Malcolm Atterbury

Malcolm Atterbury

Acting

Birthday

1907/02/20

Day of death

1992/08/16 (85 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also know as

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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...Read more

Acting
North by Northwest
8.0

(1959) North by Northwest

as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

The Birds
7.5

(1963) The Birds

as Deputy Al Malone

A Town Has Turned to Dust
0.0

(1958) A Town Has Turned to Dust

as Jenkins

Crime of Passion
6.1

(1956) Crime of Passion

as Police Officer Spitz

Emperor of the North
6.7

(1973) Emperor of the North

as Hogger

Crime in the Streets
6.0

(1956) Crime in the Streets

as Mr. McAllister

From the Terrace
6.6

(1960) From the Terrace

as George Fry

Hawaii
6.3

(1966) Hawaii

as Gideon Hale

Dragnet
6.1

(1954) Dragnet

as Lee Reinhard

Advise & Consent
7.2

(1962) Advise & Consent

as Senator Tom August

Wild River
7.2

(1960) Wild River

as Sy Moore

Toward the Unknown
5.6

(1956) Toward the Unknown

as Hank

Valerie
4.1

(1957) Valerie

as Sheriff

Summer and Smoke
6.5

(1961) Summer and Smoke

as Rev. Winemiller

The Lone Ranger
6.1

(1956) The Lone Ranger

as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)

Cattle King
6.2

(1963) Cattle King

as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)

How to Make a Monster
5.6

(1958) How to Make a Monster

as Security Guard Richards

Stranger at My Door
6.4

(1956) Stranger at My Door

as Rev. Hastings

High School Big Shot
3.3

(1959) High School Big Shot

as Mr. Grant

Fury at Showdown
5.4

(1957) Fury at Showdown

as Norris

Seven Days in May
7.3

(1964) Seven Days in May

as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

The Dalton Girls
5.3

(1957) The Dalton Girls

as Sewell, the banker

The Longest Yard
6.7

(1974) The Longest Yard

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Dakota Incident
6.5

(1956) Dakota Incident

as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel

Bomber's Moon
0.0

(1958) Bomber's Moon

as Col. Schwimmer

A Marriage of Strangers
0.0

(1959) A Marriage of Strangers

as Mr. Emhardt

Blood of Dracula
4.7

(1957) Blood of Dracula

as Lt. Dunlap

The Steel Jungle
5.3

(1956) The Steel Jungle

as Mailman

Old Man
0.0

(1958) Old Man

as The Doctor

The Chase
7.1

(1966) The Chase

as Mr. Reeves

The Learning Tree
6.7

(1969) The Learning Tree

as Silas Newhall

Hell Bent for Leather
6.2

(1960) Hell Bent for Leather

as A.C. Gamble

I Was a Teenage Werewolf
4.7

(1957) I Was a Teenage Werewolf

as Charles Rivers

Badman's Country
5.4

(1958) Badman's Country

as Buffalo Bill Cody

Rio Bravo
7.8

(1959) Rio Bravo

as Jake

The High Cost of Loving
5.7

(1958) The High Cost of Loving

as Harry Lessing (uncredited)

Days of Wine and Roses
7.0

(1958) Days of Wine and Roses

as Jim Hungerford

Johnny Concho
3.7

(1956) Johnny Concho

as Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)

The Andy Griffith Show
7.6

(1960) The Andy Griffith Show

as Luke Jensen

77 Sunset Strip
6.7

(1958) 77 Sunset Strip

as ---

Trackdown
6.4

(1957) Trackdown

as ---

The Rookies
6.8

(1972) The Rookies

as ---

Kraft Suspense Theatre
5.3

(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Doctor Gregory

The Odd Couple
7.8

(1970) The Odd Couple

as Pop

The F.B.I.
5.4

(1965) The F.B.I.

as Howard J. Shelly

Quincy, M.E.
7.5

(1976) Quincy, M.E.

