--- name: "Malcolm Atterbury" canonical: "https://film.one/person/malcolm-atterbury" fi1m_id: "malcolm-atterbury" imdb_id: "nm0041021" tmdb_id: 115460 wikidata_id: "Q3281667" roles: [] born: "20 February 1907" died: "16 August 1992" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 88 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-24T06:16:03.499900+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Malcolm Atterbury ## Identity Malcolm Atterbury - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/malcolm-atterbury - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** malcolm-atterbury - **IMDb ID:** nm0041021 - **TMDB ID:** 115460 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3281667 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Atterbury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3281667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115460 Actor. Born 20 February 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 16 August 1992. ## Details - **Born:** 20 February 1907, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - **Died:** 16 August 1992 - **Also known as:** Malcolm MacLeod Atterbury - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Atterbury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3281667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115460 ## Biography Malcolm Atterbury, also credited as Malcolm MacLeod Atterbury, was an American stage, film and television actor and vaudevillian. Born in Philadelphia, he began in radio as a singer and programme director before moving into vaudeville and stage work. He trained at Hilda Spong's Dramatic School and later owned and operated theatres in New York state. Atterbury appeared in numerous films from the mid-1950s onwards, including *I Was a Teenage Werewolf* (1957), *North by Northwest* (1959), *Rio Bravo* (1959) as Jake, *Wild River* (1960), *Advise and Consent* (1962), *The Birds* (1963) and *Emperor of the North* (1973). On television he had guest roles in series such as *The Twilight Zone*, *Bonanza*, *The Andy Griffith Show* and *Perry Mason*, and appeared on Broadway in the original cast of *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) - *Rio Bravo* (1959), Fi1m 88, as Jake — [page](https://film.one/film/rio-bravo.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *North by Northwest* (1959), Fi1m 89, as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/north-by-northwest.md) ## Complete filmography (104) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The McLean Stevenson Show* (1976), series, Actor - *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Actor - *The Longest Yard* (1974), as Bit Part (uncredited) - *Apple's Way* (1974), series, as Grandfather Aldon - *Thicker than Water* (1973), series, as Jonas Paine - *Emperor of the North* (1973), as Hogger - *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor - *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), series, as Mr. Arbogast - *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor - *The Odd Couple* (1970), series, as Pop - *The Learning Tree* (1969), as Silas Newhall - *The Guns of Will Sonnett* (1967), series, Actor - *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor - *The Invaders* (1967), series, as Judge Simonson - *Hawaii* (1966), as Gideon Hale - *Run, Buddy, Run* (1966), series, as Mike Kellerman - *The Chase* (1966), as Mr. Reeves - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Howard J. Shelly, Fritz Shroeder - *Laredo* (1965), series, Actor - *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Rudy Fowler - *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Thaddeus Hill - *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1964), series, as Commander Jamison - *Seven Days in May* (1964), as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited) - *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Doctor Gregory - *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Sheriff Bilson, Sheriff Mead, Sheriff — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md) - *Cattle King* (1963), as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader) - *The Birds* (1963), as Deputy Al Malone - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as John Wallace - *Advise & Consent* (1962), as Senator Tom August - *Summer and Smoke* (1961), as Rev. Winemiller - *Straightaway* (1961), series, Actor - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Asa McConnell - *The Asphalt Jungle* (1961), series, Actor - *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor - *Stagecoach West* (1960), series, as Reverend Joshua Jessop - *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), series, as Luke Jensen - *The Westerner* (1960), series, as Andy, Marshal Frank Dollar - *The Tall Man* (1960), series, as Jagger - *From the Terrace* (1960), as George Fry - *Wild River* (1960), as Sy Moore - *Hell Bent for Leather* (1960), as A.C. Gamble - *High School Big Shot* (1959), as Mr. Grant - *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, Actor - *Philip Marlowe* (1959), series, Actor - *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Lars Olafson - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Prof. Eliot, Henry J. Fate — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Ira Stevens - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Dixie - *North by Northwest* (1959), as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/north-by-northwest.md) - *A Marriage of Strangers* (1959), as Mr. Emhardt - *Pete Kelly's Blues* (1959), series, Actor - *Rio Bravo* (1959), as Jake — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/rio-bravo.md) - *Black Saddle* (1959), series, as Clyde Dawson - *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Will Morton, Jarvis - *Old Man* (1958), as The Doctor - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor - *Days of Wine and Roses* (1958), as Jim Hungerford - *The Texan* (1958), series, Actor - *Frontier Doctor* (1958), series, Actor - *Peter Gunn* (1958), series, Actor - *Bomber's Moon* (1958), as Col. Schwimmer - *Badman's Country* (1958), as Buffalo Bill Cody - *How to Make a Monster* (1958), as Security Guard Richards - *A Town Has Turned to Dust* (1958), as Jenkins - *The High Cost of Loving* (1958), as Harry Lessing (uncredited) - *The Dalton Girls* (1957), as Sewell, the banker - *The Troublemakers* (1957), as Otis Gerrity - *Blood of Dracula* (1957), as Lt. Dunlap - *Trackdown* (1957), series, Actor - *Alcoa Theatre* (1957), series, as Spud - *The Restless Gun* (1957), series, as Gopher Martin - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Sam Burris, Dennis Briggs, Alfred Needham, J. Maigret, Dell Harper - *Sugarfoot* (1957), series, as Abel Crotty - *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, as Sheriff - *Valerie* (1957), as Sheriff - *I Was a Teenage Werewolf* (1957), as Charles Rivers - *Fury at Showdown* (1957), as Norris - *Crime of Passion* (1956), as Police Officer Spitz - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Ben - *Wire Service* (1956), series, as Gil Venton - *Toward the Unknown* (1956), as Hank - *State Trooper* (1956), series, Actor - *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, Actor - *Dakota Incident* (1956), as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel - *Johnny Concho* (1956), as Milo, Mail Dispatcher (uncredited) - *Crime in the Streets* (1956), as Mr. McAllister - *Stranger at My Door* (1956), as Rev. Hastings - *The Steel Jungle* (1956), as Mailman - *The Lone Ranger* (1956), as Phineas Tripp (uncredited) - *Silent Fear* (1956), as Dr. Vernon - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as The blackmailer - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Bird, Seldon, Liveryman, Jed Bates, Glover, Prof. Eliot, Duggan, Cob - *Man Without a Star* (1955), as Fancy Joe Toole (uncredited) - *Lassie* (1954), series, as Judge Baxter - *Dragnet* (1954), as Lee Reinhard - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Ed Humphrey - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Joe Hicks, Rev. Kinnaird - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Conductor - *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Lt. Keough - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Peleg Sunderland - *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Timson, Johnson - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Potter - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Jeweler ## Gallery - ![Malcolm Atterbury](https://film.one/media/person/386529/gallery-1e13017a9a2a.jpg) Malcolm Atterbury — CBS Television-there is enough of the logo to identify., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Ronny_Cox_Lee_McCain_Malcolm_Atterbury_Apples_Way_1974.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Malcolm Atterbury](https://film.one/media/person/386529/gallery-509eb98007db.jpg) Malcolm Atterbury — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/malcolm-atterbury