The Saint is a British crime television series that aired in the United Kingdom on ITV between 1962 and 1969. It was based on the literary character Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in the 1920s and featured in many novels over the years. In the television series, Templar was played by Roger Moore. Templar helps those whom conventional agencies are powerless or unwilling to protect, often using methods that skirt the law. Chief Inspector Claud Eustace Teal is his nominal nemesis who considers Templar a common criminal, but often grudgingly tolerates his actions for the greater good.
Titlecard of the black and white episodes
The Saint drove a Volvo P1800 in the series
Roger Moore and guest star Earl Green in "Interlude in Venice", 1966
The Saint (Simon Templar)
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. After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until 1983; two additional works produced without Charteris's participation were published in 1997. The character has also been portrayed in The Saint franchise, which includes motion pictures, radio dramas, comic strips, comic books, and three television series.
Bob Lubbers' The Saint (4 October 1959)
Many Saint novels were reprinted in new editions in the 1960s to capitalise on the popular television series, starring Roger Moore.
A novella published in The American Magazine in May 1947, "The King of the Beggars" was collected in Call for the Saint (1948)
Roger Moore as The Saint