Malcolm Atterbury
Known for Acting · 103 credits
- Born
- 1907-02-20
- Died
- 1992-08-16
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Malcolm MacLeod Atterbury
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
Known For
TV Shows (63)
Perry Mason
1957
as Sam Burris / Dennis Briggs / Alfred Needham / J. Maigret / Dell Harper
The Fugitive
1963
as Sheriff Bilson / Sheriff Mead
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Luke Jensen
Lassie
1954
as Judge Baxter
Bonanza
1959
as Dixie
Dragnet
1951
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Sheriff
Peter Gunn
1958
The Virginian
1962
as John Wallace
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Prof. Eliot / Henry J. Fate
Rawhide
1959
as Will Morton / Jarvis
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Daniel Boone
1964
as Thaddeus Hill
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Ben
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Lt. Keough
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Asa McConnell
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
The Odd Couple
1970
as Pop
Studio One
1948
as Jeweler
Run for Your Life
1965
as Rudy Fowler
The F.B.I.
1965
as Howard J. Shelly / Fritz Shroeder
Gunsmoke
1955
as Bird / Seldon / Liveryman / Jed Bates / Glover / Prof. Eliot / Duggan / Cob
Route 66
1960
The Invaders
1967
as Judge Simonson
The Rookies
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Mr. Arbogast
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Lars Olafson
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Texan
1958
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Commander Jamison
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as The blackmailer
The Tall Man
1960
as Jagger
Sugarfoot
1957
as Abel Crotty
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Doctor Gregory
State Trooper
1956
Police Story
1973
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Spud
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Potter
Laredo
1965
Trackdown
1957
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Philip Marlowe
1959
Black Saddle
1959
as Clyde Dawson
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Wire Service
1956
as Gil Venton
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Ira Stevens
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Conductor
Stagecoach West
1960
as Reverend Joshua Jessop
The Restless Gun
1957
as Gopher Martin
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Ed Humphrey
Straightaway
1961
The Westerner
1960
as Andy / Marshal Frank Dollar
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Peleg Sunderland
Frontier Doctor
1958
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
as Mike Kellerman
Apple's Way
1974
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
General Electric Theater
1953
as Joe Hicks / Rev. Kinnaird
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Timson / Johnson
Movies (40)
North by Northwest
1959
as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
Rio Bravo
1959
as Jake
The Birds
1963
as Deputy Al Malone
The Longest Yard
1974
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
1956
as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)
Valerie
1957
as Sheriff
The Chase
1966
as Mr. Reeves
Summer and Smoke
1961
as Rev. Winemiller
Seven Days in May
1964
as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
Emperor of the North
1973
as Hogger
Silent Fear
1956
as Dr. Vernon
Hawaii
1966
as Gideon Hale
Advise & Consent
1962
as Senator Tom August
Man Without a Star
1955
as Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited)
Crime of Passion
1956
as Police Officer Spitz
Wild River
1960
as Sy Moore
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
1957
as Charles Rivers
From the Terrace
1960
as George Fry
Cattle King
1963
as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
as Jim Hungerford
Crime in the Streets
1956
as Mr. McAllister
Hell Bent for Leather
1960
as A.C. Gamble
Dragnet
1954
as Lee Reinhard
Johnny Concho
1956
as Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Steel Jungle
1956
as Mailman
How to Make a Monster
1958
as Security Guard Richards
The Learning Tree
1969
as Silas Newhall
Blood of Dracula
1957
as Lt. Dunlap
Old Man
1958
as The Doctor
Fury at Showdown
1957
as Norris
Dakota Incident
1956
as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel
Toward the Unknown
1956
as Hank
The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Harry Lessing (uncredited)
Badman's Country
1958
as Buffalo Bill Cody
Stranger at My Door
1956
as Rev. Hastings
Bomber's Moon
1958
as Col. Schwimmer
A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958
as Jenkins
High School Big Shot
1959
as Mr. Grant
The Dalton Girls
1957
as Sewell, the banker
A Marriage of Strangers
1959
as Mr. Emhardt
About Malcolm Atterbury
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… With 103 credits spanning from 1948 to 1976, Malcolm Atterbury has appeared in 40 films and 63 TV shows.
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Most Popular Malcolm Atterbury Movies
- North by Northwest (1959) — as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
- Rio Bravo (1959) — as Jake
- The Birds (1963) — as Deputy Al Malone
- The Longest Yard (1974) — as Bit Part (uncredited)
- The Lone Ranger (1956) — as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)
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