Full Name Arthur Bostrom Role Actor Name Arthur Bostrom | Website www.arthurbostrom.com Years active 1981–present Education Durham University | |
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Movies and TV shows 'Allo 'Allo!, The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!, The Crystal Cube Similar Richard Gibson, Sue Hodge, Guy Siner | ||
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Arthur Bostrom (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, most famous for his role as Officer Crabtree in the long-running BBC TV sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!.
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Biography
Bostrom was born in Rugby, Warwickshire and attended Lawrence Sheriff School, where he was a contemporary with Kevin Warwick. He graduated from St Chad's College, University of Durham. Besides his television career, he acted on the stage regularly, also being a trained life coach. He lived in Manchester for a long time.
Bostrom had a recurrent character in 'Allo 'Allo!, first appearing mid-way through the second series and remaining until the show's finale. Officer Crabtree was played as an idiotic British undercover officer, disguised constantly as a French gendarme during the Second World War. Much of the character's humour derived from his supposed inability to pronounce French words correctly in conversation, which, on an English-language television programme, was represented by ludicrous exaggeration and mispronunciation of ordinary English words. For example, "Good morning" would be pronounced as "Gid moaning", "I was just passing round the corner" would be "I was just pissing roond the corner", and famously, "The bombers were being chased by fighters when they dropped their bombs on the London docks" became "The bummers were being chased by farters when they drooped their bums on the London dicks'. Bostrom actually speaks fluent French.
In 2005, Bostrom guest-starred in Dead Man Walking, an audio drama based on the television series Sapphire and Steel. From December 2007 to January 2008, he continued his pantomime run when he appeared in a production as an ugly sister in Cinderella in Middlesbrough. On 8 January 2008, he appeared in an episode of Big Brother's Big Mouth on E4. He discussed events in the house after introducing the show in the familiar character of Officer Crabtree.
On 3 March 2010 he appeared as a vicar in the BBC One daytime soap opera doctors and again in doctors (17:163) on 25/01/2016 as sommelier Murray Bathurst.
Bostrom appeared (alongside fellow 'Allo 'Allo! alumnus Sam Kelly) in the BBC radio dramatisation of The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek in November 2008, playing the part of Wendler.
In November 2012, Bostrom appeared in Hebburn (TV series) as a newspaper editor.
In 2017, He appeared the BBC series Father Brown as Richie Queenan episode 5.12 "The Theatre of the Invisible"
In 2017 he appeared on Celebrity Pointless
Filmography
Actor
-
Advent (filming) as
Town Mayor
2020
The B@it (TV Series) as
Geoff
- Is it Right to Milk Men? (2020) - Geoff
2018
The Keith and Paddy Picture Show (TV Series) as
Gremlin 3 / Disney Dwarf
- Christmas Special: Gremlins (2018) - Gremlin 3 / Disney Dwarf
2018
Not Waving (Short) as
Ray
2017
Father Brown (TV Series) as
Richie Queenan
- The Theatre of the Invisible (2017) - Richie Queenan
2016
Class Dismissed (TV Series) as
Mr. Artois
- Supplies, Supplies! (2016) - Mr. Artois
2010
Doctors (TV Series) as
Murray Bathurst / Martin Parnaby
- Nighthawks: Part One (2016) - Murray Bathurst
- Faith (2010) - Martin Parnaby
2012
Hebburn (TV Series) as
Martin
- Feeling Dynamic (2012) - Martin
2012
Hunderby (TV Series) as
Marti
- Episode #1.4 (2012) - Marti
2008
Wakfu (TV Series) as
Skribble / Qilby / Nox / ...
