Malcolm Atterbury

Malcolm Atterbury

Actor Feb 20 (died age 85) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1948–1976 (28 year career)

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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 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 (1…

Known For

North by Northwest

North by Northwest

Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

The Birds

The Birds

Deputy Al Malone

Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

Jake

The Chase

The Chase

Mr. Reeves

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard

Bit Part (uncredited)

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

Senator Tom August

Wild River

Wild River

Sy Moore

Filmography

Acting (101)

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Movies (40)

The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Emperor of the North

Emperor of the North

as Hogger

The Learning Tree

The Learning Tree

as Silas Newhall

The Chase

The Chase

as Mr. Reeves

Hawaii

Hawaii

as Gideon Hale

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

The Birds

The Birds

as Deputy Al Malone

Cattle King

Cattle King

as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

as Senator Tom August

Summer and Smoke

Summer and Smoke

as Rev. Winemiller

Wild River

Wild River

as Sy Moore

Hell Bent for Leather

Hell Bent for Leather

as A.C. Gamble

From the Terrace

From the Terrace

as George Fry

Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

as Jake

A Marriage of Strangers

A Marriage of Strangers

as Mr. Emhardt

North by Northwest

North by Northwest

as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

High School Big Shot

High School Big Shot

as Mr. Grant

Old Man

Old Man

as The Doctor

Days of Wine and Roses

Days of Wine and Roses

as Jim Hungerford

Badman's Country

Badman's Country

as Buffalo Bill Cody

How to Make a Monster

How to Make a Monster

as Security Guard Richards

A Town Has Turned to Dust

A Town Has Turned to Dust

as Jenkins

Bomber's Moon

Bomber's Moon

as Col. Schwimmer

The High Cost of Loving

The High Cost of Loving

as Harry Lessing (uncredited)

Fury at Showdown

Fury at Showdown

as Norris

Valerie

Valerie

as Sheriff

Blood of Dracula

Blood of Dracula

as Lt. Dunlap

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

as Charles Rivers

The Dalton Girls

The Dalton Girls

as Sewell, the banker

The Steel Jungle

The Steel Jungle

as Mailman

Crime of Passion

Crime of Passion

as Police Officer Spitz

Stranger at My Door

Stranger at My Door

as Rev. Hastings

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown

as Hank

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)

Dakota Incident

Dakota Incident

as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel

Johnny Concho

Johnny Concho

as Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)

Crime in the Streets

Crime in the Streets

as Mr. McAllister

Silent Fear

Silent Fear

as Dr. Vernon

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

as Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited)

Dragnet

Dragnet

as Lee Reinhard

Television (61)

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

The McLean Stevenson Show

Apple's Way

Police Story

Police Story

Thicker than Water

The Rookies

The Rookies

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple

as Pop

The Invaders

The Invaders

as Judge Simonson

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense

Run, Buddy, Run

Run, Buddy, Run

as Mike Kellerman

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

as Howard J. Shelly

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

as Rudy Fowler

Laredo

Laredo

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

as Thaddeus Hill

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Commander Jamison

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

as Sheriff Mead

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Doctor Gregory

The Virginian

The Virginian

as John Wallace

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

as Asa McConnell

Straightaway

Straightaway

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

as Luke Jensen

Route 66

Route 66

The Tall Man

The Tall Man

as Jagger

The Westerner

The Westerner

as Andy

Bonanza

Bonanza

as Dixie

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as Henry J. Fate

Rawhide

Rawhide

as Will Morton

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

as Lars Olafson

Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Ira Stevens

Black Saddle

Black Saddle

as Clyde Dawson

Philip Marlowe

Philip Marlowe

Pete Kelly's Blues

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

The Texan

The Texan

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn

Frontier Doctor

Frontier Doctor

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

as Sam Burris

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Trackdown

Trackdown

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot

as Abel Crotty

Alcoa Theatre

Alcoa Theatre

as Spud

The Restless Gun

The Restless Gun

as Gopher Martin

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Ben

State Trooper

Wire Service

Wire Service

as Gil Venton

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as The blackmailer

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as Bird

Lassie

Lassie

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

as Joe Hicks

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

as Ed Humphrey

Four Star Playhouse

as Lt. Keough

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

as Conductor

Dragnet

Dragnet

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Peleg Sunderland

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Timson

Lux Video Theatre

as Potter

Studio One

Studio One

as Jeweler