(For example, "Arizona" in The Saint Goes West has Templar planning to kill a Nazi scientist.) During the 1920s and early 1930s, the Saint is fighting European arms dealers, drug runners, and white slavers while based in his London home.
As in the past, the appeal lies in the vitality of the character, a hero who can go into a brawl and come out with his hair combed and who, faced with death, lights a cigarette and taunts his enemy with the signature phrase "As the actress said to the bishop ..." The period of the books begins in the 1920s and moves to the 1970s as the 50 books progress (the character being seemingly ageless).
The Saint is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963.
For the first half until the late 1940s, the most recurrent is Patricia Holm, his girlfriend, who was introduced in the first story, the 1928 novel Meet the Tiger, in which she shows herself a capable adventurer.
Several later volumes also adapted scripts from the 1970s revival TV series Return of the Saint. 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 the first edition issued by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom (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.
Both books were written by Burl Barer, who in the early 1990s published a history of the character in books, radio, and television. Charteris wrote 14 novels between 1928 and 1971 (the last two co-written), 34 novellas, and 95 short stories featuring Simon Templar.
(For example, "Arizona" in The Saint Goes West has Templar planning to kill a Nazi scientist.) During the 1920s and early 1930s, the Saint is fighting European arms dealers, drug runners, and white slavers while based in his London home.
The 1963 edition of the short story collection The Happy Highwayman contains examples of abandoned revisions; in one story published in the 1930s ("The Star Producers"), references to actors of the 1930s were replaced for 1963 with names of current movie stars; another 1930s-era story, "The Man Who Was Lucky", added references to atomic power.
The first, The Saint in New York in 1938, based on the 1935 novel of the same name, starred Louis Hayward as Templar and Jonathan Hale as Inspector Henry Fernack, the American counterpart of Mr Teal. The film was a success and RKO began a Saint series.
Two additional Saint novels appeared around the time of the 1997 film starring Val Kilmer: a novelisation of the film (which had little connection to the Charteris stories) and Capture the Saint, a more faithful work published by The Saint Club and originated by Charteris in 1936.
The first, The Saint in New York in 1938, based on the 1935 novel of the same name, starred Louis Hayward as Templar and Jonathan Hale as Inspector Henry Fernack, the American counterpart of Mr Teal. The film was a success and RKO began a Saint series.
The pilot was not picked up for a series and was broadcast as the television film The Saint on 11 July 2017. ===Films=== Since 1938, numerous films have been produced in the United States, France and Australia based to varying degrees upon the Saint.
During the first half of the 1940s, Charteris cast Templar as a willing operative of the American government, fighting Nazi interests in the United States during World War II. Beginning with the "Arizona" novella, Templar is fighting his own war against Germany.
For the first half until the late 1940s, the most recurrent is Patricia Holm, his girlfriend, who was introduced in the first story, the 1928 novel Meet the Tiger, in which she shows herself a capable adventurer.
Holm disappeared in the late 1940s, and according to Barer's history of The Saint, Charteris refused to allow Templar a steady girlfriend, or Holm to return.
By the late 1940s to early 1950s, this situation had been reversed.
The earliest was for Radio Éireann's Radio Athlone in 1940 and starred Terence De Marney.
Taffner, but it never progressed beyond the pilot stage. Inspector John Fernack of the NYPD, played by Kevin Tighe, made his first film appearance since the 1940s in that production, while Templar (sporting a moustache) got about in a black Lamborghini bearing the ST1 licence plate. Since the 1997 Val Kilmer film The Saint, there have been several failed attempts at producing pilots for potential new Saint television series.
Charteris saw this as both plagiarism and an attempt to deprive him of royalties, and he sued RKO. Hugh Sinclair replaced Sanders in 1941 and portrayed Templar in two films, both produced by RKO's British unit (the second film was ultimately released by Republic Pictures in 1943). In 1953, British Hammer Film Productions produced The Saint's Return (known as "The Saint's Girl Friday" in the United States), for which Louis Hayward returned to the role.
Charteris saw this as both plagiarism and an attempt to deprive him of royalties, and he sued RKO. Hugh Sinclair replaced Sanders in 1941 and portrayed Templar in two films, both produced by RKO's British unit (the second film was ultimately released by Republic Pictures in 1943). In 1953, British Hammer Film Productions produced The Saint's Return (known as "The Saint's Girl Friday" in the United States), for which Louis Hayward returned to the role.
Both NBC and CBS produced Saint series during 1945, starring Edgar Barrier and Brian Aherne.
The first of these were anthologies titled The Saint's Choice that ran for seven issues in 1945–46.
Many early shows were adaptations of published stories, although Charteris wrote several storylines for the series which were novelised as short stories and novellas. The longest-running radio incarnation was Vincent Price, who played the character in a series between 1947 and 1951 on three networks: CBS, Mutual and NBC.
