Competitor's Companion - January Daily Quiz Question 22

[pipdawg]

This author who had a Chinese father is best known for a character who became a TV hit and was first played by an actor whose mother was born in India. What was the author's middle name ?

William, Charles, Philip, Arthur or George?

[scorpiojo]

*Anyone?

[Captain2]

Nope!! ;))

[scorpiojo]

Grrrrrrr ;o)

[Captain2]

Tried all sorts of variations on Google but no luck

[Mamyalynne]

Nightmare to search for.

[Mamyalynne]

Leslie Charles Charteris

[Mamyalynne]

Actor - The Saint
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Moore

[Mamyalynne]

Charteris was born in Singapore to a Chinese father, Dr S. C. Yin (Yin Suat Chwan, 1877–1958),[2] and his wife Lydia Florence Bowyer, who was English. His father was a physician who claimed to be able to trace his lineage back to the emperors of the Shang Dynasty.[1]

[dannyk13]

well done Lynne, author of The Saint played by Roger Moore whose mother was born in India.

[elliemay1]

Well done mamyalynne!

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, hard work that was.

[Mamyalynne]

Ta x

[pipdawg]

Well done Mamyalynne and thank you. And thank you to all of you for all your efforts.

[Mamyalynne]

You're welcome, it would have driven me mad all evening lol.

[elliemay1]

A well-deserved BA (in fact, only answer!)

[Captain2]

Belated well done from me too Mamya (I was in charge of dinner tonight)