Mr. Bentley

Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build (2010-2011)

Bob the Builder (2015-2018)

### Portrayers

Alan Marriott (US, 2001-Early 2005)Rob Rackstraw (UK, 2000-2012) (US, late 2005-2012)

Nick Mercer (UK, 2015 remake)

Ian James Corlett (US, 2015 remake)

### Fanfics

The Builder's Life and Death (upcoming)The Tales of The Quadruplets & The Triplets (upcoming)

The Medical Emergency (upcoming)

Trapped & Disappearances (upcoming)

## Character Information

### Occupation

Building Inspector of Bobsville and Fixham HarbourMayor of Sunflower Valley

Mayor Madison's right hand man

Journalist (The Tales of The Quadruplets & The Triplets, formerly, as a young)

### Home

Bobsville (1998)Sunflower Valley (Project Build It)

Fixham (Ready, Steady, Build)

Spring City (2015 remake)

Sapphire Bay (The Medical Emergency)

Crawley, West Sussex, England (Trapped & Disappearances)

### Family

Barbara Bentley (wife), unnamed sister-in-law

### Friends

Bob O'Loughlin, Wendy O'Loughlin, Scoop, Muck, Dizzy, Roley, Lofty, Spud, Farmer Pickles, Travis, Bird, Leo Okonowe, Curtis Okonowe, Mayor Madison, Two-Tonne, Mila Tomlinson, Jay-Jay Simpson, Brandon Timms, Saffi Bose, Shifter, Ace, Crunch, Thud, Scrambler, Benny, Marjorie Roberts, Max Roberts, Sunny Roberts, Saffron Roberts, Angelo Sabatini, Sophia Sabatini, Carlo Sabatini, Cassia Sabatini, Mr. Beasley, Mrs. Potts, Mrs. Percival, Mrs. Broadbent, Trix, J.J. Jones, Molly Jones, Mayor Bunty Ferguson, Skip, Bristle, Sumsy, Jackaroo, R. Vee, Dodger, Gripper and Grabber, Packer, Splasher, Tumbler, Flex, Scratch, Rubble, Mr. Ellis, David Dixon, Ella Stevenson, Shifter, Tiny, Stretch, Picksy, Tread, Alfred, Betsy, Phillip, Rocky, Tilly Wilkins, Henry Wilkins, Jenny Dobbs, Roland Sweep, Chef Tattie, Phil Lucas, Skye Simpson, Professor Anish Bose, Slyvain de Souza, May Moon, Lin Moon, Dash Lightning, Banger Ferguson, Mr. Fothergil, Lennie Lazenby, Scoot, Pogo, Zoomer, Jana Von Strudel, Chip Chipper, Rupert Reekie, Sprat, Timmikins, Meg Parsons, Piper Parsons, Florence Mountfitchet, Pam Goody

### Likes

His wife, Bobsville, Sunflower Valley, inspecting everything in Bobsville and Fixham**Fanfic:** Journalism and being a journalist (both as a young)

### Dislikes

Seagulls, getting the city beach messing up and dirty, Conrad destroys the dam, Bob's death (first fanfic)

## Character's Bio

### Nicknames

Mr. BentleyUncle Bernard (by Muck and himself)

### Age

18 (1964, The Tales of The Quadruplets & The Triplets)50's or 60's (cartoons)

69 (2015)

74 (2020)

## Physical Apearance

### Hair Colour

GrayPale Auburn-Brown (The Tales of The Quadruplets & The Triplets, as a young)

### Eye Colour

Black (1998 cartoon)Light Brown (2015 remake)

Light Turquoise Blue (fanfics)

### Status

Alive

**Mr. Bernard Bentley** is the Bobsville town's building inspector, later the mayor of Sunflower Valley and later the building inspector of Fixham Harbour, Fixham. In the 2015 remake version of Bob the Builder, he was the right hand man of Mayor Madison.

## Biography

Mr. Bentley is Mayor Madison's right hand man. He is keen to make sure everything is just right for the Mayor, but can bumble about trying to keep up with her, causing him constant worry. He has a penchant for the amateur dramatic and can't resist any opportunity to perform. He often works closely with Bob and his crew as he supervises the safety of his products. Bernard is a stickler for details and organization and is rarely found with out his checklists and clipboard. He also is the husband of Barbara Bentley.

## Personality

He takes on the personality of a building inspector.

## Physical Appearance

In the 1998 cartoon, Mr. Bentley has fair skin, half balding gray hair, mustache and goatee, black eyes and wears glasses. He also wears dark blue gray jacket, white shirt, crimson red necktie, dark blue gray trousers and black shoes.

In the 2010 cartoon, he wears silver gray glasses, dark gray jacket, pale light golden beige shirt, ruby red necktie, dark gray trousers and black shoes.

In the 2015 remake, he has half balding gray hair and mustache, light brown eyes, platinum-silver pince nez glasses. he wears gray jacket, white shirt, red-auburn necktie, gray trousers and black shoes.

In the fanfics, he has pale skin, half balding gray hair, matching mustache, light turquoise blue eyes and wears silvery platinum gray glasses. When he was about 18 years old, he has pale auburn brown hair and no mustache.

## Fanfics

The Builder's Life and Death

On 2nd February 2015, Mr. Bentley and his wife asks Bob to build them a new garden shed when the old one has destroyed during the monsoon. After building the new garden shed for them, the Bentleys found Bob lying on the ground, later he call an ambulance and he tells the operator on the phone that Bob has fainted after building him a new garden shed. Mr. Bentley calls Wendy on the phone and telling her about Bob. Wendy and the quadruplets were going to the hospital to meet him and tells him what was wrong with Bob. Mr. Bentley tells her that the doctors tells him that Bob was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer and he had 6 months and 18 days to live.

20th August 2015, Mr. Bentley heard a terrible news that Bob had died from terminal colon cancer at Whittington Hospital in Highgate, London.

10th September 2015, Mr. Bentley attends Bob's funeral alongside everybody in Spring City including Wendy, her quadruplet children, Bob's parents, Robert and Dorothy, his twin brother, Tom and Wendy's twin sister, Jenny.

The Tales of The Quadruplets & The Triplets

Mr. Bentley and his wife Barbara were resides in Spring City and they're both becoming two of the quarantined victims due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

56 years earlier, when Mr. Bentley was 18, Station Officer Steele and Gareth were 21 and Chief Fire Officer Boyce was 24, they're attending Tintin's funeral along with the people he loves including his family, friends, pet dog Snowy, Captain Haddock and a six year old Angelo Voiello and his family. It turns out they're journalists like Tintin.

Mr. Bentley tells the Trousseau triplets and the children of Pontypandy, Spring City and Greendale that he, Station Officer Steele, Chief Fire Officer Boyce and Gareth were used to be journalists like Tintin when they were young.

The Medical Emergency

Mr. Bentley was appeared in the fanfic but he seen Charlie has been kidnapped by a schizophrenic woman named Laurie MacNicol, who had escaped from the psychiatric facility few days ago.