Malcolm Atterbury

Malcolm Atterbury
Born	(1907-02-20)February 20, 1907 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954-1979
Spouse(s)	Ellen Atterbury (1937-1992; his death) 3 children

Malcolm Atterbury (February 20, 1907 – August 16, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor, and vaudevillian.

Biography

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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!" He further appeared in such films as The Birds, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Crime of Passion, Blue Denim, Wild River, Advise and Consent, and Hawaii. His last film was Emperor of the North Pole (1973).

Atterbury made frequent appearances on television. He was cast in five episodes of CBS's Perry Mason during the late 1950s and early 1960s, playing the role of murderer in three of the episodes such as Sam Burris in the 1957 episode, "The Case of the Angry Mourner". His guest-starring roles included appearances on Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Window on Main Street, The Asphalt Jungle, Straightaway, Bonanza, Hazel, The Odd Couple, Sheriff of Cochise, The Fugitive, State Trooper, Rescue 8, Fury, The Man from Blackhawk, Happy, The Tall Man, Kentucky Jones, and The Andy Griffith Show(episode: The Cow Thief, 1962). He had a regular role as Grandfather Aldon in the 1974-75 CBS television family drama, Apple's Way.

External links

• Malcolm Atterbury at the Internet Movie Database
• Malcolm Atterbury at the Internet Broadway Database
• Malcolm Atterbury at AllMovie