Benton Quest


 * This article is about the standard continuity character. For other uses, Benton Quest (disambiguation).

Dr. Benton C. Quest is a world-renowned scientist and explorer. He is also the widowed father of Jonny Quest.

Physical appearance
Dr. Quest is an middle to late thirties man with red hair, a mustache, and full beard.

Personality
Dr. Benton Quest is a man very passionate about his work helping mankind. His inventions are all strictly for defense and improving health and livelihoods of others. While he does have to sometimes leave Jonny and Hadji behind or askew from his missions, he is a devoted and kind father and frequently enjoys bringing the boys along with him when he can.

Early life
When he lost his wife, the government seeing him as a valuable asset who they didn't want compromised by the weakness of his son being in trouble, ordered Race Bannon as the family's bodyguard.

Jonny Quest (1964 TV series)
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Jonny Quest (1986 TV series)
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Jonny Quest (Comico)
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Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest
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Voice actors

 * John Stephenson: Five episodes of the original season 1 in 1964. He was replaced because he sounded too similar to Mike Road's Race Bannon.
 * Don Messick: The original season 1 aired between 1964-1965; revival "season 2" aired in 1986; 1993 Jonny's Golden Quest TV film; 1995 Jonny Quest Versus the Cyber Insects TV film.
 * George Segal: Season 1 of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest aired between 1996-1997.
 * John de Lancie: season 2 of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest aired between 1996-1997 (due to an overlap of production, both seasons aired at the same time).
 * Eric Bauza: Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated: Heart of Evil aired in 2012, The direct-to-video film, Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest, in 2015.

Notes/trivia

 * Dr. Quest made a cameo in the credits of Scoob, helping heal and cybernetically enhance the dog that became Dino-Mutt.