<P> In the 1960s Roger Moore revived the role in a long - running television series The Saint . According to the book Spy Television by Wesley Britton , the first actor offered the role was Patrick McGoohan of Danger Man and The Prisoner . The series ran from 1962 to 1969 , and Moore remains the actor most closely identified with the character . </P>
<P> In the 1960s Roger Moore revived the role in a long - running television series The Saint . According to the book Spy Television by Wesley Britton , the first actor offered the role was Patrick McGoohan of Danger Man and The Prisoner . The series ran from 1962 to 1969 , and Moore remains the actor most closely identified with the character . </P>
who played simon templar in the original series of the saint
who played simon templar in the original series of the saint
Roger Moore
Roger Moore