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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 20, 1907
Place of Birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Malcolm Atterbury
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 (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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | The Longest Yard | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Emperor of the North | Hogger |
| 1969 | The Learning Tree | Silas Newhall |
| 1966 | Hawaii | Gideon Hale |
| 1966 | The Chase | Mr. Reeves |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Horace the White House Physician (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Birds | Deputy Al Malone |
| 1963 | Cattle King | Abe Clevenger (Homesteader) |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Senator Tom August |
| 1961 | Summer and Smoke | Rev. Winemiller |
| 1960 | From the Terrace | George Fry |
| 1960 | Wild River | Sy Moore |
| 1960 | Hell Bent for Leather | A.C. Gamble |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited) |
| 1959 | High School Big Shot | Mr. Grant |
| 1959 | A Marriage of Strangers | Mr. Emhardt |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo | Jake |
| 1958 | A Town Has Turned to Dust | Jenkins |
| 1958 | How to Make a Monster | Security Guard Richards |
| 1958 | Bomber's Moon | Col. Schwimmer |
| 1958 | Old Man | The Doctor |
| 1958 | Badman's Country | Buffalo Bill Cody |
| 1958 | The High Cost of Loving | Harry Lessing (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Days of Wine and Roses | Jim Hungerford |
| 1957 | Valerie | Sheriff |
| 1957 | Fury at Showdown | Norris |
| 1957 | The Dalton Girls | Sewell, the banker |
| 1957 | Blood of Dracula | Lt. Dunlap |
| 1957 | I Was a Teenage Werewolf | Charles Rivers |
| 1956 | Crime of Passion | Police Officer Spitz |
| 1956 | Crime in the Streets | Mr. McAllister |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown | Hank |
| 1956 | The Lone Ranger | Phineas Tripp (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Stranger at My Door | Rev. Hastings |
| 1956 | Dakota Incident | Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel |
| 1956 | The Steel Jungle | Mailman |
| 1954 | Dragnet | Lee Reinhard |