Milburn Stone
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 5, 1904
- Died
- June 12, 1980 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Burrton, Kansas, USA
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.
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Filmography
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Movie · as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Drango
Movie · as Col. Bracken
The Long Gray Line
Movie · as Captain John J. Pershing
The Private War of Major Benson
Movie · as Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey
Smoke Signal
Movie · as Sergeant Miles
White Feather
Movie · as Commissioner Trenton
Gunsmoke
TV · as Doc · 635 eps
Black Tuesday
Movie · as Father Slocum
The Siege at Red River
Movie · as Sgt. Benjamin 'Benjy' Guderman
Climax!
TV · as Mr. Dale · 1 ep
Invaders from Mars
Movie · as Captain Roth
Second Chance
Movie · as Edward Dawson (uncredited)
Pickup on South Street
Movie · as Detective Winoki
Arrowhead
Movie · as Sandy MacKinnon
The Sun Shines Bright
Movie · as Horace K. Maydew
The Atomic City
Movie · as Insp. Harold Mann
The Savage
Movie · as Cpl. Martin
Behind Southern Lines
Movie
Roadblock
Movie · as Ray Egan
Flying Leathernecks
Movie · as Fleet CIC Radio Operator (uncredited)
Operation Pacific
Movie · as Ground Control Officer (uncredited)
The Racket
Movie · as Member of Craig's Team (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV · 2 eps
Racket Squad
TV · 1 ep
Dragnet
TV · 2 eps
No Man of Her Own
Movie · as Plainclothesman
The Fireball
Movie · as Jeff Davis
Branded
Movie · as Dawson
Snow Dog
Movie · as Dr. F. J. McKenzie
The Judge
Movie · as Martin Strang
The Green Promise
Movie · as Rev. Benton
Sky Dragon
Movie · as Pilot Tim Norton
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Movie · as Abe Jones
Train to Alcatraz
Movie · as Bart Kanin
Heading for Heaven
Movie · as Elwood Harding
Killer McCoy
Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)
Killer Dill
Movie · as Maboose
Buck Privates Come Home
Movie · as Announcer
Michigan Kid
Movie · as Lanny Slade
Inside Job
Movie · as District Attorney Sutton
Danger Woman
Movie · as Gerald King
Smooth as Silk
Movie · as John Kimble (District Attorney)
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Movie · as Mr. Moore
The Scarlet Horseman
Movie · as Narrator
Strange Conquest
Movie · as Bert Morrow
Little Giant
Movie · as Prof. Watkins (uncredited) (voice)
Her Adventurous Night
Movie · as Cop #1
Little Miss Big
Movie · as Father Lennergan
Strange Confession
Movie · as Stevens
The Frozen Ghost
Movie · as George Keene
She Gets Her Man
Movie · as 'Tommy Gun' Tucker
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Movie · as Brad Taggart
Swing Out, Sister
Movie · as Tim Colby
I'll Remember April
Movie · as Willie Winchester
The Master Key
Movie · as Agent Tom Brant
Enemy Bacteria
Movie · as Doctor
The Beautiful Cheat
Movie · as Lucius Haven
The Daltons Ride Again
Movie · as Parker W. Graham
On Stage Everybody
Movie · as Fitzgerald
Phantom Lady
Movie · as District Attorney (voice) (uncredited)
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Movie · as Jim Hudson
Weird Woman
Movie
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Movie · as Gib Dickson, Bill Eaton
Jungle Woman
Movie · as Fred Mason
Moon Over Las Vegas
Movie · as Jim Bradley
Twilight on the Prairie
Movie · as Gainsworth
Prices Unlimited
Movie
The Mad Ghoul
Movie · as Sgt. Macklin
Captive Wild Woman
Movie · as Fred Mason
You Can't Beat the Law
Movie · as Frank Sanders
Destroyer
Movie · as Radioman (uncredited)
Get Going
Movie · as Mr. Tuttle
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Movie · as Capt. Pat Vickery
Silent Witness
Movie · as Racketeer Joe Manson
Keep 'Em Slugging
Movie · as Duke Redman
Corvette K-225
Movie · as Canadian Captain
Gung Ho!
Movie · as Cmdr. Blake
Invisible Agent
Movie · as German Sergeant (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
Movie · as Lieutenant Farragut
Eyes in the Night
Movie · as Detective Pete (Uncredited)
Frisco Lil
Movie
Pacific Rendezvous
Movie · as Hotel Desk Clerk
Rubber Racketeers
Movie · as Angel
Police Bullets
Movie · as Johnny Reilly
No Hands on the Clock
Movie · as FBI Agent
Death Valley Outlaws
Movie · as Jeff
The Great Train Robbery
Movie · as Duke Logan
The Phantom Cowboy
Movie · as Stan Borden
Framed
Movie · as Mathew Mattison
Chasing Trouble
Movie · as Pat Callahan
American Portrait
Movie · as George
Johnny Apollo
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
Enemy Agent
Movie · as Meeker
Colorado
Movie · as Don Burke - alias Capt. Donald Mason
Lillian Russell
Movie · as Jack - Reporter
An Angel from Texas
Movie · as 'Pooch' Davis
Give Us Wings
Movie · as Tex Austin
Buyer Beware
Movie · as Fredericks (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1
Movie · as Reporter
The Great Plane Robbery
Movie · as Krebber
Blind Alley
Movie · as Nick
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Movie · as Krebs - 2d hurt worker
The Big Guy
Movie · as Publicity man (uncredited)
Crashing Thru
Movie · as Delos Harrington
Mystery Plane
Movie · as Skeeter Milligan
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie · as Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
Danger Flight
Movie · as Skeeter
Made for Each Other
Movie · as Newark Official (uncredited)
Tail Spin
Movie · as Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
Blackwell's Island
Movie · as Max (uncredited)
Stunt Pilot
Movie · as 'Skeeter' Milligan
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Movie · as Joe Felton
Fighting Mad
Movie · as Cardigan
Sky Patrol
Movie · as Skeeter Milligan
Society Smugglers
Movie · as Peter Garfield
King of the Turf
Movie · as Taylor
Tropic Fury
Movie · as Thomas E. Snell
When Tomorrow Comes
Movie · as Head Busboy (uncredited)
Sinners in Paradise
Movie · as T.L. Honeyman
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Movie · as Burns
Port of Missing Girls
Movie · as Jim Benton
Wives Under Suspicion
Movie · as Kirk
Paroled from the Big House
Movie · as Commissioner Downey
California Frontier
Movie · as Mal Halstead
Atlantic Flight
Movie · as Henry Wadsworth Schultz
The 13th Man
Movie · as Jimmy Moran
Blazing Barriers
Movie · as Joe Waters
Swing It Professor
Movie · as Lou Morgan
Youth on Parole
Movie · as Ratty
The Wildcatter
Movie · as Ed
They Gave Him a Gun
Movie · as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Wings Over Honolulu
Movie · as Telephone Operator
Federal Bullets
Movie · as Tommy Thompson, Federal Agent
A Doctor's Diary
Movie · as Fred Clark
Music for Madame
Movie · as Detective (Uncredited)
The Man in Blue
Movie · as Henchman 'Dutch'
The Princess Comes Across
Movie · as American Reporter (uncredited)
Murder with Pictures
Movie · as Operator (uncredited)
Two in a Crowd
Movie · as Kennedy (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger
Movie · as Convict
The Three Mesquiteers
Movie · as John
China Clipper
Movie · as Radio Operator
Banjo on My Knee
Movie · as Eddie - Sailor (uncredited)
Rendezvous
Movie · as Carter's Aide (uncredited)
Cheers of the Crowd
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)