Leonard George Thiele AO, professionally Leonard Teale, was an Australian actor of radio, television and film and radio announcer, presenter and narrator known for his resonant baritone voice.
16 Facts About Leonard Teale
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Leonard Teale is best remembered for his role in the long-running Australian police procedural drama Homicide as David "Mac" MacKay.
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Leonard Teale George Thiele was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to Maude Henrietta Thiele, nee Rasmussen, and Herman Albert Thiele, a chemist.
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However, the family's financial situation during the Great Depression forced Leonard Teale to leave school and enter the workforce.
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Leonard Teale worked as a junior clerk for Brisbane City Council's Electricity Supply Department.
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Leonard Teale graduated from flying school the following year and was commissioned as officer.
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Leonard Teale was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in September 1945 and was discharged on 16 January 1946, after returning to Australia.
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Leonard Teale made regular appearances in radio variety programs such as the Bonnington's Bunkhouse Show, and voiceovers in countless commercials.
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Leonard Teale's talent was nurtured and developed at the Producers Authors Composers and Talent Centre, which was founded in 1964.
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Leonard Teale appeared in several feature films, including Smiley, Smiley Gets a Gun and Bungala Boys.
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Leonard Teale is best remembered for his long-running role as Senior Detective David "Mac" Mackay in Homicide from 1965 to 1973.
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Leonard Teale won a Logie for best Australian actor in 1974.
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Leonard Teale hosted a documentary about the series, The Homicide Story, in 1970.
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Leonard Teale narrated for ABC audio recordings, including the Banjo Paterson poem The Man from Snowy River, and a spoken-word version of the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven" on ABC-TV's The Money or the Gun.
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Leonard Teale's reading of Dorothea Mackellar's poem "My Country", which included the lines "I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains" was so widely played in Australia during the 1970s that it was frequently parodied.
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Leonard Teale married his third wife, entertainer Liz Harris in 1968; Harris had appeared in three episodes of Homicide.