About
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...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
LassieSeries • 1954
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries • 1960
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
The VirginianSeries • 1962
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
Quincy, M.E.Series • 1976
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
DragnetSeries • 1951
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
Studio OneSeries • 1948
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
The F.B.I.Series • 1965
North by NorthwestMovie • 1959
RawhideSeries • 1959
Route 66Series • 1960
The Bob Newhart ShowSeries • 1972
Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries • 1963
The Odd CoupleSeries • 1970
The RookiesSeries • 1972
Peter GunnSeries • 1958