- Le peuple Eliatrope (2012) - Qilby (British version, voice)
- La dimension blanche (2012) - Qilby (British version, voice)
- Phaeris le puissant (2012) - Qilby (British version, voice)
- Les Griffes Pourpres (2012) - Qilby (British version, voice)
- L'île des Bellaphones (2012) - (British version, voice)
- Le Zinit (2012) - Qilby (British version, voice)
- Pour une Poignée de Kamas (2011) - (British version, voice)
- Cléophée (2011) - Qilby (British version, voice)
- Le Conseil des Douze (2011) - Qilby (British version, voice)
- La Fontaine Maudite (2011) - (British version, voice)
- L'île des Wabbits (2011) - (British version, voice)
- Le Voleur de Voix (2011) - Skribble (British version, voice)
- La Nuit des Soiffards (2011) - (British version, voice)
- Le Mmmmmmmmmporpg (2011) - (British version, voice)
- Le Boufbowler masqué (2011) - (British version, voice)
- Kriss la Krass (2011) - Skribble (British version, voice)
- Le monde de Rushu (2011) - Qilby (British version, voice)
- Chevalier justice (2011) - Skribble (British version, voice)
- Guet-apens (2011) - Qilby (British version, voice)
- Qilby (2011) - Qilby (British version, voice)
- Le Dragon-Cochon (2011) - (British version, voice)
- Remington Smisse (2011) - (British version, voice)
- Rubilaxia (2011) - Skribble (British version, voice)
- Monstres et chimères (2011) - Skribble (British version, voice)
- Noximilien l'Horloger (2010) - Noximilien (British version, voice)
- Retrouvailles (2010) - Nox (British version, voice)
- Le Mont Zinit (2010) - Nox (British version, voice)
- J'entre dans la légende (2010) - Nox (British version, voice)
- La quête du Dofus (2010) - (British version, voice)
- Rubilax (2010) - (British version, voice)
- L'Arbre de vie (2010) - (British version, voice)
- Le Royaume Sadida (2009) - (British version, voice)
- La Confrérie du Tofu (2009) - Skribble (British version, voice)
- Grougaloragran l'éternel (2009) - Nox (British version, voice)
- L'Eliacube (2009) - Nox (British version, voice)
- L'île de Moon (2009) - Skribble (British version, voice)
- Adamaï (2009) - Nox / Skribble (British version, voice)
- Calme bleu (2009) - Nox / Skribble (British version, voice)
- L'enfer du Boufbowl - 3 (2009) - (British version, voice)
- L'enfer du Boufbowl - 2 (2009) - (British version, voice)
- L'enfer du Boufbowl - 1 (2009) - (British version, voice)
- Le sac de Ruel (2009) - Skribble (British version, voice)
- Vénéneuse (2009) - Skirbble (British version, voice)
- Vampyro (2009) - Skribble (British version, voice)
- Les 5 Magnifiques (2009) - (British version, voice)
- Miss Moche (2008) - (British version, voice)
- Le Corbeau Noir (2008) - Skirbble (British version, voice)
- Yugo L'Eliatrope (2008) - Nox (British version, voice)
- L'Enfant des Brumes (2008) - Skribble / Nox / Qilby (English version, voice)
2009
Horne & Corden (TV Series)
- Episode #1.2 (2009)
2007
The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! (TV Movie documentary) as
Officer Crabtree
2006
Sinterklaas en het uur van de waarheid as
Brother of Insp. Crabtree
2005
Sapphire & Steel (Podcast Series) as
Richard Hanmore
- Dead Man Walking (2005) - Richard Hanmore
1992
Noel's House Party (TV Series) as
Officer Crabtree / Self
- Episode #7.4 (1997) - Officer Crabtree / Self
- Episode #4.12 (1995) - Officer Crabtree
- Episode #1.10 (1992) - Officer Crabtree
1995
99-1 (TV Series) as
Walker
- Getting Wise (1995) - Walker
- Quiet Storm (1995) - Walker
- A Game of Two Halves (1995) - Walker
1985
'Allo 'Allo! (TV Series) as
Officer Crabtree
- A Winkle in Time (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- A Fishy Sendoff (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- The Fishmonger Float (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- René Artois Is Still Dead (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- Missing and Presumed Dead (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- Fighting with Windmills (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- Swan Song (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- A Fistful of Francs (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- Firing Squashed (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- Awful Wedded Wife (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- Hitler's Last Heil (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- A Woman Never Lies (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- Arousing Suspicions (1992) - Officer Crabtree
- A Bun in the Oven (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- René of the Gypsies (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- Soup and Sausage (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- Prior Engagements (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- Leg It to Spain! (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- The Spirit of Nouvion (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- The Gestapo Ruins a Picnic (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- Up the Crick Without a Piddle (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- Fleeing Monks (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- An Almighty Bang (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- A Quiet Honeymoon (1991) - Officer Crabtree
- Rising to the Occasion (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- Crabtree's Podgeon Pist (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- The Crooked Fences (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- The Airmen De-Nicked (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- The Nicked Airmen (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- The Nouvion Oars (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- The Gestapo for the High Jump (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- Desperate Doings in the Graveyard (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- All in Disgeese (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- Down the Drain (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- Wedding Bloss (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- An Enigma Variation (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- Train of Events (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- Flight to Geneva (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- Land Mines for London (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- Puddings Can Go Off (1989) - Officer Crabtree
