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Malcolm Atterbury

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedFeb 20, 1907 (Died at 85)
Zodiac Sign♓Pisces
Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Career Span1948 – 1992
Known Credits100 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.1

Malcolm Atterbury

Also known as:Malcolm MacLeod Atterbury
Total Works

100

40 movies • 60 shows

Avg Rating

6.7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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

Signature Roles & Milestones

North by Northwest
8.0
North by Northwest
1959•movie
as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
The Birds
7.5
The Birds
1963•movie
as Deputy Al Malone
Rio Bravo
7.8
Rio Bravo
1959•movie
as Jake
The Twilight Zone
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959•series
as Prof. Eliot

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 100 titles featuring Malcolm Atterbury

North by Northwest
8.0
North by Northwest
1959•movie

as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

The Birds
7.5
The Birds
1963•movie

as Deputy Al Malone

Rio Bravo
7.8
Rio Bravo
1959•movie

as Jake

The Twilight Zone
8.5
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
1959•series

as Prof. Eliot

Bonanza
7.5
1 eps
Bonanza
1959•series

as Dixie

The Longest Yard
6.7
The Longest Yard
1974•movie

as Bit Part (uncredited)

The Chase
7.1
The Chase
1966•movie

as Mr. Reeves

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
1 eps

as The blackmailer

Seven Days in May
7.4
Seven Days in May
1964•movie

as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
1 eps

as Luke Jensen

Emperor of the North
6.9

as Hogger

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
7.8
1 eps

as Commander Jamison

Perry Mason
7.7
1 eps
Perry Mason
1957•series

as Sam Burris

Advise & Consent
7.2
Advise & Consent
1962•movie

as Senator Tom August

Man Without a Star
6.4
Man Without a Star
1955•movie

as Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited)

Quincy, M.E.
7.5
1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
1976•series
Gunsmoke
6.7
1 eps
Gunsmoke
1955•series

as Bird

Wild River
7.2
Wild River
1960•movie

as Sy Moore

Lassie
6.3
1 eps
Lassie
1954•series
The Odd Couple
7.8
1 eps
The Odd Couple
1970•series

as Pop

The Bob Newhart Show
7.5
1 eps

as Mr. Arbogast

The Fugitive
7.3
1 eps
The Fugitive
1963•series

as Sheriff Bilson

The Invaders
6.8
1 eps
The Invaders
1967•series

as Judge Simonson

From the Terrace
6.6
From the Terrace
1960•movie

as George Fry

I Was a Teenage Werewolf
4.8

as Charles Rivers

Crime of Passion
6.1
Crime of Passion
1956•movie

as Police Officer Spitz

Hawaii
6.3
Hawaii
1966•movie

as Gideon Hale

Rawhide
7.3
1 eps
Rawhide
1959•series

as Will Morton

Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3
1 eps
Hell Bent for Leather
6.3

as A.C. Gamble

Dragnet
6.5
3 eps
Dragnet
1951•series
The Virginian
6.5
1 eps
The Virginian
1962•series

as John Wallace

Daniel Boone
7.0
1 eps
Daniel Boone
1964•series

as Thaddeus Hill

How to Make a Monster
5.7

as Security Guard Richards

Blood of Dracula
4.9
Blood of Dracula
1957•movie

as Lt. Dunlap

Summer and Smoke
6.6
Summer and Smoke
1961•movie

as Rev. Winemiller

Crime in the Streets
6.2

as Mr. McAllister

Dragnet
6.1
Dragnet
1954•movie

as Lee Reinhard

The Lone Ranger
6.2
The Lone Ranger
1956•movie

as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)

