Whereas the original Saint resorted to aliases which all had the initials S.T., Kilmer's character used names of Christian saints, regardless of whether they shared the initials. Unusually for an action star of the time (as in heroes played by Seagal, Willis or Mel Gibson), this Saint refrained from killing and was a master of disguise. Charteris' version had no qualms about taking another life and, in order to escape his enemies, he used crude disguises instead of the sophisticated ones shown in this film. The film mirrored some aspects of Charteris's own life, notably his origins in the Far East, though not in an orphanage as the film portrayed. Roger Moore's voice had a cameo as a radio newsreader at the end of the film. Val Edward Kilmer[1] (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Close Quarters Combat. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Steven Seagal (born April 10, 1952) is an American action movie actor, producer, writer, director, martial artist, singer-songwriter, and activist. ... Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany) is an American actor and singer. ... Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-Australian actor, Academy Award winning director and producer. ... The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ... // An orphanage is an institution or asylum for the care of a child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ...

On March 13, 2007, the American cable network TNT announced that it was developing a new one-hour series based upon The Saint. The proposed series (for which no broadcast date has yet been announced) will be executive produced by William J. MacDonald and produced by Jorge Zamacona. [2] is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. ... William J. MacDonald is an American film and television writer and producer. ...

Movies (and actors playing The Saint)

Ian Ogilvy played Templar in a short-lived 1970s TV series. Once again, numerous Saint novels were reprinted as tie-ins.

Since 1938, numerous films have been produced in the United States, France and Australia based to varying degrees upon The Saint. A few of the films were based (usually loosely) upon Charteris' original stories, but most were original screenplays. This image is a book cover. ... This image is a book cover. ... Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar pictured on a reprint of an early Saint novel published to coincide with the TV series. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

This is a list of all the films featuring Simon Templar released to date, and the actors who played The Saint:

• The Saint in New York (1938 - Louis Hayward)
• The Saint Strikes Back (1939 - George Sanders)
• The Saint in London (1939 - Sanders)
• The Saint's Double Trouble (1940 - Sanders)
• The Saint Takes Over (1940 - Sanders)
• The Saint in Palm Springs (1941 - Sanders)
• The Saint's Vacation (1941 - Hugh Sinclair)
• The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943 - Sinclair)
• The Saint's Girl Friday (1954 - Hayward)
• Le Saint mène la danse (1960 - Félix Marten)
• Le Saint prend l'affut (1966 - Jean Marais)
• The Fiction Makers (1968 - Roger Moore) - edited from episodes of The Saint
• Vendetta for the Saint (1969 - Moore) - edited from episodes of The Saint
• The Saint and the Brave Goose (1979 made for TV - Ian Ogilvy) - edited from episodes of Return of the Saint
• The Saint in Manhattan (1987 made for TV - Andrew Clarke)
• The Saint (1997 - Val Kilmer)

