LEONARD TEALE

Leonard "Len" George Thiele AO (26 September 1922 – 14 May 1994), professionally Leonard Teale was a well-known Australian actor of radio, television and film known for his resonant baritone voice. He is best remembered for his role as David "Mac" Mackay in the long running Australian police drama Homicide. Teale narrated for Australian Broadcasting Corporation audio recordings, including the Banjo Paterson poem ''The Man from Snowy River''. His reading of Dorothea Mackellar's patriotic poem which includes the line "I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains" became so popular in the 1970s that it was frequently used to parody him. Leonard Teale died of a heart attack in 1994.

SINGLES

''Bound For Hobart Town / Ballad Of The Northern Run [with Andy Sundstrom] 1965 CBS

EPs

'Songs Of The Sundowners' [with Andy Sundstrom] 1965 CBS

'The First Born And Other Poems By Jack Davis' 1975 no label

'Didgeridoo' 1963 CBS

ALBUMS

'The Man From Snowy River' 1956 CBS
'When Your Pants Begin To Go' 1957 Festival
'Seven Cities Suite' [with Jim Gussey and Bruce Finlay] 1960 HMV
'Travelling Down the Castlereagh' [with Andy Sundstrom] 1964 CBS
'Henry Lawson - His Life Story In His Own Verse' 1965 CBS
'The Australiana Collection - Australian Verse' 1980 CBS
'My Country Traditional Australian Verse' 1988 CBS
'Henry Lawson's Australia' 1988 CBS

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Teale