1907-02-20 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
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The Longest Yard | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1974-08-21 |
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Emperor of the North | Hogger | 1973-05-23 |
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The Learning Tree | Silas Newhall | 1969-08-06 |
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The Chase | Mr. Reeves | 1966-02-18 |
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Hawaii | Gideon Hale | 1966-10-10 |
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Seven Days in May | Horace the White House Physician (uncredited) | 1964-02-01 |
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Cattle King | Abe Clevenger (Homesteader) | 1963-07-08 |
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The Birds | Deputy Al Malone | 1963-03-28 |
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Advise & Consent | Senator Tom August | 1962-06-06 |
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Summer and Smoke | Rev. Winemiller | 1961-11-16 |
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Wild River | Sy Moore | 1960-05-26 |
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From the Terrace | George Fry | 1960-07-15 |
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Hell Bent for Leather | A.C. Gamble | 1960-02-01 |
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North by Northwest | Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited) | 1959-07-08 |
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Rio Bravo | Jake | 1959-03-18 |
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A Marriage of Strangers | Mr. Emhardt | 1959-05-14 |
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High School Big Shot | Mr. Grant | 1959-10-16 |
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Badman's Country | Buffalo Bill Cody | 1958-08-02 |
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Bomber's Moon | Col. Schwimmer | 1958-08-07 |
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A Town Has Turned to Dust | Jenkins | 1958-06-19 |
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The High Cost of Loving | Harry Lessing (uncredited) | 1958-05-16 |
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How to Make a Monster | Security Guard Richards | 1958-07-01 |
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Days of Wine and Roses | Jim Hungerford | 1958-10-02 |
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Old Man | The Doctor | 1958-11-20 |
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I Was a Teenage Werewolf | Charles Rivers | 1957-06-19 |
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Blood of Dracula | Lt. Dunlap | 1957-11-01 |
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Valerie | Sheriff | 1957-08-01 |
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Fury at Showdown | Norris | 1957-04-18 |
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The Dalton Girls | Sewell, the banker | 1957-12-01 |
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The Lone Ranger | Phineas Tripp (uncredited) | 1956-02-25 |
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Dakota Incident | Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel | 1956-07-23 |
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Crime of Passion | Police Officer Spitz | 1956-12-28 |
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Toward the Unknown | Hank | 1956-09-27 |
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Stranger at My Door | Rev. Hastings | 1956-04-06 |
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Crime in the Streets | Mr. McAllister | 1956-06-10 |
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The Steel Jungle | Mailman | 1956-03-10 |
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Dragnet | Lee Reinhard | 1954-09-04 |