About

Known credits:
40
Birthday:
1907-02-20
Place of birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Website:
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Malcolm Atterbury

Overview

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

Acting
1974 The Longest Yard Actor Bit Part (uncredited) 61
Fair
1974 Apple's Way Actor 69
Fair
1973 Thicker than Water Actor N/A
N/A
1973 Emperor of the North Actor Hogger 60
Fair
1969 The Learning Tree Actor Silas Newhall 59
Average
1966 Hawaii Actor Gideon Hale 59
Average
1966 The Chase Actor Mr. Reeves 63
Fair
1964 Seven Days in May Actor Horace the White House Physician (uncredited) 62
Fair
1963 Cattle King Actor Abe Clevenger (Homesteader) 58
Average
1963 The Birds Actor Deputy Al Malone 73
Good
1962 Advise & Consent Actor Senator Tom August 61
Fair
1961 Summer and Smoke Actor Rev. Winemiller 59
Average
1960 From the Terrace Actor George Fry 59
Average
1960 Wild River Actor Sy Moore 60
Fair
1960 Hell Bent for Leather Actor A.C. Gamble 59
Average
1959 High School Big Shot Actor Mr. Grant 58
Average
1959 North by Northwest Actor Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited) 77
Good
1959 A Marriage of Strangers Actor Mr. Emhardt N/A
N/A
1959 Rio Bravo Actor Jake 72
Good
1958 Old Man Actor The Doctor N/A
N/A
1958 Days of Wine and Roses Actor Jim Hungerford 59
Average
1958 Bomber's Moon Actor Col. Schwimmer N/A
N/A
1958 Badman's Country Actor Buffalo Bill Cody 58
Average
1958 How to Make a Monster Actor Security Guard Richards 58
Average
1958 A Town Has Turned to Dust Actor Jenkins N/A
N/A
1958 The High Cost of Loving Actor Harry Lessing (uncredited) 59
Average
1957 The Dalton Girls Actor Sewell, the banker 58
Average
1957 Blood of Dracula Actor Lt. Dunlap 58
Average
1957 Valerie Actor Sheriff 58
Average
1957 I Was a Teenage Werewolf Actor Charles Rivers 57
Average
1957 Fury at Showdown Actor Norris 58
Average
1956 Crime of Passion Actor Police Officer Spitz 59
Average
1956 Toward the Unknown Actor Hank 59
Average
1956 Dakota Incident Actor Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel 58
Average
1956 Crime in the Streets Actor Mr. McAllister 59
Average
1956 Stranger at My Door Actor Rev. Hastings 58
Average
1956 The Steel Jungle Actor Mailman 58
Average
1956 The Lone Ranger Actor Phineas Tripp (uncredited) 58
Average
1954 Dragnet Actor Lee Reinhard 59
Average
Mr. Denton on Doomsday Actor Henry J. Fate N/A
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