Malcolm Atterbury
Acting
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
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movieThe Longest Yard
1974
Bit Part (uncredited)
Thicker than Water
1973
Jonas Paine
tvThe Bob Newhart Show
1972
Mr. Arbogast
movieThe Learning Tree
1969
Silas Newhall
tvThe Invaders
1967
Judge Simonson
movieHawaii
1966
Gideon Hale
tvRun, Buddy, Run
1966
Mike Kellerman
movieThe Chase
1966
Mr. Reeves
tvThe F.B.I.
1965
Howard J. Shelly / Fritz Shroeder
tvRun for Your Life
1965
Rudy Fowler
tvDaniel Boone
1964
Thaddeus Hill
tvVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Commander Jamison
movieSeven Days in May
1964
Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Doctor Gregory
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Sheriff Bilson / Sheriff Mead / Sheriff
movieCattle King
1963
Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)
movieThe Birds
1963
Deputy Al Malone
tvThe Virginian
1962
John Wallace
movieAdvise & Consent
1962
Senator Tom August
movieSummer and Smoke
1961
Rev. Winemiller
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Asa McConnell
tvStagecoach West
1960
Reverend Joshua Jessop
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
Luke Jensen
tvThe Westerner
1960
Andy / Marshal Frank Dollar
tvThe Tall Man
1960
Jagger
movieFrom the Terrace
1960
George Fry
movieWild River
1960
Sy Moore
movieHell Bent for Leather
1960
A.C. Gamble
movieHigh School Big Shot
1959
Mr. Grant
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959
Lars Olafson
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Prof. Eliot / Henry J. Fate
tvThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Ira Stevens
tvBonanza
1959
Dixie
movieNorth by Northwest
1959
Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
movieA Marriage of Strangers
1959
Mr. Emhardt
tvBlack Saddle
1959
Clyde Dawson
tvRawhide
1959
Will Morton / Jarvis
movieOld Man
1958
The Doctor
movieDays of Wine and Roses
1958
Jim Hungerford
movieBomber's Moon
1958
Col. Schwimmer
movieBadman's Country
1958
Buffalo Bill Cody
movieHow to Make a Monster
1958
Security Guard Richards
movieThe High Cost of Loving
1958
Harry Lessing (uncredited)
movieThe Dalton Girls
1957
Sewell, the banker
movieBlood of Dracula
1957
Lt. Dunlap
tvThe Restless Gun
1957
Gopher Martin
tvPerry Mason
1957
Sam Burris / Dennis Briggs / Alfred Needham / J. Maigret / Dell Harper
tvSugarfoot
1957
Abel Crotty
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
Sheriff
movieValerie
1957
Sheriff
movieI Was a Teenage Werewolf
1957
Charles Rivers
movieCrime of Passion
1956
Police Officer Spitz
tvWire Service
1956
Gil Venton
movieDakota Incident
1956
Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel
movieJohnny Concho
1956
Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)
movieCrime in the Streets
1956
Mr. McAllister
movieStranger at My Door
1956
Rev. Hastings
movieThe Steel Jungle
1956
Mailman
movieThe Lone Ranger
1956
Phineas Tripp (uncredited)
movieSilent Fear
1956
Dr. Vernon
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The blackmailer
tvGunsmoke
1955
Bird / Seldon / Liveryman / Jed Bates / Glover / Prof. Eliot / Duggan / Cob
movieMan Without a Star
1955
Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited)
tvLassie
1954
Judge Baxter
movieDragnet
1954
Lee Reinhard
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Ed Humphrey
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Joe Hicks / Rev. Kinnaird
tvCavalcade of America
1952
Conductor
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952
Lt. Keough
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Peleg Sunderland
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Timson / Johnson
tvStudio One
1948
Jeweler