The final two years of the strip were drawn by Doug Wildey before it came to an end on 16 September 1961. 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).
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. ==In comics== The Saint appeared in a long-running series starting as a daily comic strip 27 September 1948 with a Sunday added on 20 March the following year.
By the late 1940s to early 1950s, this situation had been reversed.
An Australian edition was also published for a few years in the 1950s.
Many early shows were adaptations of published stories, although Charteris wrote several storylines for the series which were novelised as short stories and novellas. The longest-running radio incarnation was Vincent Price, who played the character in a series between 1947 and 1951 on three networks: CBS, Mutual and NBC.
Price left in May 1951, to be replaced by Tom Conway, who played the role for several more months; his brother, George Sanders, had played Templar on film.
In 1951, when John Spranger replaced Roy as the artist, he altered the Saint's appearance by depicting him with a beard.
Examples include Arrest the Saint (Avon, 1951), Concerning the Saint (Avon, 1958) and The Saint Cleans Up (Avon, 1959).
A few Saint stories crossed into science fiction and fantasy, "The Man Who Liked Ants" and the early novel The Last Hero being examples; one Saint short story, "The Darker Drink" (also published as "Dawn"), was even published in the October 1952 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
The final two years of the strip were drawn by Doug Wildey before it came to an end on 16 September 1961. 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).
5", appeared as filler in issue 2 of the 1952 war comic Captain Steve Savage. 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.
For more about the Saint on American radio, see The Saint (radio program). The next English-language radio series aired on Springbok Radio in South Africa between 1953 and 1957.
Charteris saw this as both plagiarism and an attempt to deprive him of royalties, and he sued RKO. Hugh Sinclair replaced Sanders in 1941 and portrayed Templar in two films, both produced by RKO's British unit (the second film was ultimately released by Republic Pictures in 1943). In 1953, British Hammer Film Productions produced The Saint's Return (known as "The Saint's Girl Friday" in the United States), for which Louis Hayward returned to the role.
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.
Although Templar is depicted as ageless, Charteris occasionally acknowledged the passing of time for those around him, such as in the 1956 short story collection The Saint Around the World which features the retirement of Inspector Teal in one story. Charteris started retiring from writing books following 1963's The Saint in the Sun.
For more about the Saint on American radio, see The Saint (radio program). The next English-language radio series aired on Springbok Radio in South Africa between 1953 and 1957.
Examples include Arrest the Saint (Avon, 1951), Concerning the Saint (Avon, 1958) and The Saint Cleans Up (Avon, 1959).
Bob Lubbers illustrated The Saint in 1959 and 1960.
Examples include Arrest the Saint (Avon, 1951), Concerning the Saint (Avon, 1958) and The Saint Cleans Up (Avon, 1959).
That story revealed that Templar wrote an adventure novel featuring a South American hero not far removed from The Saint himself. Templar also on occasion would break the fourth wall in an almost metafictional sense, making references to being part of a story and mentioning in one early story how he cannot be killed so early on; the 1960s television series would also have Templar address viewers.
When early Saint books were republished in the 1960s to the 1980s, it was not uncommon to see freshly written introductions by Charteris apologizing for the out-of-date tone; according to a Charteris "apology" in a 1969 paperback of Featuring the Saint, he attempted to update some earlier stories when they were reprinted but gave up and let them sit as period pieces.
This was followed by an unsuccessful French production in 1960. In the mid-1980s, the National Enquirer and other newspapers reported that Roger Moore was planning to produce a movie based on The Saint with Pierce Brosnan as Templar, but it was never made.
Bob Lubbers illustrated The Saint in 1959 and 1960.
5", appeared as filler in issue 2 of the 1952 war comic Captain Steve Savage. 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.
The final two years of the strip were drawn by Doug Wildey before it came to an end on 16 September 1961. 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).
In his introduction to the first, The Saint on TV, Charteris called these volumes a team effort in which he oversaw selection of stories, initially adaptations of scripts written for the 1962–1969 TV series The Saint, and with Fleming Lee writing the adaptations (other authors took over from Lee).
Roger Moore features throughout in cameo as the BBC Newsreader heard in Simon Templar's Volvo. ==On television== The actor Roger Moore brought Simon Templar to the new medium of television in the series The Saint, which ran from 1962 to 1969, and Moore remains the actor most closely identified with the character.
The Saint is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963.
The 1963 edition of the short story collection The Happy Highwayman contains examples of abandoned revisions; in one story published in the 1930s ("The Star Producers"), references to actors of the 1930s were replaced for 1963 with names of current movie stars; another 1930s-era story, "The Man Who Was Lucky", added references to atomic power.