Three of the surviving actors who have played Templar -- Roger Moore, Ian Ogilvy, and Simon Dutton -- have been appointed vice-presidents of The Saint Club that was founded by Leslie Charteris himself in 1936. The Saint in New York, released in 1938 by RKO Pictures was a crime thiller that marked the first screen appearance of sleuth Simon Templar, alias the Saint. ... Louis Hayward, born Seafield Grant, (March 19, 1909-February 21, 1985), was a British actor born in Johannesburg, South Africa. ... The Saint Strikes Back is the second of films based on The Saint. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Sanders (July 3, 1906 – April 25, 1972) was an English actor in British and American films. ... The Saint in London (RKO, 1939) was produced by William Sistrom. ... The Saints Double Trouble is the title of a 1940 action-adventure film produced by RKO Pictures. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a. ... The Saint in Palm Springs is the name of a crime thriller motion picture released by RKO Pictures in early 1941. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... The Saints Vacation is the title of a 1941 action-adventure film produced by RKO Pictures. ... For other persons named Hugh Sinclair, see Hugh Sinclair (disambiguation). ... Meet the Tiger is the title of an action-adventure novel written by Leslie Charteris. ... The Saints Girl Friday distributed by RKO in 1954, was produced by Royal Productions in London and produced by Julian Lesser. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Jean Marais photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1947 Jean Marais, born Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (December 11, 1913 - November 8, 1998) was a French actor, and the lover of Jean Cocteau. ... The Saint was a long-running British action adventure television series, made by ITC Entertainment, that aired on ITV stations between 1962 and 1969, and on American television as a syndicated show (1962-1967) and on NBC (1967-69). ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... The Saint was a long-running ITC mystery-cum-spy thriller, airing in Britain on ITV between 1962 and 1969. ... The Saint was a long-running British action adventure television series, made by ITC Entertainment, that aired on ITV stations between 1962 and 1969, and on American television as a syndicated show (1962-1967) and on NBC (1967-69). ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... The Saint was a long-running ITC mystery-cum-spy thriller, airing in Britain on ITV between 1962 and 1969. ... Return of the Saint was a British action-adventure television series that aired for one season in 1978 and 1979 in Britain on ITV, and was also broadcast on CBS in the United States. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar pictured on a reprint of an early Saint novel published to coincide with the TV series. ... Return of the Saint was a British action-adventure television series that aired for one season in 1978 and 1979 in Britain on ITV, and was also broadcast on CBS in the United States. ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... Andrew Clarke in Banjo Patersons The Man From Snowy River (Snowy River: The McGregor Saga) as Matt McGregor (The Man) American (video tape cover) Andrew Clarke in Banjo Patersons The Man From Snowy River (Snowy River: The McGregor Saga) as Matt McGregor (The Man) Australian (DVD cover) Andrew... The Saint is a 1997 film based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in 1928 for a series of books published as The Saint. Besides the book series which ran until 1983, the character was also featured in a series of Hollywood movies made between 1938... Val Edward Kilmer[1] (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. ...

In the 1930s, RKO purchased the rights to produce a film adaptation of Saint Overboard, but no such movie was ever produced. Saint Overboard is the title of a 1936 mystery novel by Leslie Charteris, one of a long series of novels featuring Charteris creation Simon Templar, alias The Saint. It was originally published in magazines as The Pirate Saint; some paperback editions append the article The to the title (The Saint...

Television series

• The Saint (1962-1969 - Roger Moore)
• Return of the Saint (1978-1979 - Ian Ogilvy)
• The made-for-TV film series that formed part of Mystery Wheel of Adventure (1989) - all starring Simon Dutton
  • Fear in Fun Park (aka The Saint in Australia)
  • The Big Bang
  • The Blue Dulac
  • The Brazilian Connection
  • The Software Murders
  • Wrong Number

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The Saint on the stage

In the late 1940s Charteris and sometime Sherlock Holmes scriptwriter Denis Green wrote a stage play entitled The Saint Misbehaves. A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ...

It was never publicly performed as soon after writing it Charteris decided to focus on non-Saint work. For many years it was thought to be lost however two copies are known to exist in private hands and correspondence relating to the play can be found in "The Leslie Charteris Collection" at Boston University. For the similarly named institution in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ...

One of the final issues of The Saint Magazine from 1967 featured reprints of the Saint stories "The Export Trade" and "The Five Thousand Pound Kiss".

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The Saint in the comics

The Saint appeared in a long running comic strip series starting as a daily strip 27 September 1948 with a Sunday added on 20 March the following year. The early strips were written by Leslie Charteris, who had previous experience writing comic strips, having replaced Dashiell Hammett as the writer of the Secret Agent X-9 strip. The original artist was Mike Roy. In 1951, John Spranger replaced Roy as the artist and altered the Saint's appearance by depicting him with a beard. The final two years of the strip were drawn by Doug Wildey. It ended September 16, 1961. See also Comic strip and Sunday strip. ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. ... Secret Agent Corrigan a. ... Doug Wildey (May 2, 1922, Yonkers, New York - October 5, 1994, Las Vegas, Nevada) was a cartoonist most famous for his co-creation of the acclaimed animated television series, Jonny Quest (1964) for Hanna-Barbera Productions, and a comic book artist. ... is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Concurrent with the comic strip, Avon Comics published 12 issues of a The Saint comic book between 1947 and 1952 (some of these stories were reprinted in the 1980s). The 1960s TV series is unusual in that it is one of the few major programs of its genre that was not adapted as a comic book in the United States. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...

