Malcolm Atterbury

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Feb 20, 1907
Died	Aug 16, 1992 (85)
Birthplace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity	0.8 (history)
Updated	Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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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 wh ... ere 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

Filmography

The Longest Yard

1974

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Emperor of the North

1973

as Hogger

The Learning Tree

1969

as Silas Newhall

Hawaii

1966

as Gideon Hale

The Chase

1966

as Mr. Reeves

Seven Days in May

1964

as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

Cattle King

1963

as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)

The Birds

1963

as Deputy Al Malone

Advise & Consent

1962

as Senator Tom August

Summer and Smoke

1961

as Rev. Winemiller

Hell Bent for Leather

1960

as A.C. Gamble

Wild River

1960

as Sy Moore

From the Terrace

1960

as George Fry

A Marriage of Strangers

1959

as Mr. Emhardt

High School Big Shot

1959

as Mr. Grant

Rio Bravo

1959

as Jake

North by Northwest

1959

as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

Bomber's Moon

1958

as Col. Schwimmer

Days of Wine and Roses

1958

as Jim Hungerford

How to Make a Monster

1958

as Security Guard Richards

Old Man

1958

as The Doctor

Badman's Country

1958

as Buffalo Bill Cody

A Town Has Turned to Dust

1958

as Jenkins

The High Cost of Loving

1958

as Harry Lessing (uncredited)

Fury at Showdown

1957

as Norris

Blood of Dracula

1957

as Lt. Dunlap

The Dalton Girls

1957

as Sewell, the banker

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

1957

as Charles Rivers

Valerie

1957

as Sheriff

Stranger at My Door

1956

as Rev. Hastings

Crime in the Streets

1956

as Mr. McAllister

Crime of Passion

1956

as Police Officer Spitz

Dakota Incident

1956

as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel

Toward the Unknown

1956

as Hank

The Lone Ranger

1956

as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)

The Steel Jungle

1956

as Mailman

Dragnet

1954

as Lee Reinhard

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Organization	Category	Movie

The Andy Griffith Show

as Luke Jensen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1960

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Doctor Gregory

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

The F.B.I.

as Howard J. Shelly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

The Odd Couple

as Pop

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1970

Gunsmoke

as Bird

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Perry Mason

as Sam Burris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Studio One

as Jeweler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

General Electric Theater

as Joe Hicks

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Peleg Sunderland

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

The Twilight Zone

as Prof. Eliot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as The blackmailer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Fugitive

as Sheriff Bilson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Rawhide

as Will Morton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Run for Your Life

as Rudy Fowler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

Daniel Boone

as Thaddeus Hill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

The Fugitive

as Sheriff Mead

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

The Virginian

as John Wallace

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Lux Video Theatre

as Potter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Timson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Adventures in Paradise

as Lars Olafson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1959

The Fugitive

as Sheriff

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Black Saddle

as Clyde Dawson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1959

Sugarfoot

as Abel Crotty

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1957

Wire Service

as Gil Venton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1956

Cavalcade of America

as Conductor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Ben

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Dr. Kildare

as Asa McConnell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Ira Stevens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1959

Alcoa Theatre

as Spud

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1957

Letter to Loretta

as Ed Humphrey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1953

The Twilight Zone

as Henry J. Fate

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

The F.B.I.

as Fritz Shroeder

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Rawhide

as Jarvis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Gunsmoke

as Seldon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Liveryman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Jed Bates

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Glover

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Prof. Eliot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Duggan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Cob

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

General Electric Theater

as Rev. Kinnaird

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Johnson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Four Star Playhouse

as Lt. Keough

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1952

Perry Mason

as Dennis Briggs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Alfred Needham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as J. Maigret

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Dell Harper

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

The Invaders

as Judge Simonson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1967

The Westerner

as Andy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1960

The Westerner

as Marshal Frank Dollar

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1960

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Commander Jamison

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1964

Apple's Way

Episodes: 28

First Aired: Feb 10, 1974

Thicker than Water

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Jun 13, 1973

Dragnet

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 16, 1951

Route 66

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

Lassie

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 12, 1954

Have Gun, Will Travel

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 14, 1957

State Trooper

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 25, 1956

77 Sunset Strip

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1958

Trackdown

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1957

The Rookies

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1972

Quincy, M.E.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

Hawaiian Eye

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1959

The Tall Man

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1960

Laredo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1965

Run, Buddy, Run

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1966

Straightaway

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1961

Philip Marlowe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1959

Police Story

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 20, 1973

Peter Gunn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1958

Judd for the Defense

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1967

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1956

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1967

Frontier Doctor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1958

The Texan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1958

Pete Kelly's Blues

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1959

The McLean Stevenson Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 01, 1976

The Asphalt Jungle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 1961

Wire Service

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1956

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