as ---

Route 66
6.3

(1960) Route 66

as ---

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Bird

Dragnet
6.4

(1951) Dragnet

as ---

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as Sam Burris

Studio One
5.0

(1948) Studio One

as Jeweler

General Electric Theater
6.4

(1953) General Electric Theater

as Joe Hicks

Hawaiian Eye
5.2

(1959) Hawaiian Eye

as ---

Lassie
6.1

(1954) Lassie

as ---

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.6

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Peleg Sunderland

The Twilight Zone
8.5

(1959) The Twilight Zone

as Prof. Eliot

Laredo
6.3

(1965) Laredo

as ---

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8

(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as The blackmailer

Run, Buddy, Run
7.0

(1966) Run, Buddy, Run

as ---

Straightaway
0.0

(1961) Straightaway

as ---

Philip Marlowe
5.0

(1959) Philip Marlowe

as ---

The Fugitive
7.2

(1963) The Fugitive

as Sheriff Bilson

Rawhide
7.2

(1959) Rawhide

as Will Morton

Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3

(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel

as ---

Run for Your Life
7.2

(1965) Run for Your Life

as Rudy Fowler

Daniel Boone
7.0

(1964) Daniel Boone

as Thaddeus Hill

Police Story
6.9

(1973) Police Story

as ---

The Fugitive
7.2

(1963) The Fugitive

as Sheriff Mead

The Virginian
6.4

(1962) The Virginian

as John Wallace

Peter Gunn
6.4

(1958) Peter Gunn

as ---

6.3

(1950) Lux Video Theatre

as Potter

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2

(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Timson

6.3

(1974) Apple's Way

as ---

Adventures in Paradise
5.7

(1959) Adventures in Paradise

as Lars Olafson

Judd for the Defense
7.5

(1967) Judd for the Defense

as ---

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
5.0

(1956) The Adventures of Jim Bowie

as ---

The Fugitive
7.2

(1963) The Fugitive

as Sheriff

Black Saddle
6.0

(1959) Black Saddle

as Clyde Dawson

Sugarfoot
4.8

(1957) Sugarfoot

as Abel Crotty

The Guns of Will Sonnett
6.2

(1967) The Guns of Will Sonnett

as ---

Frontier Doctor
5.0

(1958) Frontier Doctor

as ---

Wire Service
0.0

(1956) Wire Service

as Gil Venton

The Texan
5.5

(1958) The Texan

as ---

Cavalcade of America
3.5

(1952) Cavalcade of America

as Conductor

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.0

(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Ben

0.0

(1973) Thicker than Water

as ---

0.0

(1959) Pete Kelly's Blues

as ---

Dr. Kildare
5.5

(1961) Dr. Kildare

as Asa McConnell

5.0

(1956) State Trooper

as ---

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
6.3

(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Ira Stevens

Alcoa Theatre
6.5

(1957) Alcoa Theatre

as Spud

5.0

(1976) The McLean Stevenson Show

as ---

The Asphalt Jungle
5.0

(1961) The Asphalt Jungle

as ---

Letter to Loretta
6.5

(1953) Letter to Loretta

as Ed Humphrey

The Twilight Zone
8.5

(1959) The Twilight Zone

as Henry J. Fate

Wire Service
0.0

(1956) Wire Service

as ---

The F.B.I.
5.4

(1965) The F.B.I.

as Fritz Shroeder

Rawhide
7.2

(1959) Rawhide

as Jarvis

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Seldon

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Jed Bates

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Liveryman

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Glover

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Prof. Eliot

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Duggan

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Cob

General Electric Theater
6.4

(1953) General Electric Theater

as Rev. Kinnaird

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2

(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Johnson

6.7

(1952) Four Star Playhouse

as Lt. Keough

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as Dennis Briggs

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as Alfred Needham

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as J. Maigret

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as Dell Harper

The Invaders
6.8

(1967) The Invaders

as Judge Simonson

The Westerner
6.8

(1960) The Westerner

as Andy

The Westerner
6.8

(1960) The Westerner

as Marshal Frank Dollar

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
7.7

(1964) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Commander Jamison

The Restless Gun
3.0

(1957) The Restless Gun

as Gopher Martin

Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3

(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel

as Sheriff

Bonanza
7.5

(1959) Bonanza

as Dixie

The Tall Man
6.3

(1960) The Tall Man

as Jagger

Run, Buddy, Run
7.0

(1966) Run, Buddy, Run

as Mike Kellerman