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Malcolm Atterbury

Malcolm Atterbury

Acting1907Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Malcolm MacLeod Atterbury (February 20, 1907 – August 16, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor, and vaudevillian.

Atterbury is perhaps best known for his uncredited role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), as the rural man who exclaims, "That plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops!" Four years later, Atterbury appeared as the Deputy in Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). He further appeared in such films as I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), Crime of Passion (1957), Blue Denim (1959), Wild River (1960), Advise and Consent (1962), and Hawaii (1966). His last film was Emperor of the North Pole (1973).

Atterbury was married on February 6, 1937 to Ellen Ayres Hardies (1915–1994) of Amsterdam, New York, daughter of judge Charles E. Hardies Sr. and sister of Charles Hardies Jr., who later became Montgomery County district attorney.

He died in Beverly Hills of old age in 1992. CLR

Acting History

1978
1976
1974
The Longest Yard
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1973
The Odd Couple
TVas Pop• 1 eps
1971
Gunsmoke
TVas Cob• 1 eps
1969
The Learning Tree
as Silas Newhall
1968
1967
The Invaders
TVas Judge Simonson• 1 eps
Run for Your Life
TVas Rudy Fowler• 1 eps
1966
The Chase
as Mr. Reeves
Hawaii
as Gideon Hale
Run, Buddy, Run
TVas Mike Kellerman
The F.B.I.
TVas Fritz Shroeder• 1 eps
Daniel Boone
TVas Thaddeus Hill• 1 eps
The Fugitive
TVas Sheriff• 1 eps
1965
Dr. Kildare
TVas Asa McConnell• 1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Jarvis• 1 eps
1964
Seven Days in May
as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Doctor Gregory• 1 eps
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TVas Commander Jamison• 1 eps
Perry Mason
TVas Dell Harper / Dennis Briggs / Alfred Needham / J. Maigret / Sam Burris• 1 eps
1963
Cattle King
as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)
The Birds
as Deputy Al Malone
The Virginian
TVas John Wallace• 1 eps
1962
Advise & Consent
as Senator Tom August
The Andy Griffith Show
TVas Luke Jensen• 1 eps
1961
Summer and Smoke
as Rev. Winemiller
1960
Wild River
as Sy Moore
Hell Bent for Leather
as A.C. Gamble
From the Terrace
as George Fry
Adventures in Paradise
TVas Lars Olafson• 1 eps
Sugarfoot
TVas Abel Crotty• 1 eps
The Tall Man
TVas Jagger• 1 eps
The Westerner
TVas Marshal Frank Dollar• 1 eps
Black Saddle
TVas Clyde Dawson• 1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TVas Ira Stevens• 1 eps
1959
Rio Bravo
as Jake
North by Northwest
as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
TVas Henry J. Fate / Prof. Eliot• 1 eps
Bonanza
TVas Dixie• 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
TVas Sheriff• 1 eps
1958
Old Man
as The Doctor
Badman's Country
as Buffalo Bill Cody
How to Make a Monster
as Security Guard Richards
The High Cost of Loving
as Harry Lessing (uncredited)
Days of Wine and Roses
as Jim Hungerford
Bomber's Moon
as Col. Schwimmer
Studio One
TVas Jeweler• 1 eps
1957
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
as Charles Rivers
Valerie
as Sheriff
Blood of Dracula
as Lt. Dunlap
The Dalton Girls
as Sewell, the banker
Alcoa Theatre
TVas Spud• 1 eps
The Restless Gun
TVas Gopher Martin• 1 eps
1956
Dakota Incident
as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel
Stranger at My Door
as Rev. Hastings
The Lone Ranger
as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)
Crime of Passion
as Police Officer Spitz
Johnny Concho
as Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)
Crime in the Streets
as Mr. McAllister
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas The blackmailer• 1 eps
Wire Service
TVas Gil Venton
1955
Man Without a Star
as Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited)
Four Star Playhouse
TVas Lt. Keough• 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
TVas Conductor• 1 eps
1954
Dragnet
as Lee Reinhard
1953
General Electric Theater
TVas Joe Hicks / Rev. Kinnaird
Letter to Loretta
TVas Ed Humphrey
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Peleg Sunderland
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TVas Timson / Johnson
1950

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/20/1907
Day of Death
8/16/1992
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA