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in the US) from 1953, with Louis Hayward returning as The Saint, is sometimes regarded as part of the RKO series. However, it was produced by British Hammer Film Productions, based on a special agreement between Hammer Films and Leslie Charteris, which gave Charteris a percentage in the film. RKO
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came a number of books adapting televised episodes, credited to Charteris, but written by others, although Charteris did collaborate on several Saint books in the 1970s. Charteris appears to have served in an editorial capacity for these later volumes. He also edited and contributed to
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Many episodes of the TV series were based upon Charteris' short stories. Later, as original scripts were commissioned, Charteris permitted some of these scripts to be novelized and published as further adventures of the Saint in printed form (these later books, with titles such as
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Both George Sanders and Leslie Charteris had complaints about the Saint pictures; Sanders because he disliked playing the same role again and again, and Charteris because of the liberties taken by the screenwriters. RKO dropped the Saint series and replaced it with
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alive. Also, an ill-fated attempt at a 1980s TV series was made in the United States, which resulted in only a pilot episode being produced and broadcast. He also produced the original theme tune for the series, as can be seen in the end credits.
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was produced in Sweden from 1969 to 1991 with at least 170 stories produced. As part of the contract, all story ideas had to be approved by Charteris himself before the story was completed. Among the creators of these stories were writers
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as Simon Templar, enjoy a well-received, if brief, run in the late 1970s (with Charteris himself making a cameo appearance in one episode) and, in the 1980s, a series of TV movies produced by an international co-production and starring
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Charteris spent 55 years – 1928 to 1983 – as either writer of or custodian of Simon Templar's literary adventures, one of the longest uninterrupted spans of a single author in the history of mystery fiction, equalling that of
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Leslie became interested in writing at an early age. At one point, he created his own magazine with articles, short stories, poems, editorials, serials, and even a comic strip. He attended
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were chronicled in nearly 100 books (about 50 published in the UK and US, with others published in France). Charteris himself stepped away from writing the books after
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Long-term success eluded Charteris' creation outside the literary arena until RKO produced an eight-film series between 1938 and 1943:
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Charteris was born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, in Singapore. His mother, Lydia Florence Bowyer, was English. His father, Dr S. C. Yin (
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Introduction by William Ruehlmann, The Saint in New York by Leslie Charteris, International Polygonics, Ltd., New York City, NY, 1988
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Introduction by William Ruehlmann, The Saint in New York by Leslie Charteris, International Polygonics, Ltd., New York City, NY, 1988
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Charteris relocated to the United States in 1932, where he continued to publish short stories and also became a writer for
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Charteris married four times (see the Family section below for details). In 1952, Charteris married Hollywood actress
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Marks, Jeffrey Alan. Anthony Boucher: a biobibliography. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2008.
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was published and while it was credited to Charteris, it was actually written by science fiction writer
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the stories, while Charteris acted as an editor, approving stories and making revisions when needed.
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However, Charteris was excluded from permanent residency in the United States because of the
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Charteris also wrote a column on cuisine for an American magazine, and invented a wordless,
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called Paleneo, which he wrote a book about. Charteris was one of the earliest members of
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in 1935 to 1936. One story was drawn by Raymond, and the other two by Raymond's successor
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Charteris wrote a few other books, including a novelization of his screenplay for the
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altogether and claimed that the Saint series actually began with the second volume,
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Charteris, Leslie. "The Saint Goes West: The Mystery of the Palm Springs Playboy."
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Author Leslie Charteris, a Passenger on Zeppelin Hindenburg's Maiden Voyage...,
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In addition, Charteris authored numerous uncollected short stories and essays.
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The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television 1928–1992
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by Leslie Charteris, International Polygonics, Ltd., New York City, NY, 1988
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acted only as the film's US distributor, six months after the UK release.
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that Charteris himself founded in the 1930s. Both books were written by
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In 1926, Leslie legally changed his surname to "Charteris". In the
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In 1936, Charteris was a passenger on the maiden voyage of the
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The Saint writer's widow left almost €400,000 in Irish estate
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series after three films, and was replaced by his brother,
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Charteris wrote his first book during his first year at
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published by Fiction Publishing Company (an imprint of
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In 1962–1969 the British-produced television series
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A film loosely based on the character simply titled
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Saint with a Gun: The Unlawful American Private Eye
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British Singapore
Windsor, Berkshire
Audrey Long
www.lesliecharteris.com
/ˈɑːrtərɪs/
British-Chinese
adventure fiction
Simon Templar
The Saint
Yin Suat Chuan
Shang dynasty
Saint Andrew's School, Singapore
Rossall School
Fleetwood
King's College, Cambridge
BBC Radio 4
Francis Charteris (rake)
Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer
Hellfire Club
King's College, Cambridge
The Saint (franchise)
Meet the Tiger
Simon Templar
Enter the Saint
Doubleday
Deanna Durbin
Lady on a Train
Manuel Chaves Nogales
ghost-wrote

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