
Acting
Malcolm Atterbury
EN, ES cinema · 41 credits
Born
20 February 1907
Died
16 August 1992 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Malcolm MacLeod Atterbury
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

The Longest Yard
as Bit Part (uncredited)

Emperor of the North
as Hogger

The Learning Tree
as Silas Newhall

Hawaii
as Gideon Hale

The Chase
as Mr. Reeves

Seven Days in May
as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

The Birds
as Deputy Al Malone

Cattle King
as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)

Advise & Consent
as Senator Tom August

Summer and Smoke
as Rev. Winemiller

From the Terrace
as George Fry

Wild River
as Sy Moore

Hell Bent for Leather
as A.C. Gamble

North by Northwest
as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

High School Big Shot
as Mr. Grant

A Marriage of Strangers
as Mr. Emhardt

Rio Bravo
as Jake

A Town Has Turned to Dust
as Jenkins

How to Make a Monster
as Security Guard Richards

Bomber's Moon
as Col. Schwimmer

Old Man
as The Doctor

Badman's Country
as Buffalo Bill Cody

The High Cost of Loving
as Harry Lessing (uncredited)

Days of Wine and Roses
as Jim Hungerford

Valerie
as Sheriff

Fury at Showdown
as Norris

The Dalton Girls
as Sewell, the banker

Blood of Dracula
as Lt. Dunlap

I Was a Teenage Werewolf
as Charles Rivers
The Troublemakers
1957
The Troublemakers
as Otis Gerrity

Crime of Passion
as Police Officer Spitz

Crime in the Streets
as Mr. McAllister

The Lone Ranger
as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)

Stranger at My Door
as Rev. Hastings

Dakota Incident
as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel

The Steel Jungle
as Mailman

Johnny Concho
as Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)

Silent Fear
as Dr. Vernon

Man Without a Star
as Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited)

Dragnet
as Lee Reinhard


