Malcolm Atterbury
Known for Acting · 102 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 (62)
Perry Mason
1957
as Sam Burris / Dennis Briggs / Alfred Needham / J. Maigret / Dell Harper
Bonanza
1959
as Dixie
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Luke Jensen
The Fugitive
1963
as Sheriff Bilson / Sheriff Mead
Lassie
1954
as Judge Baxter
Dragnet
1951
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Ben
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Virginian
1962
as John Wallace
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Sheriff
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Prof. Eliot / Henry J. Fate
Run for Your Life
1965
as Rudy Fowler
Rawhide
1959
as Will Morton / Jarvis
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Asa McConnell
Daniel Boone
1964
as Thaddeus Hill
The F.B.I.
1965
as Howard J. Shelly / Fritz Shroeder
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Lt. Keough
Studio One
1948
as Jeweler
Route 66
1960
The Invaders
1967
as Judge Simonson
Gunsmoke
1955
as Bird / Seldon / Liveryman / Jed Bates / Glover / Prof. Eliot / Duggan / Cob
Peter Gunn
1958
The Rookies
1972
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Commander Jamison
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Odd Couple
1970
as Pop
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Lars Olafson
Sugarfoot
1957
as Abel Crotty
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Doctor Gregory
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as The blackmailer
Laredo
1965
The Texan
1958
Trackdown
1957
Police Story
1973
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Black Saddle
1959
as Clyde Dawson
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Tall Man
1960
as Jagger
State Trooper
1956
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Conductor
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Potter
The Westerner
1960
as Andy / Marshal Frank Dollar
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Spud
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Ira Stevens
Stagecoach West
1960
as Reverend Joshua Jessop
The Restless Gun
1957
as Gopher Martin
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Ed Humphrey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Peleg Sunderland
Wire Service
1956
as Gil Venton
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
Philip Marlowe
1959
Straightaway
1961
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
as Mike Kellerman
General Electric Theater
1953
as Joe Hicks / Rev. Kinnaird
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Timson / Johnson
Apple's Way
1974
Frontier Doctor
1958
The McLean Stevenson Show
1976
Movies (40)
The Birds
1963
as Deputy Al Malone
North by Northwest
1959
as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
Rio Bravo
1959
as Jake
Dragnet
1954
as Lee Reinhard
Dakota Incident
1956
as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel
The Longest Yard
1974
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Wild River
1960
as Sy Moore
Advise & Consent
1962
as Senator Tom August
The Chase
1966
as Mr. Reeves
Seven Days in May
1964
as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
Hawaii
1966
as Gideon Hale
Cattle King
1963
as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)
Summer and Smoke
1961
as Rev. Winemiller
Emperor of the North
1973
as Hogger
From the Terrace
1960
as George Fry
Crime of Passion
1956
as Police Officer Spitz
The Lone Ranger
1956
as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)
Man Without a Star
1955
as Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited)
Badman's Country
1958
as Buffalo Bill Cody
Johnny Concho
1956
as Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)
Toward the Unknown
1956
as Hank
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
1957
as Charles Rivers
Old Man
1958
as The Doctor
The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Harry Lessing (uncredited)
Blood of Dracula
1957
as Lt. Dunlap
Valerie
1957
as Sheriff
The Steel Jungle
1956
as Mailman
Hell Bent for Leather
1960
as A.C. Gamble
How to Make a Monster
1958
as Security Guard Richards
The Learning Tree
1969
as Silas Newhall
High School Big Shot
1959
as Mr. Grant
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
as Jim Hungerford
Fury at Showdown
1957
as Norris
Bomber's Moon
1958
as Col. Schwimmer
Stranger at My Door
1956
as Rev. Hastings
Crime in the Streets
1956
as Mr. McAllister
A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958
as Jenkins
The Dalton Girls
1957
as Sewell, the banker
A Marriage of Strangers
1959
as Mr. Emhardt
Silent Fear
1956
as Dr. Vernon
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 102 credits spanning from 1948 to 1976, Malcolm Atterbury has appeared in 40 films and 62 TV shows.
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Most Popular Malcolm Atterbury Movies
- The Birds (1963) — as Deputy Al Malone
- North by Northwest (1959) — as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
- Rio Bravo (1959) — as Jake
- Dragnet (1954) — as Lee Reinhard
- Dakota Incident (1956) — as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel
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