Milburn Stone
Acting
Born: July 5, 1904 · Burrton, Kansas, USA
Died: June 12, 1980 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugh Milburn Stone (July 5, 1904 – June 12, 1980) was an American actor, best known for his role as "Doc" (Dr. Galen Adams) on the CBS Western series Gunsmoke. Stone was born in Burrton, Kansas, to Herbert Stone and the former Laura Belfield. There, he graduated from Burrton High School, where he was active in the drama club, played basketball, and sang in a barbershop quartet. His brother, Joe, was a writer who was the author of scripts for three episodes of Gunsmoke. In 1919, Stone debuted on stage in a Kansas tent show. He ventured into vaudeville in the late 1920s, and in 1930, he was half of the Stone and Strain song-and-dance act. His Broadway credits include Around the Corner (1936) and Jayhawker (1934). In the 1930s, Stone came to Los Angeles, California, to launch his own screen career. He was featured in the "Tailspin Tommy" adventure serial for Monogram Pictures. In 1940, he appeared with Marjorie Reynolds, Tristram Coffin, and I. Stanford Jolley in the comedy espionage film Chasing Trouble. That same year, he co-starred with Roy Rogers in the film Colorado in the role of Rogers' brother-gone-wrong. Stone appeared uncredited in the 1939 film Blackwell's Island. Stone played Dr. Blake in the 1943 film Gung Ho! and a liberal-minded warden in Monogram Pictures' Prison Mutiny in 1943. Signed by Universal Pictures in 1943, in the film Captive Wild Woman (1943), Jungle Woman (1943), Sherlock Holmes Faces Death [Captain Pat Vickery], (1944), he became a familiar face in its features and serials. In 1955, one of CBS Radio's hit series, the Western Gunsmoke, was adapted for television and recast with experienced screen actors. Howard McNear, the radio Doc Adams, was replaced by Stone, who gave the role a harder edge consistent with his screen portrayals. He stayed with Gunsmoke through its entire television run, with the exception of 7 episodes in 1971, when Stone required heart surgery and Pat Hingle replaced him as Dr. Chapman. Stone appeared in 604 episodes through 1975, often shown sparring in a friendly manner with co-stars Dennis Weaver and Ken Curtis, who played, respectively, Chester Goode and Festus Haggen. In June 1980, Stone died of a heart attack in La Jolla. He was survived by his second wife, the former Jane Garrison, a native of Hutchinson, Kansas, who died in 2002. Stone had a surviving daughter, Shirley Stone Gleason (born circa 1926) of Costa Mesa, California, from his first marriage of 12 years to Ellen Morrison, formerly of Delphos, Kansas, who died in 1937. He was buried at the El Camino Memorial Park in Sorrento Valley, San Diego. In 1968, Stone received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama for his work on Gunsmoke. For his contribution to the television industry, Milburn Stone has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1981, Stone was inducted posthumously into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. After his death, he left a legacy for the performing arts in Cecil County in northeastern Maryland, by way of the Milburn Stone Theatre in North East, Maryland.
Known for
Pickup on South Street
1953
Invaders from Mars
1953
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
Phantom Lady
1944
Gunsmoke
1955
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
Flying Leathernecks
1951
Invisible Agent
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Operation Pacific
1951
The Long Gray Line
1955
Made for Each Other
1939
Photos (2)
Movies (133)
Operation Pacific
Ground Control Officer (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
Newark Official (uncredited)
Jungle Woman
Fred Mason
Reap the Wild Wind
Lieutenant Farragut
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Abe Jones
Pickup on South Street
Detective Winoki
The Sun Shines Bright
Horace K. Maydew
The Long Gray Line
Captain John J. Pershing
Invaders from Mars
Army Capt. Roth
No Man of Her Own
Plainclothesman
Young Mr. Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
White Feather
Commissioner Trenton
Eyes in the Night
Detective Pete (Uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Capt. Pat Vickery
Invisible Agent
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Black Tuesday
Father Slocum
Phantom Lady
District Attorney (voice) (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
Announcer
The Phantom Cowboy
Stan Borden
Johnny Apollo
Reporter (uncredited)
Arrowhead
Sandy MacKinnon
Death Valley Outlaws
Jeff
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Burns
Corvette K-225
Canadian Captain
Gung Ho!
