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 spent the years of World War II 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 November 2012 with an average selling price of £6.74 for an autographed item of Dick Bentley. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2026 with £14.20 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was October 2013. In average, an autographed item from Dick Bentley is worth £4.47.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Dick Bentley were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	DICK BENTLEY ( Take it From Here ) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Album Page.	£5.80
	DICK BENTLEY ( Take it From Here ) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Album Page.	£5.80
	DICK BENTLEY (Take it From Here ) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Album Page	£5.78
	DICK BENTLEY (Take it From Here ) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Album Page	£5.78
	Dick Bentley Australian Actor, 1907 - 1995 , Original 10 x 8 Signature Piece	£14.20
	Dick Bentley Australian Actor, 1907 - 1995 , Original 10 x 8 Signature Piece	£14.20
	DICK BENTLEY Genuine Handsigned Signature on Album Page.	£3.99
	DICK BENTLEY Genuine Handsigned Signature on Album Page.	£3.99
	Dick BENTLEY- " Take It From Here" *Ron Glum Australian Comic Signed Page	£3.50
	Dick BENTLEY- " Take It From Here" *Ron Glum Australian Comic Signed Page	£3.50
	Dick BENTLEY- " Take It From Here" *Ron Glum Australian Comic Signed Page	£5.99
	Dick BENTLEY- " Take It From Here" *Ron Glum Australian Comic Signed Page	£5.99
	Dick BENTLEY-Take It From Here-etc-Australian Comedian & Actor-signed photo	£6.00
	Dick BENTLEY-Take It From Here-etc-Australian Comedian & Actor-signed photo	£6.00
	Original Hand Signed Autograph - Dick Bentley - Australian Comic TV & Film Actor	£2.00