Milburn Stone
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
Army Capt. Roth
Invaders from Mars
Edward Dawson (uncredited)
Second Chance
American Reporter (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across
District Attorney Sutton
Inside Job
Father Slocum
Black Tuesday
Detective Winoki
Pickup on South Street
Ray Egan
Roadblock
Plainclothesman
No Man of Her Own
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Invisible Agent
Nick
Blind Alley
Stevens
Strange Confession
Sandy MacKinnon
Arrowhead
District Attorney (voice) (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Captain John J. Pershing
The Long Gray Line
Lieutenant Farragut
Reap the Wild Wind
George Keene
The Frozen Ghost
Krebs - 2d hurt worker
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Martin Strang
The Judge
Gerald King
Danger Woman
Self
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Detective Pete (Uncredited)
Eyes in the Night
Sgt. Macklin
The Mad Ghoul
Fred Mason
Captive Wild Woman
Jeff Davis
The Fireball
Insp. Harold Mann
The Atomic City
Publicity man (uncredited)
The Big Guy
Carter's Aide (uncredited)
Rendezvous
Horace K. Maydew
The Sun Shines Bright
Mathew Mattison
Framed
Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey
The Private War of Major Benson
FBI Agent
No Hands on the Clock
Bart Kanin
Train to Alcatraz
Hollywood Classic Special
John Kimble (District Attorney)
Smooth as Silk
Delos Harrington
Crashing Thru
Sergeant Miles
Smoke Signal
T.L. Honeyman
Sinners in Paradise
Skeeter Milligan
Mystery Plane
Elwood Harding
Heading for Heaven
'Tommy Gun' Tucker
She Gets Her Man
Brad Taggart
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Burns
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Tim Colby
Swing Out, Sister
Fleet CIC Radio Operator (uncredited)
Flying Leathernecks
Henry Wadsworth Schultz
Atlantic Flight
Willie Winchester
I'll Remember April
Mr. Moore
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Jim Hudson
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Sgt. Benjamin 'Benjy' Guderman
The Siege at Red River
Jimmy Moran
The 13th Man
Joe Waters
Blazing Barriers
Lou Morgan
Swing It Professor
Ratty
Youth on Parole
Weird Woman
Narrator
The Scarlet Horseman
Agent Tom Brant
The Master Key
Ed
The Wildcatter
Frank Sanders
You Can't Beat the Law
Jim Benton
Port of Missing Girls
Kirk
Wives Under Suspicion
Cpl. Martin
The Savage
Frisco Lil
Gib Dickson
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Bill Eaton
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Rev. Benton
The Green Promise
Fred Mason
Jungle Woman
Radioman (uncredited)
Destroyer
Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
Skeeter
Danger Flight
Henchman (uncredited)
Killer McCoy
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Reporter (uncredited)
Cheers of the Crowd
Newark Official (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
Tail Spin
Max (uncredited)
Blackwell's Island
'Skeeter' Milligan
Stunt Pilot
Jim Bradley
Moon Over Las Vegas
Joe Felton
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Cardigan
Fighting Mad
Skeeter Milligan
Sky Patrol
Pat Callahan
Chasing Trouble
Jeff
Death Valley Outlaws
Doctor
Enemy Bacteria
Duke Logan
The Great Train Robbery
George
American Portrait
Behind Southern Lines
Telephone Operator
Wings Over Honolulu
Gainsworth
Twilight on the Prairie
Col. Bracken
Drango
Operator (uncredited)
Murder with Pictures
Peter Garfield
Society Smugglers
Tommy Thompson, Federal Agent
Federal Bullets
Reporter (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
Maboose
Killer Dill
Lucius Haven
The Beautiful Cheat
Meeker
Enemy Agent
Mr. Tuttle
Get Going
Don Burke - alias Capt. Donald Mason
Colorado
Ground Control Officer (uncredited)
Operation Pacific
Capt. Pat Vickery
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Fred Clark
A Doctor's Diary
Jack - Reporter
Lillian Russell
Kennedy (uncredited)
Two in a Crowd
'Pooch' Davis
An Angel from Texas
Pilot Tim Norton
Sky Dragon
Stan Borden
The Phantom Cowboy
Detective (Uncredited)
Music for Madame
Racketeer Joe Manson
Silent Witness
Tex Austin
Give Us Wings
Dawson
Branded
Dr. F. J. McKenzie
Snow Dog
Duke Redman
Keep 'Em Slugging
Parker W. Graham
The Daltons Ride Again
Commissioner Trenton
White Feather
Taylor
King of the Turf
Bert Morrow
Strange Conquest
Commissioner Downey
Paroled from the Big House
Canadian Captain
Corvette K-225
Fredericks (uncredited)
Buyer Beware
Reporter
Public Deb No. 1
Convict
The Accusing Finger
Prices Unlimited
Fitzgerald
On Stage Everybody
Hotel Desk Clerk
Pacific Rendezvous
John
The Three Mesquiteers
Prof. Watkins (uncredited) (voice)
Little Giant
Radio Operator
China Clipper
Announcer
Buck Privates Come Home
Cop #1
Her Adventurous Night
Krebber
The Great Plane Robbery
Abe Jones
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Lanny Slade
Michigan Kid
Member of Craig's Team (uncredited)
The Racket
Cmdr. Blake
Gung Ho!
Angel
Rubber Racketeers
Mal Halstead
California Frontier
Thomas E. Snell
Tropic Fury
Father Lennergan
Little Miss Big
When Tomorrow Comes
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
139
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-07-05
Place of Birth
Burrton, Kansas, USA
Also Known As
Milburne Stone