Arthur Bostrom FRGS[1] (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, best known for his role as Officer Crabtree in the long-running BBC TV sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!.
Bostrom appeared in Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie's 1983 sketch show pilot The Crystal Cube which was not commissioned for a series.
[citation needed] Bostrom played Officer Crabtree in 'Allo 'Allo!, a recurring character first appearing midway through the second series and remaining until the show's finale.
Crabtree was played as a hopeless British undercover officer, disguised constantly as a French local policeman during the Second World War.
alumnus Sam Kelly) in the BBC radio dramatisation of The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek in November 2008, playing the part of Wendler.