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Malcolm Atterbury

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1907-02-20

Day of Death

1992-08-16

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Filmography (40)

⭐ 6.8 Role: Bit Part (uncredited)

The Longest Yard

1974
⭐ 6.8 Role: Hogger

Emperor of the North

1973
⭐ 6.7 Role: Silas Newhall

The Learning Tree

1969
⭐ 6.3 Role: Gideon Hale

Hawaii

1966
⭐ 7.1 Role: Mr. Reeves

The Chase

1966
⭐ 7.3 Role: Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

Seven Days in May

1964
⭐ 6.3 Role: Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)

Cattle King

1963
⭐ 7.5 Role: Deputy Al Malone

The Birds

1963
⭐ 7.2 Role: Senator Tom August

Advise & Consent

1962
⭐ 6.6 Role: Rev. Winemiller

Summer and Smoke

1961
⭐ 6.6 Role: George Fry

From the Terrace

1960
⭐ 7.3 Role: Sy Moore

Wild River

1960
⭐ 6.3 Role: A.C. Gamble

Hell Bent for Leather

1960
⭐ 3.5 Role: Mr. Grant

High School Big Shot

1959
⭐ 8.0 Role: Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

North by Northwest

1959