When "The Saint" was first adapted for cinema by RKO Radio Pictures, five of the eight films in the RKO series were set in the United States. As a result, the character of Teal was usually replaced by Inspector Farnack, a New York detective of similar disposition who had been introduced in the novel "The Saint in New York". Teal made his first RKO appearance in 1939's "The Saint in London" played by Gordon McLeod, and McLeod reprised the role in "The Saint's Vacation" (1941) and "The Saint Meets the Tiger" (1943). "The Saint Meets the Tiger" was based upon the aforementioned "Meet – The Tiger!", only this time Teal replaces the character of Detective Carn.