The Learning Tree
6.8
The Learning Tree
1969•movie

as Silas Newhall

77 Sunset Strip
7.2
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1958•series
Peter Gunn
6.6
1 eps
Peter Gunn
1958•series
The F.B.I.
5.6
1 eps
The F.B.I.
1965•series

as Howard J. Shelly

The Rookies
6.9
1 eps
The Rookies
1972•series
High School Big Shot
3.5

as Mr. Grant

Police Story
7.0
1 eps
Police Story
1973•series
Route 66
6.7
2 eps
Route 66
1960•series
Dr. Kildare
5.7
1 eps
Dr. Kildare
1961•series

as Asa McConnell

Valerie
4.6
Valerie
1957•movie

as Sheriff

Toward the Unknown
5.9
Toward the Unknown
1956•movie

as Hank

Cattle King
6.3
Cattle King
1963•movie

as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)

Dakota Incident
6.5
Dakota Incident
1956•movie

as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel

Laredo
6.4
1 eps
Laredo
1965•series
Studio One
5.4
1 eps
Studio One
1948•series

as Jeweler

Stranger at My Door
6.8

as Rev. Hastings

Four Star Playhouse
6.8
1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
1952•series

as Lt. Keough

The Westerner
7.0
1 eps
The Westerner
1960•series

as Andy

Hawaiian Eye
5.6
1 eps
Hawaiian Eye
1959•series
The Guns of Will Sonnett
6.5
1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.2
1 eps
Fury at Showdown
5.6
Fury at Showdown
1957•movie

as Norris

The Steel Jungle
5.6
The Steel Jungle
1956•movie

as Mailman

Badman's Country
5.6
Badman's Country
1958•movie

as Buffalo Bill Cody

Days of Wine and Roses
7.2

as Jim Hungerford

Trackdown
6.9
1 eps
Trackdown
1957•series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.8
1 eps

as Peleg Sunderland

Sugarfoot
5.1
1 eps
Sugarfoot
1957•series

as Abel Crotty

The Dalton Girls
6.0
The Dalton Girls
1957•movie

as Sewell, the banker

Run for Your Life
7.1
1 eps
Run for Your Life
1965•series

as Rudy Fowler

Lux Video Theatre
6.7
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
1950•series

as Potter

Adventures in Paradise
6.1
1 eps

as Lars Olafson

State Trooper
5.7
2 eps
State Trooper
1956•series
Alcoa Theatre
7.0
1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
1957•series

as Spud

Letter to Loretta
6.6
1 eps
Letter to Loretta
1953•series

as Ed Humphrey

The Tall Man
6.9
1 eps
The Tall Man
1960•series

as Jagger

General Electric Theater
6.8
1 eps

as Joe Hicks

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
5.3
1 eps
The Texan
6.0
1 eps
The Texan
1958•series
Stagecoach West
6.7
1 eps
Stagecoach West
1960•series

as Reverend Joshua Jessop

The High Cost of Loving
6.6

as Harry Lessing (uncredited)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
1 eps

as Timson

Black Saddle
6.2
1 eps
Black Saddle
1959•series

as Clyde Dawson

Cavalcade of America
4.6
1 eps

as Conductor

The Restless Gun
4.4
1 eps
The Restless Gun
1957•series

as Gopher Martin

Johnny Concho
4.5
Johnny Concho
1956•movie

as Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)

Kraft Suspense Theatre
6.5
1 eps

as Doctor Gregory

Apple's Way
6.5
28 eps
Apple's Way
1974•series

as Grandfather Aldon

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
6.8
1 eps

as Ira Stevens

Silent Fear
6.0
Silent Fear
1956•movie

as Dr. Vernon

Judd, for the Defense
7.7
1 eps
Frontier Doctor
6.3
1 eps
Frontier Doctor
1958•series
A Town Has Turned to Dust
5.5

as Jenkins

Run, Buddy, Run
7.5
1 eps
Run, Buddy, Run
1966•series
Philip Marlowe
7.5
1 eps
Philip Marlowe
1959•series
Straightaway
9.0
1 eps
Straightaway
1961•series
Wire Service
9.0
1 eps
Wire Service
1956•series

as Gil Venton

The Asphalt Jungle
5.0
1 eps
The Asphalt Jungle
1961•series
Bomber's Moon
Bomber's Moon
1958•movie

as Col. Schwimmer

A Marriage of Strangers

as Mr. Emhardt

Old Man
Old Man
1958•movie

as The Doctor