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 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
Movies & TV Shows
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North by Northwest (1959) — Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
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The Birds (1963) — Deputy Al Malone
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Rio Bravo (1959) — Jake
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The Twilight Zone (1959) — Prof. Eliot
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Bonanza (1959) — Dixie
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The Chase (1966) — Mr. Reeves
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The Longest Yard (1974) — Bit Part (uncredited)
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — The blackmailer
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Seven Days in May (1964) — Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
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The Andy Griffith Show (1960) — Luke Jensen
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Emperor of the North (1973) — Hogger
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) — Commander Jamison
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Perry Mason (1957) — Sam Burris
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Man Without a Star (1955) — Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited)
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Advise & Consent (1962) — Senator Tom August
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Quincy, M.E. (1976)
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Gunsmoke (1955) — Bird
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Wild River (1960) — Sy Moore
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Lassie (1954)
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The Odd Couple (1970) — Pop
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The Bob Newhart Show (1972) — Mr. Arbogast
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The Fugitive (1963) — Sheriff Bilson
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The Invaders (1967) — Judge Simonson
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From the Terrace (1960) — George Fry
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I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) — Charles Rivers
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Crime of Passion (1956) — Police Officer Spitz
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Hawaii (1966) — Gideon Hale
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Rawhide (1959) — Will Morton
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Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
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Hell Bent for Leather (1960) — A.C. Gamble
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The Virginian (1962) — John Wallace
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Dragnet (1951)
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Daniel Boone (1964) — Thaddeus Hill
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Blood of Dracula (1957) — Lt. Dunlap
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Summer and Smoke (1961) — Rev. Winemiller
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How to Make a Monster (1958) — Security Guard Richards
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Crime in the Streets (1956) — Mr. McAllister
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Dragnet (1954) — Lee Reinhard
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The Lone Ranger (1956) — Phineas Tripp (uncredited)
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77 Sunset Strip (1958)