John Carstairs

JOHN PADDY CARSTAIRS d1970. British film director (1933–62) and television director (1962–64) usually of light-hearted subject matter. He directed 37 films in total. He had a long association with the character of Simon Templar (the character's creator, Leslie Charteris dedicated the 1963 book The Saint in the Sun to him). Aside from directing the 1939 Saint film "The Saint in London", he also directed two episodes of The Saint in the 1960s, making him the only individual (other than Charteris himself) to be connected to both the Hollywood film and British series of The Saint. He died in London aged 60 on December 12th 1970