Malcolm Atterbury(1907-1992)
- Actor
Philadelphia native Malcolm Atterbury was born into a wealthy family -
his father was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad - but he himself
had no desire to go into the family business. He had always wanted to
be an actor, and to that end got himself a job managing a radio
station. From there he went into vaudeville, then into stage work in
both musicals and dramas, gaining a reputation as a solid and reliable
stage actor. He made his film debut in Dragnet (1954). Although he soon became
a busy supporting actor in films, he still kept his hand in the theater
world; he owned two theaters in upstate New York. A versatile actor, he
could play anything from a priest to a senator to a hotel clerk to a
gunfighter to a cranky, cantankerous old codger. His last film was
Emperor of the North (1973). He died in Beverly Hills of old age in 1992.
