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Malcolm MacLeod Atterbury
Malcolm Atterbury
Acting
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 f…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Longest Yard
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Emperor of the North
as Hogger
The Learning Tree
as Silas Newhall
The Chase
as Mr. Reeves
Hawaii
as Gideon Hale
Seven Days in May
as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
The Birds
as Deputy Al Malone
Cattle King
as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)
Advise & Consent
as Senator Tom August
Summer and Smoke
as Rev. Winemiller
TV Shows
Quincy, M.E.
1 ep.
The McLean Stevenson Show
1 ep.
Apple's Way
28 ep.
Police Story
1 ep.
Thicker than Water
as Jonas Paine · 5 ep.
The Rookies
1 ep.
The Odd Couple
as Pop · 1 ep.
The Invaders
as Judge Simonson · 1 ep.
Judd, for the Defense
1 ep.
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1 ep.