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Malcolm Atterbury

Cast & creator

Malcolm Atterbury

1907-02-20 (died at 85) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAIMDb

Best known for Perry Mason, Perry Mason, Perry Mason

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

Also known as: Malcolm MacLeod Atterbury

Movies

41

film credits

Series

86

television credits

Career

127

1948–1976 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Sam Burris · 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Dennis Briggs · 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Alfred Needham · 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

J. Maigret · 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Dell Harper · 1957

Across film & television

Filmography (127)

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Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Sam Burris

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Dennis Briggs

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Alfred Needham

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

J. Maigret

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Dell Harper

Bonanza

Bonanza

Dixie

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

Luke Jensen

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Sheriff Bilson

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Sheriff Mead

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Sheriff

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Sheriff

Lassie

Lassie

Lassie

Lassie

Judge Baxter

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

Asa McConnell

Dragnet

Dragnet

The Virginian

The Virginian

John Wallace

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

Prof. Eliot

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

Henry J. Fate

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

Lt. Keough

Studio One

Studio One

Jeweler

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

Thaddeus Hill

Rawhide

Rawhide

Will Morton

Rawhide

Rawhide

Jarvis

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Howard J. Shelly

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Fritz Shroeder

Route 66

Route 66

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Ben

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show

Mr. Arbogast

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

Rudy Fowler

The Rookies

The Rookies

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple

Pop

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Bird

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Seldon

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Jed Bates

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Liveryman

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Glover

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Prof. Eliot

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Duggan

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Cob

Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

The Invaders

The Invaders

Judge Simonson

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

Lars Olafson

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Commander Jamison

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Doctor Gregory

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The blackmailer

The Texan

The Texan

Judd, for the Defense

Judd, for the Defense

State Trooper

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot

Abel Crotty

Police Story

Police Story

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Trackdown

Trackdown

Laredo

Laredo

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Ira Stevens

The Tall Man

The Tall Man

Jagger

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Lux Video Theatre

Potter

Black Saddle

Black Saddle

Clyde Dawson

Alcoa Theatre

Alcoa Theatre

Spud

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

Conductor

The Restless Gun

The Restless Gun

Gopher Martin

Stagecoach West

Stagecoach West

Reverend Joshua Jessop

The Birds

The Birds

Deputy Al Malone

North by Northwest

North by Northwest

Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

Ed Humphrey

Wire Service

Wire Service

Gil Venton

Wire Service

Wire Service

Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

Jake

Philip Marlowe

Philip Marlowe

Straightaway

Straightaway

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

Frontier Doctor

Frontier Doctor

The Westerner

The Westerner

Andy

The Westerner

The Westerner

Marshal Frank Dollar

The Chase

The Chase

Mr. Reeves

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Peleg Sunderland

Apple's Way

Apple's Way

Grandfather Aldon

Run, Buddy, Run

Run, Buddy, Run

Run, Buddy, Run

Run, Buddy, Run

Mike Kellerman

The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard

Bit Part (uncredited)

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

Joe Hicks

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

Rev. Kinnaird

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Timson

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Johnson

The McLean Stevenson Show

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)

Emperor of the North

Emperor of the North

Hogger

Thicker than Water

Jonas Paine

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

Phineas Tripp (uncredited)

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited)

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

Senator Tom August

Wild River

Wild River

Sy Moore

Pete Kelly's Blues

Cattle King

Cattle King

Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)

Crime of Passion

Crime of Passion

Police Officer Spitz

Hell Bent for Leather

Hell Bent for Leather

A.C. Gamble

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

Charles Rivers

Silent Fear

Silent Fear

Dr. Vernon

Hawaii

Hawaii

Gideon Hale

A Town Has Turned to Dust

A Town Has Turned to Dust

Jenkins

Valerie

Valerie

Sheriff

Crime in the Streets

Crime in the Streets

Mr. McAllister

How to Make a Monster

How to Make a Monster

Security Guard Richards

Stranger at My Door

Stranger at My Door

Rev. Hastings

From the Terrace

From the Terrace

George Fry

Days of Wine and Roses

Days of Wine and Roses

Jim Hungerford

Summer and Smoke

Summer and Smoke

Rev. Winemiller

The Troublemakers

Otis Gerrity

Blood of Dracula

Blood of Dracula

Lt. Dunlap

Old Man

Old Man

The Doctor

High School Big Shot

High School Big Shot

Mr. Grant

The Learning Tree

The Learning Tree

Silas Newhall

Johnny Concho

Johnny Concho

Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited)

The High Cost of Loving

The High Cost of Loving

Harry Lessing (uncredited)

Dragnet

Dragnet

Lee Reinhard

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown

Hank

The Steel Jungle

The Steel Jungle

Mailman

A Marriage of Strangers

A Marriage of Strangers

Mr. Emhardt

Dakota Incident

Dakota Incident

Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel

Fury at Showdown

Fury at Showdown

Norris

Bomber's Moon

Bomber's Moon

Col. Schwimmer

Badman's Country

Badman's Country

Buffalo Bill Cody

The Dalton Girls

The Dalton Girls

Sewell, the banker