Although Templar is depicted as ageless, Charteris occasionally acknowledged the passing of time for those around him, such as in the 1956 short story collection The Saint Around the World which features the retirement of Inspector Teal in one story. Charteris started retiring from writing books following 1963's The Saint in the Sun.
Between 1963 and 1997, an additional seven novels and fourteen novellas were written by others. In 2014, all the Saint books from Enter the Saint to Salvage for the Saint (but not Meet the Tiger nor Burl Barer's Capture the Saint) were republished in both the United Kingdom and United States. ==On radio== Several radio drama series were produced in North America, Ireland, and Britain.
The next book to carry Charteris's 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.
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.
Around 1965 to 1966 the South African version of Lux Radio Theatre produced a single dramatization of The Saint.
Around 1965 to 1966 the South African version of Lux Radio Theatre produced a single dramatization of The Saint.
The strip was titled Meet the Saint in later issues. In Sweden, a long-running Saint comic book was published from 1966 to 1985 under the title Helgonet.
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.
It was, however, adapted as a comic strip in the British weekly comic TV21, where it ran from 1968 to 1970, drawn by Vicente Alcazar.
When early Saint books were republished in the 1960s to the 1980s, it was not uncommon to see freshly written introductions by Charteris apologizing for the out-of-date tone; according to a Charteris "apology" in a 1969 paperback of Featuring the Saint, he attempted to update some earlier stories when they were reprinted but gave up and let them sit as period pieces.
Roger Moore features throughout in cameo as the BBC Newsreader heard in Simon Templar's Volvo. ==On television== The actor Roger Moore brought Simon Templar to the new medium of television in the series The Saint, which ran from 1962 to 1969, and Moore remains the actor most closely identified with the character.
As in the past, the appeal lies in the vitality of the character, a hero who can go into a brawl and come out with his hair combed and who, faced with death, lights a cigarette and taunts his enemy with the signature phrase "As the actress said to the bishop ..." The period of the books begins in the 1920s and moves to the 1970s as the 50 books progress (the character being seemingly ageless).
Charteris and Lee collaborated on two Saint novels in the 1970s, The Saint in Pursuit (based on a story by Charteris for the Saint comic strip) and The Saint and the People Importers.
Several later volumes also adapted scripts from the 1970s revival TV series Return of the Saint. The last Saint volume in the line of books starting with Meet the Tiger in 1928 was Salvage for the Saint, published in 1983.
The English service of South Africa produced another series radio adventures for six months in 1970–1971.
It was, however, adapted as a comic strip in the British weekly comic TV21, where it ran from 1968 to 1970, drawn by Vicente Alcazar.
Both books were written by Burl Barer, who in the early 1990s published a history of the character in books, radio, and television. Charteris wrote 14 novels between 1928 and 1971 (the last two co-written), 34 novellas, and 95 short stories featuring Simon Templar.
Barer also tells of a 1979 novel titled The Saint's Lady by a Scottish fan, Joy Martin, which had been written as a present for and as a tribute to Charteris.
When early Saint books were republished in the 1960s to the 1980s, it was not uncommon to see freshly written introductions by Charteris apologizing for the out-of-date tone; according to a Charteris "apology" in a 1969 paperback of Featuring the Saint, he attempted to update some earlier stories when they were reprinted but gave up and let them sit as period pieces.
The final two years of the strip were drawn by Doug Wildey before it came to an end on 16 September 1961. 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).
He is perhaps showing some personal identification with Simon Templar's own war against Germany in the novella Arizona. In 1980 English punk band Splodgenessabounds released a single "Simon Templer" (misspelling intentional).
After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until 1983; two additional works produced without Charteris's participation were published in 1997.
Between 1964 and 1983, another 14 Saint books would be published, credited to Charteris but written by others.
Several later volumes also adapted scripts from the 1970s revival TV series Return of the Saint. 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 the first edition issued by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom (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.
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.
In 1983, Avenel Books published the hardcover omnibus The Saint: Five Complete Novels, though this was actually three novellas and two full-length novels, combining the books Enter the Saint, The Holy Terror (a.k.a.
In 1984 Charteris attempted to revive the Saint magazine, but it ran for only three issues. Leslie Charteris himself portrayed The Saint in a photo play in Life magazine: The Saint Goes West. ==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.
The strip was titled Meet the Saint in later issues. In Sweden, a long-running Saint comic book was published from 1966 to 1985 under the title Helgonet.
A television pilot for a series to be called The Saint in Manhattan, starring Australian actor Andrew Clarke, was shown on CBS in 1987 as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse; this pilot was produced by Donald L.
In 1989, six movies were made by Taffner starring Simon Dutton.
