
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

Lassie
1954
as Judge Baxter

The Fugitive
1963
as Sheriff Bilson / Sheriff Mead

Dragnet
1951

Quincy, M.E.
1976

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Prof. Eliot / Henry J. Fate

The Virginian
1962
as John Wallace

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Sheriff

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Asa McConnell

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Ben
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Lt. Keough

Studio One
1948
as Jeweler

Rawhide
1959
as Will Morton / Jarvis

Daniel Boone
1964
as Thaddeus Hill

The Invaders
1967
as Judge Simonson

The F.B.I.
1965
as Howard J. Shelly / Fritz Shroeder

Run for Your Life
1965
as Rudy Fowler

Route 66
1960

Hawaiian Eye
1959

The Rookies
1972

Gunsmoke
1955
as Bird / Seldon / Liveryman / Jed Bates / Glover / Prof. Eliot / Duggan / Cob

The Odd Couple
1970
as Pop

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Peter Gunn
1958

Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Lars Olafson

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Commander Jamison

Sugarfoot
1957
as Abel Crotty

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as The blackmailer

The Texan
1958

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Doctor Gregory

Laredo
1965

Trackdown
1957

Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Spud

Police Story
1973

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956

Judd, for the Defense
1967

Black Saddle
1959
as Clyde Dawson
State Trooper
1956
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Potter

Cavalcade of America
1952
as Conductor

The Tall Man
1960
as Jagger

The Westerner
1960
as Andy / Marshal Frank Dollar

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

Stagecoach West
1960
as Reverend Joshua Jessop

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Ira Stevens

The Restless Gun
1957
as Gopher Martin

Wire Service
1956
as Gil Venton

Letter to Loretta
1953
as Ed Humphrey

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Peleg Sunderland

Philip Marlowe
1959

The Asphalt Jungle
1961

General Electric Theater
1953
as Joe Hicks / Rev. Kinnaird

Run, Buddy, Run
1966
as Mike Kellerman

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Timson / Johnson

Frontier Doctor
1958

Straightaway
1961
Apple's Way
1974
The McLean Stevenson Show
1976
Movies (40)

Rio Bravo
1959
as Jake

North by Northwest
1959
as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

The Birds
1963
as Deputy Al Malone

The Longest Yard
1974
as Bit Part (uncredited)

The Chase
1966
as Mr. Reeves

Dakota Incident
1956
as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel

Advise & Consent
1962
as Senator Tom August

Dragnet
1954
as Lee Reinhard

Cattle King
1963
as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)

Wild River
1960
as Sy Moore

Emperor of the North
1973
as Hogger

Hawaii
1966
as Gideon Hale

Seven Days in May
1964
as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

Summer and Smoke
1961
as Rev. Winemiller

Crime of Passion
1956
as Police Officer Spitz

From the Terrace
1960
as George Fry

Man Without a Star
1955
as Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited)

The Lone Ranger
1956
as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)

Toward the Unknown
1956
as Hank

Badman's Country
1958
as Buffalo Bill Cody

How to Make a Monster
1958
as Security Guard Richards

I Was a Teenage Werewolf
1957
as Charles Rivers

The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Harry Lessing (uncredited)

Old Man
1958
as The Doctor

Valerie
1957
as Sheriff

Hell Bent for Leather
1960
as A.C. Gamble

The Steel Jungle
1956
as Mailman

Crime in the Streets
1956
as Mr. McAllister

Blood of Dracula
1957
as Lt. Dunlap

Johnny Concho
1956
as Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)

The Learning Tree
1969
as Silas Newhall

Days of Wine and Roses
1958
as Jim Hungerford

High School Big Shot
1959
as Mr. Grant

A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958
as Jenkins

Stranger at My Door
1956
as Rev. Hastings

Bomber's Moon
1958
as Col. Schwimmer

The Dalton Girls
1957
as Sewell, the banker

Fury at Showdown
1957
as Norris

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
- Rio Bravo (1959) — as Jake
- North by Northwest (1959) — as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
- The Birds (1963) — as Deputy Al Malone
- The Longest Yard (1974) — as Bit Part (uncredited)
- The Chase (1966) — as Mr. Reeves
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