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Malcolm Atterbury

Malcolm Atterbury

Birthday: 1907-02-20 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1973
Emperor of the North

as    Hogger

1961
Summer and Smoke

as    Rev. Winemiller

1960
Hell Bent for Leather

as    A.C. Gamble

1960
Wild River

as    Sy Moore

1959
High School Big Shot

as    Mr. Grant

1958
How to Make a Monster

as    Security Guard Richards

1957
Blood of Dracula

as    Lt. Dunlap

1957
Fury at Showdown

as    Norris

1957
The Dalton Girls

as    Sewell, the banker

1956
Crime in the Streets

as    Mr. McAllister

1956
Stranger at My Door

as    Rev. Hastings