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