The Saint in magazines

Charteris also edited several magazines that tied in with The Saint. The first of these were anthologies entitled The Saint's Choice that ran for seven issues in 1945-46. A few years later Charteris launched The Saint Detective Magazine (later titled The Saint Mystery Magazine and The Saint Magazine), which ran for 141 issues between 1953 and 1967, with a separate British edition that ran just as long but published different material. In most issues of Saint's Choice and the later magazines Charteris included at least one Saint story, usually previously published in one of his books but occasionally original. In several mid-1960s issues, however, he substituted Instead of the Saint, a series of essays on topics of interest to him. The rest of the material in the magazines consisted of novellas and short stories by other mystery writers of the day. An Australian edition was also published for a few years in the 1950s. In 1984 Charteris attempted to revive the Saint magazine, but it ran for only three issues.[3]

The Saint book series

Most Saint books were collections of novellas or short stories, some of which were published individually either in magazines or in smaller paperback form. Many of the books have also been published under different titles over the years; the titles used here are the more common ones for each book. From 1964 to 1983, the Saint books were collaborative works; Charteris acted in an editorial capacity and received front cover author credit, while other authors wrote these stories and were credited inside the book; these collaborative authors are noted.

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Featuring the Saint is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1931 by Hodder and Stoughton. ... Alias the Saint is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1931 by Hodder and Stoughton. ... Wanted for Murder is the title of a collection of six mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris which was first published in the United States in 1931. ... She Was a Lady is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his creation, Simon Templar, alias The Saint. ... See also: 1931 in literature, other events of 1932, 1933 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Holy Terror is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1932 by Hodder and Stoughton. ... Getaway is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris first published in the United Kingdom in 1932 by Hodder and Stoughton. ... See also: 1932 in literature, other events of 1933, 1934 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Once More the Saint is a collection of three interrelated mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in 1933. ... The Brighter Buccaneer is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in 1933. ... See also: 1933 in literature, other events of 1934, 1935 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Misfortunes of Mr. ... Boodle is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in 1934. ... The Saint Goes On is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1934 by Hodder and Stoughton, and in the United States in 1935 by The Crime Club. ... See also: 1934 in literature, other events of 1935, 1936 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Leslie Charteris first novel with an American setting was The Saint in New York (first released as paperback in 1935 by Hodder & Stoughton). ... See also: 1935 in literature, other events of 1936, 1937 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Saint Overboard is the title of a 1936 mystery novel by Leslie Charteris, one of a long series of novels featuring Charteris creation Simon Templar, alias The Saint. It was originally published in magazines as The Pirate Saint; some paperback editions append the article The to the title (The Saint... See also: 1936 in literature, other events of 1937, 1938 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Ace of Knaves is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1937 by Hodder and Stoughton, and in the United States by The Crime Club. ... Thieves Picnic is a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his Robin Hood-inspired crime fighter, Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The books was first published in the United Kingdom in 1937 by Hodder and Stoughton, and in the United States by The Crime Club the same year. ... See also: 1937 in literature, other events of 1938, 1939 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Prelude for War is a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his Robin Hood-inspired crime fighter, Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1938 by Hodder and Stoughton, and in the United States by The Crime Club the same year. ... Follow the Saint is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, featuring the crimefighter Simon Templar, alias The Saint. ... See also: 1938 in literature, other events of 1939, 1940 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Happy Highwayman is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1939 by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom and The Crime Club in the United States. ... See also: 1939 in literature, other events of 1940, 1941 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint in Miami is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his creation, Simon Templar, alias The Saint. ... See also: 1941 in literature, other events of 1942, 1943 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint Goes West is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United States in 1942 by The Crime Club, and in the United Kingdom the same year by Hodder and Stoughton. ... The Saint Steps In is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his creation, Simon Templar, alias The Saint. ... See also: 1943 in literature, other events of 1944, 1945 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint on Guard is a collection of two mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United States in 1944 by The Crime Club, and in the United Kingdom in 1945 by Hodder and Stoughton. ... See also: 1945 in literature, other events of 1946, 1947 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint Sees it Through is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his creation, Simon Templar, alias The Saint. ... See also: 1947 in literature, other events of 1948, 1949 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Call for the Saint is a collection of two mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United States in 1948 by The Crime Club, and later the same year in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton. ... Saint Errant is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1948 by The Crime Club in the United States and in 1949 by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom. ... See also: 1952 in literature, other events of 1953, 1954 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint in Europe is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1953 by The Crime Club in the United States and in 1954 