Made for London Weekend Television (LWT) in the United Kingdom, it was postponed due to poor ratings, but went out as part of The Mystery Wheel of Adventure in the United States: * Wrong Number (21 July 1990, postponed from 14 July 1990 – Simon Dutton) * The Software Murders (4 August 1990 – Dutton) * The Brazilian Connection (2 September 1989 – Dutton) * The Blue Dulac (9 September 1989 – Dutton) * The Big Bang (28 July 1990 – Dutton) * Fear in Fun Park, a.k.a.
Both books were written by Burl Barer, who in the early 1990s published a history of the character in books, radio, and television. Charteris wrote 14 novels between 1928 and 1971 (the last two co-written), 34 novellas, and 95 short stories featuring Simon Templar.
Made for London Weekend Television (LWT) in the United Kingdom, it was postponed due to poor ratings, but went out as part of The Mystery Wheel of Adventure in the United States: * Wrong Number (21 July 1990, postponed from 14 July 1990 – Simon Dutton) * The Software Murders (4 August 1990 – Dutton) * The Brazilian Connection (2 September 1989 – Dutton) * The Blue Dulac (9 September 1989 – Dutton) * The Big Bang (28 July 1990 – Dutton) * Fear in Fun Park, a.k.a.
These were syndicated in the United States as part of a series of films titled Mystery Wheel of Adventure, while in the United Kingdom they were shown as a series on ITV. In 1991, as detailed by Burl Barer in his 1992 history of The Saint, plans were announced for a series of motion pictures.
These were syndicated in the United States as part of a series of films titled Mystery Wheel of Adventure, while in the United Kingdom they were shown as a series on ITV. In 1991, as detailed by Burl Barer in his 1992 history of The Saint, plans were announced for a series of motion pictures.
Many of these books credited to Charteris were written by others, including Madeleine Michel-Tyl. Charteris died in 1993.
The most recent English-language incarnation was a series of three one-hour-long radio plays on BBC Radio 4 in 1995, all adapted from Charteris novels: Saint Overboard, The Saint Closes The Case and The Saint Plays With Fire, starring Paul Rhys as Templar. ==In film== Not long after creating The Saint, Charteris began a long association with Hollywood as a screenwriter.
After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until 1983; two additional works produced without Charteris's participation were published in 1997.
Two additional Saint novels appeared around the time of the 1997 film starring Val Kilmer: a novelisation of the film (which had little connection to the Charteris stories) and Capture the Saint, a more faithful work published by The Saint Club and originated by Charteris in 1936.
Between 1963 and 1997, an additional seven novels and fourteen novellas were written by others. In 2014, all the Saint books from Enter the Saint to Salvage for the Saint (but not Meet the Tiger nor Burl Barer's Capture the Saint) were republished in both the United Kingdom and United States. ==On radio== Several radio drama series were produced in North America, Ireland, and Britain.
A feature film The Saint starring Val Kilmer was released in 1997, but it diverged in style from the Charteris books, although it did revive Templar's use of aliases.
Taffner, but it never progressed beyond the pilot stage. Inspector John Fernack of the NYPD, played by Kevin Tighe, made his first film appearance since the 1940s in that production, while Templar (sporting a moustache) got about in a black Lamborghini bearing the ST1 licence plate. Since the 1997 Val Kilmer film The Saint, there have been several failed attempts at producing pilots for potential new Saint television series.
On 13 March 2007, TNT said it was developing a one-hour series to be executive produced by William J.
Another attempt at production was planned for 2009 with Scottish actor Dougray Scott starring as Simon Templar.
Roger Moore announced on his website that he would be appearing in the new production, which was being produced by his son, Geoffrey Moore, in a small role. It was announced in December 2012 that a third attempt would be made to produce a pilot for a potential TV series.
Unlike the prior attempts, production of the Rayner pilot did commence in December 2012 and continued into early 2013, with Moore and Ogilvy making cameo appearances, according to a cast list posted on the official Leslie Charteris website and subsequently confirmed in the trailer that was released.
Unlike the prior attempts, production of the Rayner pilot did commence in December 2012 and continued into early 2013, with Moore and Ogilvy making cameo appearances, according to a cast list posted on the official Leslie Charteris website and subsequently confirmed in the trailer that was released.
Between 1963 and 1997, an additional seven novels and fourteen novellas were written by others. In 2014, all the Saint books from Enter the Saint to Salvage for the Saint (but not Meet the Tiger nor Burl Barer's Capture the Saint) were republished in both the United Kingdom and United States. ==On radio== Several radio drama series were produced in North America, Ireland, and Britain.
The pilot was not picked up for a series and was broadcast as the television film The Saint on 11 July 2017. ===Films=== Since 1938, numerous films have been produced in the United States, France and Australia based to varying degrees upon the Saint.
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