Malcolm Atterbury

Born: 1907-02-20

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


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as Man at Prairie Crossing (uncredited)
Released: 1959-07-08

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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Rio Bravo

as Jake
Released: 1959-03-18

The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a...

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The Birds

as Deputy Al Malone
Released: 1963-03-28

Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly...

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The Longest Yard

as Bit Part (uncredited)
Released: 1974-08-21

A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison...

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The Chase

as Mr. Reeves
Released: 1966-02-18

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

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Emperor of the North

as Hogger
Released: 1973-05-23

Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

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Seven Days in May

as Horace the White House Physician (uncredited)
Released: 1964-02-01

A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

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Hawaii

as Gideon Hale
Released: 1966-10-10

Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley...

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Wild River

as Sy Moore
Released: 1960-05-26

A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the...

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Advise & Consent

as Senator Tom August
Released: 1962-06-06

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert...

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Crime of Passion

as Police Officer Spitz
Released: 1956-12-28

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his...

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How to Make a Monster

as Security Guard Richards
Released: 1958-07-01

When master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International...

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Summer and Smoke

as Rev. Winemiller
Released: 1961-11-16

In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for...

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Old Man

as The Doctor
Released: 1958-11-20

In the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood.

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Dragnet

as Lee Reinhard
Released: 1954-09-04

Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.

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Hell Bent for Leather

as A.C. Gamble
Released: 1960-02-01

When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken...

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From the Terrace

as George Fry
Released: 1960-07-15

Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as...

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Cattle King

as Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)
Released: 1963-07-08

A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.

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The Learning Tree

as Silas Newhall
Released: 1969-08-06

The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black...

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The Lone Ranger

as Phineas Tripp (uncredited)
Released: 1956-02-25

The territorial governor asks the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on settlers by...

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I Was a Teenage Werewolf

as Charles Rivers
Released: 1957-06-19

A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him...

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Crime in the Streets

as Mr. McAllister
Released: 1956-06-10

A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.

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Dakota Incident

as Desk Clerk at Belvidere Hotel
Released: 1956-07-23

Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them...

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Fury at Showdown

as Norris
Released: 1957-04-18

After serving a year for a killing in self-defense, gunfighter Brock Mitchell tries to help his...

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Badman's Country

as Buffalo Bill Cody
Released: 1958-08-02

Pat Garrett arrives in Abilene where he catches five of Butch Cassidy's gang. He calls in Wyatt...

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The Dalton Girls

as Sewell, the banker
Released: 1957-12-01

Female relatives of the infamous Dalton gang carry on the family tradition.

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The High Cost of Loving

as Harry Lessing (uncredited)
Released: 1958-05-16

Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable...

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Blood of Dracula

as Lt. Dunlap
Released: 1957-11-01

A crazed teacher at a respectable girls' school draws power from a medallion she has obtained...

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Bomber's Moon

as Col. Schwimmer
Released: 1958-08-07

A hard-hearted Colonel loses many men in his group's bombing missions over World War Two...

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Valerie

as Sheriff
Released: 1957-08-01

After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but...

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High School Big Shot

as Mr. Grant
Released: 1959-10-16

Marv needs money. His unemployed dad is so poor that he makes Marv give up half his last six...

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Stranger at My Door

as Rev. Hastings
Released: 1956-04-06

Notorious outlaw Clay Anderson and gang rob the town bank and flee in separate directions....

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Days of Wine and Roses

as Jim Hungerford
Released: 1958-10-02

An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman whom he systematically addicts...

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Toward the Unknown

as Hank
Released: 1956-09-27

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active...

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A Town Has Turned to Dust

as Jenkins
Released: 1958-06-19

The weakling sheriff of a small southwestern town allows a Mexican teenager to be lynched by a...

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The Steel Jungle

as Mailman
Released: 1956-03-10

The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved...

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A Marriage of Strangers

as Mr. Emhardt
Released: 1959-05-14

Jerry and Louise are two shy types who meet and wed through a lonely hearts club. They soon...

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Perry Mason

as Sam Burris
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Dennis Briggs
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Alfred Needham
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as J. Maigret
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Dell Harper
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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The Andy Griffith Show

as Luke Jensen
First aired: 1960-10-03

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and...

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Quincy, M.E.

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-10-03

Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios pert in several of the...

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The F.B.I.

as Howard J. Shelly
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The F.B.I.

as Fritz Shroeder
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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The Twilight Zone

as Prof. Eliot
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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The Twilight Zone

as Henry J. Fate
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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The Odd Couple

as Pop
First aired: 1970-09-24

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual....

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Ben
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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The Fugitive

as Sheriff Mead
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Fugitive

as Sheriff Bilson
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Fugitive

as Sheriff
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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Run for Your Life

as Rudy Fowler
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Doctor Gregory
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Lars Olafson
First aired: 1959-10-05

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...

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Judd for the Defense

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...

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The Guns of Will Sonnett

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

The Guns of Will Sonnett is a Western television series

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The Adventures of Jim Bowie

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-09-07

The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as The blackmailer
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Laredo

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-16

Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to...

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The Tall Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-10

The Tall Man is a half-hour American western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett and the...

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Cavalcade of America

as Conductor
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Potter
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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The Virginian

as John Wallace
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Studio One

as Jeweler
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Daniel Boone

as Thaddeus Hill
First aired: 1964-09-24

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...

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Dr. Kildare

as Asa McConnell
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Lassie

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-09-12

Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy...

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Letter to Loretta

as Ed Humphrey
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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The Rookies

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-11

The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows...

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Dragnet

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-12-16

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his...

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Peter Gunn

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-22

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and...

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The Invaders

as Judge Simonson
First aired: 1967-01-10

The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to...

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The Asphalt Jungle

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-04-02

Police adventure series set in a modern American metropolis, concerning the problems of a...

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Hawaiian Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-07

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...

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The Westerner

as Andy
First aired: 1960-09-30

The Westerner is an American Western series that aired on NBC from September to December 1960....

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The Westerner

as Marshal Frank Dollar
First aired: 1960-09-30

The Westerner is an American Western series that aired on NBC from September to December 1960....

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Run, Buddy, Run

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Run, Buddy, Run is an American situation comedy starring Jack Sheldon, which ran on CBS from...

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State Trooper

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-09-25

State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as...

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The Texan

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-29

The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Peleg Sunderland
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Gunsmoke

as Bird
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Seldon
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Liveryman
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Jed Bates
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Glover
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Prof. Eliot
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Duggan
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Cob
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Trackdown

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-04

Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...

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Rawhide

as Will Morton
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Rawhide

as Jarvis
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Sugarfoot

as Abel Crotty
First aired: 1957-09-17

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...

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Black Saddle

as Clyde Dawson
First aired: 1959-01-10

Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44...

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Straightaway

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-06

Straightaway is a 26-week half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired on ABC during...

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Wire Service

as Gil Venton
First aired: 1956-10-04

Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.

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Wire Service

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-10-04

Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.

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General Electric Theater

as Joe Hicks
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as Rev. Kinnaird
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Alcoa Theatre

as Spud
First aired: 1957-09-30

Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Timson
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Johnson
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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Philip Marlowe

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-06

Philip Marlowe is a 1959-1960 half-hour ABC crime series, featuring Philip Carey as Marlowe, the...

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Frontier Doctor

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-26

Frontier Doctor is an American Western television series starring Rex Allen that aired in...

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