by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom. ... See also: 1954 in literature, other events of 1955, 1956 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint on the Spanish Main is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1955 by by The Crime Club in the United States and Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom. ... See also: 1955 in literature, other events of 1956, 1957 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint Around the World is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1956 by by The Crime Club in the United States and by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom in 1957. ... See also: 1956 in literature, other events of 1957, 1958 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Thanks to the Saint is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1957 by by The Crime Club in the United States and by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom in 1958. ... ). Categories: Stub ... Señor Saint is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1958 by by The Crime Club in the United States and by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom in 1959. ... See also: 1958 in literature, other events of 1959, 1960 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint to the Rescue is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1959 by The Crime Club in the United States. ... See also: 1961 in literature, other events of 1962, 1963 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Trust the Saint is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1962 by The Crime Club in the United States and by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom. ... See also: 1962 in literature, other events of 1963, 1964 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint in the Sun is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, featuring the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter, Simon Templar, whom Charteris introduced in 1928. ... See also: 1963 in literature, other events of 1964, 1965 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint was a long-running British action adventure television series, made by ITC Entertainment, that aired on ITV stations between 1962 and 1969, and on American television as a syndicated show (1962-1967) and on NBC (1967-69). ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American science fiction author who has lived in many parts of the world including Mexico, England, Denmark and Italy. ... See also: 1967 in literature, other events of 1968, 1969 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint on TV is a collection of two mystery novellas by Fleming Lee, continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris. ... The Saint Returns is a collection of two mystery novellas by Fleming Lee, continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris. ... The Saint and the Fiction Makers (some editions use the hyphenated form Fiction-Makers) is the title of a 1968 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The novel is credited to Leslie Charteris, who created the Saint in 1928, but the book was actually authored... See also: 1968 in literature, other events of 1969, 1970 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint Abroad is a collection of two mystery novellas by Fleming Lee, continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris. ... Michael Pertwee (24 April 1916-19 April 1991) was a British playwright and screenwriter. ... See also: 1969 in literature, other events of 1970, 1971 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint in Pursuit is the title of a 1970 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The novel is credited to Leslie Charteris, who created the Saint in 1928, but the book was actually authored by Fleming Lee and is adapted from a comic strip... See also: 1970 in literature, other events of 1971, 1972 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint and the People Importers is the title of a 1971 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The novel is credited to Leslie Charteris, who created the Saint in 1928, but the book was actually co-authored by Fleming Lee. ... See also: 1974 in literature, other events of 1975, 1976 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Catch the Saint is a collection of two mystery novellas by Fleming Lee, based upon stories by Norman Walker continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris. ... Norman Worker is a British comic book writer, best known for his work on comic books featuring Lee Falks The Phantom. ... See also: 1975 in literature, other events of 1976, 1977 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace is the title of a 1976 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The novel is written by Christopher Short, but per the custom at this time, the author credit on the cover goes to Leslie Charteris, who created the... See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Send for the Saint is a collection of two mystery novellas by Peter Bloxsom, based upon stories by John Kruse and Donald James, continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris. ... See also: 1977 in literature, other events of 1978, 1979 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint in Trouble is a collection of two mystery novellas by Graham Weaver, continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris. ... Terence Feely (20 July 1928 – 13 August 2000) was a British screenwriter, playwright and author. ... See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Saint and the Templar Treasure is the title of a 1979 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The novel is written by Graham Weaver and Donne Avenell, but per the custom at this time, the author credit on the cover goes to Leslie Charteris... See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Count on the Saint is a collection of two mystery novellas by Graham Weaver and Donne Avenell, continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar aka The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris. ... See also: 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Salvage for the Saint is the title of a 1983 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The novel was written by Peter Bloxsom and John Kruse, but per the custom at this time, the author credit on the cover goes to Leslie Charteris, who created... 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French adventures

A number of Saint adventures were published in French over a 30-year period, many of which have yet to be published in English. Many of these stories were ghostwritten by Madeleine Michel-Tyl and credited to Charteris (who exercised some editorial control). The French books were generally novelisations of scripts from the radio series, or novels adapted from stories in the American Saint comic strip. One of the writers who worked on the French series, Fleming Lee, later wrote for the English-language books.[4] The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is about a ghostwriter, the type of writer. ...

