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Malcolm Atterbury

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Malcolm Atterbury

Born February 20, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USADied August 16, 199241 films

Malcolm MacLeod Atterbury (February 20, 1907 – August 16, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor, and vaudevillian.

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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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North by Northwest posterFirst watchNorth by Northwest19598.0as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.View film

Essential films

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The Birds poster7.5The Birds1963Rio Bravo poster7.8Rio Bravo1959The Chase poster7.1The Chase1966Seven Days in May poster7.4Seven Days in May1964The Longest Yard poster6.7The Longest Yard1974Advise & Consent poster7.2Advise & Consent1962Emperor of the North poster6.8Emperor of the North1973Wild River poster7.2Wild River1960

Filmography

41 films as actor
  1. 1974The Longest YardBit Part (uncredited)
  2. 1973Emperor of the NorthHogger
  3. 1969The Learning TreeSilas Newhall
  4. 1966HawaiiGideon Hale
  5. 1966The ChaseMr. Reeves
  6. 1964Seven Days in MayHorace the White House Physician (uncredited)
  7. 1963Cattle KingAbe Clevenger (Homesteader)
  8. 1963The BirdsDeputy Al Malone
  9. 1962Advise & ConsentSenator Tom August
  10. 1961Summer and SmokeRev. Winemiller
  11. 1960From the TerraceGeorge Fry
  12. 1960Wild RiverSy Moore
  13. 1960Hell Bent for LeatherA.C. Gamble
  14. 1959High School Big ShotMr. Grant
  15. 1959North by NorthwestMan at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
  16. 1959A Marriage of StrangersMr. Emhardt
  17. 1959Rio BravoJake
  18. 1958Old ManThe Doctor
  19. 1958Days of Wine and RosesJim Hungerford
  20. 1958Bomber's MoonCol. Schwimmer
  21. 1958Badman's CountryBuffalo Bill Cody
  22. 1958How to Make a MonsterSecurity Guard Richards
  23. 1958A Town Has Turned to DustJenkins
  24. 1958The High Cost of LovingHarry Lessing (uncredited)
  25. 1957The Dalton GirlsSewell, the banker
  26. 1957The TroublemakersOtis Gerrity
  27. 1957Blood of DraculaLt. Dunlap
  28. 1957ValerieSheriff
  29. 1957I Was a Teenage WerewolfCharles Rivers
  30. 1957Fury at ShowdownNorris
  31. 1956Crime of PassionPolice Officer Spitz
  32. 1956Toward the UnknownHank
  33. 1956Dakota IncidentDesk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel
  34. 1956Johnny ConchoMilo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)
  35. 1956Crime in the StreetsMr. McAllister
  36. 1956Stranger at My DoorRev. Hastings
  37. 1956The Steel JungleMailman
  38. 1956The Lone RangerPhineas Tripp (uncredited)
  39. 1956Silent FearDr. Vernon
  40. 1955Man Without a StarFancy Joe Toole (uncredited)
  41. 1954DragnetLee Reinhard