- Money to Burn (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- Going Like a Bomb (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- The Exploding Bedpan (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- A Duck for Launch (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- The Reluctant Millionaires (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- Ribbing the Bonk (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- Who's for the Vatican? (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- The Confusion of the Generals (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- René - Under an Assumed Nose (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- Watch the Birdie (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- The Arrival of the Homing Duck (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- No Hiding Place (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- A Marriage of Inconvenience (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- Otherwise Engaged (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- The Dreaded Circular Saw (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- Dinner with the General (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- The Camera in the Potato (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- Desperate Doings in the Dungeon (1988) - Officer Crabtree
- The Jet-Propelled Mother-In-Law (1987) - Officer Crabtree
- The Sausage in the Trousers (1987) - Officer Crabtree
- The Flying Nun (1987) - Officer Crabtree
- Good Staff Are Hard to Find (1987) - Officer Crabtree
- Camp Dance (1987) - Officer Crabtree
- Prisoners of War (1987) - Officer Crabtree
- The Great Un-Escape (1987) - Officer Crabtree
- Pretty Maids All in a Row (1987) - Officer Crabtree
- Flight of Fancy (1986) - Officer Crabtree
- The Sausage in the Wardrobe (1986) - Officer Crabtree
- Gruber Does Some Mincing (1986) - Officer Crabtree
- The Nicked Knockwurst (1986) - Officer Crabtree
- Herr Flick's Revenge (1985) - Officer Crabtree
- The Duel (1985) - Officer Crabtree
- Swiftly and with Style (1985) - Officer Crabtree
- The Policeman Cometh (1985) - Officer Crabtree
1988
'Allo 'Allo! at the London Palladium (Short) as
Officer Crabtree
1986
Return to Treasure Island (TV Mini Series) as
Don Felipe
- Spanish Gold (1986) - Don Felipe
- In Chains (1986) - Don Felipe
1984
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (TV Mini Series) as
George Bartlett
- Part 2 (1984) - George Bartlett
- Part 1 (1984) - George Bartlett (uncredited)
1983
Just Good Friends (TV Series) as
Robin
- Fatherly Advice (1983) - Robin
1983
The Crystal Cube (TV Movie) as
Gareth, Gamma 0001
1983
Hi-de-Hi! (TV Series) as
The Hulk
- The Society Entertainer (1983) - The Hulk
1981
BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series) as
David Tennant
- Fothergill (1981) - David Tennant
Soundtrack
2017
Father Brown (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Theatre of the Invisible (2017) - (performer: "The Richie Queenan Show Theme" - uncredited)
1989
'Allo 'Allo! (TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes)
- Swan Song (1992) - (performer: "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - uncredited)
- A Woman Never Lies (1992) - (performer: "We Are Resistance Fighters" - uncredited)
- Arousing Suspicions (1992) - (performer: "Granada" - uncredited)
- An Enigma Variation (1989) - (performer: "Louise")
Self
2022
'Allo 'Allo! Forty Years of Laughter (TV Movie) as
Self / Officer Crabtree
2020
The No-Name Trivia Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest (2021)
2017
The Wright Stuff (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 28 February 2017 (2017) - Self
2016
Pointless Celebrities (TV Series) as
Self - Contestant
- Law and Order (2016) - Self - Contestant
2012
Big Brother's Bit on the Side (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 August 2012 (2012) - Self
2011
You Have Been Watching... David Croft (TV Movie documentary) as
Self / Officer Crabtree
2008
Jensen! (TV Series) as
Self - Interviewee
- Episode dated 8 April 2008 (2008) - Self - Interviewee
2008
50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2007
Granada Reports (TV Series) as
Self
- 27 April 2007: Evening Bulletin (2007) - Self
2007
Richard & Judy (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 28 March 2007 (2007) - Self
2007
Breakfast (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 March 2007 (2007) - Self
2006
Comedy Connections (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- 'Allo 'Allo! (2006) - Self
1996
Now We're Talking (TV Movie) as
Self / Officer Crabtree
1996
Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game (TV Series) as
Officer Crabtree
- Episode #18.4 (1996) - Officer Crabtree
1995
This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- David Croft (1995) - Self
1991
Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 18 November 1991 (1991) - Self - Guest
1990
Noel's Christmas Presents (TV Special) as
Self
1989
Wogan (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #9.108 (1989) - Self
Archive Footage
2017
Innuendo Bingo (TV Series) as
Richie Queenan
- Chris and Conor Maynard (2017) - Richie Queenan
- Chris and Will Best (2017) - Richie Queenan
2015
Britain's Best Loved Sitcoms (TV Series documentary) as
Officer Crabtree
- Episode #1.1 (2015) - Officer Crabtree (uncredited)
1994
The Best of 'Allo 'Allo! (TV Movie) as
Officer Crabtree
References
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