"What type of car did Simon Templar drive in ""The Saint""?"
Return of the Saint Volvo P1800. In "Return" Templar drives an XJ-S with the number plate "ST 1". Miniature versions were made by Corgi and proved popular. According to Burl Barer in his history of "The Saint", the series was originally conceived as "Son of the Saint", with Ogilvy's character identified as the offspring of Simon Templar. As production neared, it was decided to drop the relative angle and make the series about the original character, albeit updated to the late 1970s. Unlike the earlier series, "Return of the Saint" did not adapt any Charteris stories; however, several teleplays (such as "The Imprudent Professor"
The Saint (Simon Templar) The Saint (Simon Templar) Simon Templar is a fictional character known as The Saint. He is featured in a 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. Simon Templar is a Robin Hood-like criminal known as The Saint – plausibly from his initials, but the exact reason for his nickname is unknown (although the reader