Cmdr. Blake
The Racket
Member of Craig's Team (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across
American Reporter (uncredited)
Smoke Signal
Sergeant Miles
The Siege at Red River
Sgt. Benjamin 'Benjy' Guderman
The Private War of Major Benson
Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey
Blackwell's Island
Max (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
'Pooch' Davis
Flying Leathernecks
Fleet CIC Radio Operator (uncredited)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Krebs - 2d hurt worker
The Savage
Cpl. Martin
Destroyer
Radioman (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
Head Busboy (uncredited)
I'll Remember April
Willie Winchester
Two in a Crowd
Kennedy (uncredited)
Tropic Fury
Thomas E. Snell
Public Deb No. 1
Reporter
Second Chance
Edward Dawson (uncredited)
No Hands on the Clock
FBI Agent
Branded
Dawson
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Jim Hudson
The Frozen Ghost
George Keene
The Daltons Ride Again
Parker W. Graham
She Gets Her Man
'Tommy Gun' Tucker
A Doctor's Diary
Fred Clark
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Mr. Moore
Little Giant
Prof. Watkins (uncredited) (voice)
Inside Job
District Attorney Sutton
Roadblock
Ray Egan
Buyer Beware
Fredericks (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery
Krebber
Police Bullets
Johnny Reilly
Music for Madame
Detective (Uncredited)
Danger Woman
Gerald King
The Great Train Robbery
Duke Logan
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Brad Taggart
Danger Flight
Skeeter
Captive Wild Woman
Fred Mason
The Fireball
Jeff Davis
China Clipper
Radio Operator
You Can't Beat the Law
Frank Sanders
The Accusing Finger
Convict
Tail Spin
Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
Twilight on the Prairie
Gainsworth
Lillian Russell
Jack - Reporter
The Green Promise
Rev. Benton
Wings Over Honolulu
Telephone Operator
The Judge
Martin Strang
Drango
Col. Bracken
Murder with Pictures
Operator (uncredited)
Cheers of the Crowd
Reporter (uncredited)
King of the Turf
Taylor
Blind Alley
Nick
Keep 'Em Slugging
Duke Redman
Heading for Heaven
Elwood Harding
Rendezvous
Carter's Aide (uncredited)
Moon Over Las Vegas
Jim Bradley
The Atomic City
Insp. Harold Mann
Silent Witness
Racketeer Joe Manson
Michigan Kid
Lanny Slade
The Master Key
Agent Tom Brant
Sky Dragon
Pilot Tim Norton
Pacific Rendezvous
Hotel Desk Clerk
Strange Confession
Stevens
Smooth as Silk
John Kimble (District Attorney)
Port of Missing Girls
Jim Benton
Sky Patrol
Skeeter Milligan
Killer McCoy
Henchman (uncredited)
Snow Dog
Dr. F. J. McKenzie
The Mad Ghoul
Sgt. Macklin
Atlantic Flight
Henry Wadsworth Schultz
Wives Under Suspicion
Kirk
Enemy Agent
Meeker
Framed
Mathew Mattison
Give Us Wings
Tex Austin
Colorado
Don Burke - alias Capt. Donald Mason
Crashing Thru
Delos Harrington
Chasing Trouble
Pat Callahan
Sinners in Paradise
T.L. Honeyman
Rubber Racketeers
Angel
Killer Dill
Maboose
Behind Southern Lines
1952
The Three Mesquiteers
John
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Joe Felton
The Big Guy
Publicity man (uncredited)
Her Adventurous Night
Cop #1
Weird Woman
1944
Fighting Mad
Cardigan
Society Smugglers
Peter Garfield
Swing Out, Sister
Tim Colby
The Beautiful Cheat
Lucius Haven
Youth on Parole
Ratty
On Stage Everybody
Fitzgerald
Little Miss Big
Father Lennergan
Paroled from the Big House
Commissioner Downey
Stunt Pilot
'Skeeter' Milligan
Mystery Plane
Skeeter Milligan
The 13th Man
Jimmy Moran
The Scarlet Horseman
Narrator
Blazing Barriers
Joe Waters
Federal Bullets
Tommy Thompson, Federal Agent
Get Going
Mr. Tuttle
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Bill Eaton
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Gib Dickson
Enemy Bacteria
Doctor
Strange Conquest
Bert Morrow
The Wildcatter
Ed
California Frontier
Mal Halstead
