Major television roles included a regular comedic role in the "Mobil-Limb Show", host roles in variety programs "Singalong" and "Folkmoot", and acting roles in locally produced drama series including "Whiplash", "The Hungry Ones", "Adventure Unlimited", and "Consider Your Verdict". He is best remembered, however, for his long-running role as Senior Detective (later Detective Sergeant) David "Mac" Mackay in "Homicide" from 1965–73. "Homicide" was Australia's first-ever locally produced TV police drama. Teale won a Logie for best Australian actor in 1974. He also hosted a documentary about the series, "The Homicide Story", in 1970. Other leading television roles included Captain Woolcott in "Seven Little Australians" (1973), and headmaster Charles Ogilvy in school-based soap opera "Class of '74" (1974–75).