Unpublished works

Burl Barer's history of the Saint identifies two manuscripts that to date have never been published. The first is a collaboration between Charteris and Fleming Lee called Bet on the Saint that was rejected by Doubleday, the American publishers of the Saint series. Charteris, Barer writes, chose not to submit it to his UK publishers, Hodder & Stoughton. The rejection of the manuscript by Doubleday meant that The Crime Club's long-standing right of first refusal on any new Saint works was now ended and the manuscript was then submitted to other U.S. publishers, without success. Barer also tells of a 1979 novel entitled The Saint's Lady by a Scottish fan, Joy Martin, which had been written as a present for and as a tribute to Charteris. Charteris was impressed by the manuscript and attempted to get it published, but it too was ultimately rejected. The manuscript, which according to Barer is in the archives of Boston University, features the return of Patricia Holm. Bet on the Saint is the title of an unpublished novel by Fleming Lee (but credited to Leslie Charteris), featuring the character of criminal-turned-detective Simon Templar (alias The Saint) who had been created by Charteris in 1928. ... The Saints Lady is the title of an unpublished novel by Joy Martin featuring the character of criminal-turned-detective Simon Templar (alias The Saint) who had been created by Leslie Charteris in 1928. ... For the similarly named institution in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ...

According to the Saintly Bible website, at one point Leslie Charteris biographer Ian Dickerson was working on a manuscript (based upon a film story idea by Charteris) for a new novel entitled Son of the Saint in which Templar shares an adventure with his son by Patricia Holm. The book has, to date, not been published.[5]

Cultural references

References to The Saint can be found throughout pop culture. Rapper Murs wrote a song called The Saint for his album F'Real. In the song Murs' character displays many of The Saint's well known qualities, including a flair for dramatic escapes and an expertise in hand to hand combat, although the story also seems to suggest elements of the popular TV series The Pretender. Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ... This article is about the rapper. ... FReal is the first album by hip hop artist Murs. ... The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC for four seasons between 1996 and 2000. ...

In 1997, the techno group Orbital recorded a new version of the theme for the 1960s series to tie in with the Val Kilmer film release. Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... Orbital was an English techno duo from 1989 until 2004, consisting of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll. ...

The 1967 novel The Rainbow Affair by David McDaniel, volume 13 in a series of original novels based upon the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., included a cameo by a thinly disguised version of Simon Templar. In addition, this novel uses the same chapter title format that Charteris used for his Saint novels. David Edward McDaniel (1944(?)-November 1, 1977) was a US science fiction author. ... The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was an American television series that ran on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968, for 105 episodes (see 1964 in television and 1968 in television). ...

In the PC Video game Might and Magic VIII, there is a playable character called Simon Templar (whose character class is the Knight) that can be recruited into the player team. A personal computer (PC) is a computer whose price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer is a computer role-playing game developed for Microsoft Windows by New World Computing and released in 2000 by the 3DO Company. ...

In Robert A. Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, stick figure images with devils horns on them instead of a halo appear, sans jeering graffiti, with the signature "Simon the Jester". Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of hard science fiction. ... The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress cover The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about a lunar penal colonys revolt against rule from Earth. ...

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• Rocambole
• Arsène Lupin

To Catch a Thief is a 1955 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis and John Williams. ... For other uses, see Robin Hood (disambiguation). ... A.J. (Arthur J.) Raffles is a character created by E. W. Hornung, a brother-in-law to Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. ... Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character created by Sapper, a pseudonym of H. C. McNeile (1888-1937), in imitation of the hard boiled noir-style detectives appearing in contemporary American fiction. ... Rocambole is the creation of Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, a 19th century French writer. ... Arsène Lupin is the name of a fictional gentleman thief who appears in a book series of detective fiction / crime fiction novels written by French writer Maurice Leblanc, as well as a number of non-canonical sequels and numerous film, television, stage play and comic book adaptations. ...

References

• Burl Barer, The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television 1928-1992. Jefferson, N.C.: MacFarland, 2003 (originally published in 1992).

External links

• The Saintly Bible: Large website about Leslie Charteris' creation (including news blog)
• Official Website for Leslie Charteris
• The Saint Novels in French
• Listing of all English-language Saint radio programs
• Radio Lovers.com public domain recordings of Saint radio episodes in MP3 format, starring Vincent Price.
• Spywise: "'A Saint I Ain’t': Q&A With Ian Dickerson of the Saint Club"
• Interview with Saint Expert Burl Barer