Autographs of Dick Bentley
Charles Walter "Dick" Bentley (14 May 1907 – 27 August 1995) was an Australian-born comedian and actor of radio, stage and screen. He starred with Jimmy Edwards in Take It From Here for BBC Radio. He was a staple of and pioneer of radio, having started his career in the medium in the early 1930s. He appeared on screen from the late 1940s until retiring in 1978.
Bentley was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a child, Bentley learned several musical instruments, and while still in his teens was a staple on the Melbourne cabaret circuit as a comedian and singer, his act consisting of playing a few bars of music deliberately badly, interspersed with jokes and legitimate musical numbers. He made his first appearance on ABC Radio in the early 1930s and by 1938 had become a fairly prominent personality, notably on Wilfrid Thomas's show Out of the Bag. In that year he moved to London, and worked for the BBC. Newly married to Petronella "Peta" Curra, with the war raging in England, he returned to Australia, and during the years of World War II, he spent entertaining the troops in the Pacific theatre.
By 1946, he was one of Australia's highest-paid entertainers and returned to Britain to try to re-establish himself in a much larger market. He joined up with writer Denis Norden and guested on many of the leading radio shows of the day. An appearance on Navy Mixture teamed him successfully with Jimmy Edwards, and indirectly led to the pairing of Denis Norden with Frank Muir, who was Edwards' writer. Muir and Norden together wrote Take It From Here (1948–60), with Edwards and Bentley as two of the three stars. The most memorable feature of Take It From Here was The Glums, with Edwards playing the slightly seedy Pa Glum and Bentley his terminally dim son, Ron. Bentley was thirteen years older than Edwards.
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Traded items with a signature of Dick Bentley
The most expensive item with a signature of Dick Bentley (DICK BENTLEY Hand-signed 1940s 6.5 x 4.35 portrait) was sold in September 2012 for £44.00 while the cheapest item (Australian Comedian-DICK BENTLEY -Ron Glum (Take it from Here)signed album page) found a new owner for £0.99 in June 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was May 2014 with an average selling price of £1.10 for an autographed item of Dick Bentley. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2012 with £44.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was August 2015. In average, an autographed item from Dick Bentley is worth £2.41.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dick Bentley were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | #1042 Promo copy printed signature postcard Film/Stage-Dick Bentley 1940s | £11.97 |  |
| Australian Comic DICK BENTLEY d`95 Ron Glum in Take it From Here Signed page | £2.00 | |
| Cut Autograph Signature - DICK BENTLEY (1907-1995) - Australian Actor | £5.99 | |
| DICK BENTLEY (1907-1995) Vintage Comedian Take It From Here etc Signed Pic | £1.98 | |
| DICK BENTLEY (d1995) Australian Comic Actor Take It From Here etc Signed Pic | £7.50 | |
| DICK BENTLEY - POPULAR BRITISH ACTOR - SIGNED VINTAGE AUTOGRAPH ALBUM PAGE | £1.00 | |
| DICK BENTLEY - POPULAR BRITISH ACTOR - SIGNED VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH | £2.41 | |
| DICK BENTLEY / DAVE KING - POPULAR ACTORS - SIGNED VINTAGE ALBUM PAGE | £1.50 | |
| DICK BENTLEY 1907-95 Australian comedian/actor. Nice genuine signed photo | £9.00 | |
| Dick Bentley Australian Comedian And Actor. Genuine Signed Album Page | £1.99 | |
| Dick Bentley Comedian And Actor Signed Autograph Album Page 4 x 2.1/2 | £1.61 | |
| Dick Bentley Original signed B&W Studio photo | £4.00 | |
| Dick Bentley signed autograph album page 1960s Australian comedian/actor radio | £12.99 | |
| DICK BENTLEY- Comedy Performer-"Take It From Here"-BBC Radio Show- Signed Pic | £1.95 | |
| DICK BENTLEY-Comedy Actor-The Glums--Take It From Here-Signed + Picture | £0.99 | |
