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The dock manager runs Brendam Docks and helps to keep it in order. Brendam Docks has been run by two dock managers.

The First Manager

The First Manager
Background Information
First Appearance	Harvey to the Rescue (T&F)
Last Appearance	Henry Gets it Wrong (T&F)
Creator(s)	Paul Larson
Character Overview
Gender	Male
Country of Origin	Island of Sodor
Affiliation	Brendam Docks (formerly)
Biographical Background
Occupation	Brendam Docks Manager (formerly)

From the sixth season up until the twelfth season, this person was the manager of Brendam. He has now resigned and has been replaced with another person.

Suit

He wears black trousers, a black tie, a white shirt with a black jacket over it and a black bowler hat. In CGI, he wears grey trousers instead.

Appearances

Thomas & Friends Series 6 - Harvey to the Rescue (cameo), No Sleep for Cranky (cameo) and Thomas, Percy and the Squeak (cameo) Series 7 - James and the Queen of Sodor and Not So Hasty Puddings Series 8 - Percy's Big Mistake and Fish (cameo) Series 9 - Thomas Tries His Best, Henry and the Flagpole (cameo) and Thomas' New Trucks Series 11 - Thomas and the Storyteller (cameo) and Hide and Peep Series 12 - Henry Gets it Wrong (does not speak) Music Videos Series 6 - Down by the Docks Series 7 - Salty Series 8 - Determination and Ode to Gordon

Voice Actors

• Yasuhiko Kawazu (Japan; seventh and eighth series, excluding Not So Hasty Puddings)
• Kōzō Shioya (Japan; Not So Hasty Puddings)
• Nobuaki Kanemitsu (Japan; ninth and eleventh series)

Trivia

• His model was recycled from a Railway Board member.
• In the twelfth season, his CGI model was recycled from Mr. Percival.

The Second Manager

The Second Manager
Background Information
First Appearance	The Early Bird (T&F)
Last Appearance	A New Arrival (T&F)
Creator(s)	David Richard Fox Sharon Miller
Character Overview
Gender	Male
Country of Origin	Island of Sodor
Affiliation	Brendam Docks
Biographical Background
Occupation	Brendam Docks Manager

He is the current manager of Brendam Docks. His office is inside the Sodor Shipping Company's building. He is dedicated to keep the docks running smoothly and can usually be found carrying a clipboard around with him.

Uniform

He wears a white shirt, blue overalls, with the Docks logo, and a yellow hard hat.

Appearances

Thomas & Friends Series 13 - The Early Bird (does not speak) Series 16 - Bust My Buffers! Series 17 - Gone Fishing Series 18 - Toad's Bright Idea, Long Lost Friend and Emily Saves the World (cameo) Series 19 - Who's Geoffrey?, The Truth About Toby (cameo), A Cranky Christmas (cameo), Salty All at Sea (cameo) and Diesel's Ghostly Christmas (cameo) Series 20 - Saving Time (cameo), Pouty James (cameo), Letters to Santa (cameo) and All in Vain (cameo) Series 21 - Stuck in Gear (cameo), Cranky at the End of the Line and New Crane on the Dock (cameo) Series 23 - Steam Team to the Rescue (cameo) Series 24 - A New Arrival (cameo) Other - Thomas & Friends in 4-D: Bubbling Boilers (cameo) Specials 2010 - Misty Island Rescue 2013 - King of the Railway (mentioned) 2014 - Tale of the Brave 2016 - The Great Race

Magazine Stories

• 2015 - Emily Saves the World (cameo)
• 2017 - Emily Saves the World (cameo)

Voice Actors

• Matt Wilkinson (UK; Misty Island Rescue onwards, excluding Tale of the Brave and the nineteenth series)
• Steven Kynman (UK; Tale of the Brave only)
• William Hope (US; Misty Island Rescue onwards, excluding the nineteenth series)
• Keith Wickham (UK/US; nineteenth series only)
• Nobuaki Kanemitsu (Japan; Misty Island Rescue - Tale of the Brave, excluding the sixteenth series)
• Daiki Nakamura (Japan; sixteenth series only)
• Kōichi Sakaguchi (Japan; eighteenth series onwards)
• Gerhart Hinze (Germany; Misty Island Rescue)
• Carsten Krabbe (Germany; Tale of the Brave and The Great Race)
• Wolfgang Kubach (Germany; Audio Books only)
• Helge Winther Larsen (Norway; Misty Island Rescue - seventeenth series)
• Øyvind Borgemoen Lyse (Norway; Tale of the Brave only)
• Piotr Bąk (Poland; eighteenth series onwards)
• Jorge Badillo (Latin America; Misty Island Rescue only)
• Óscar Bonfiglio (Latin America; seventeenth series onwards)
• Petri Hanttu (Finland; Misty Island Rescue only)
• Petteri Hynönen (Finland; seventeenth series onwards)

Trivia

• In Misty Island Rescue and the sixteenth series he only had a moustache, but ever since the seventeenth series, he has grown a beard. His older model is used as a dock worker instead.

Merchandise

• Wood

Brendam Branch Line

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* RWS only | ** T&F only