Simon Templar is a British
fictional character known as
The Saint. He featured in a long-running series of books 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 motion pictures, radio dramas,
comic strips, comic books and three television series.