Milburn Stone
Acting • Born 1904-07-05 – Died 1980-06-12
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.
Filmography
145 credits
Invaders from Mars
Movie • 1953
Army Capt. Roth
Second Chance
Movie • 1953
Edward Dawson (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across
Movie • 1936
American Reporter (uncredited)
Inside Job
Movie • 1946
District Attorney Sutton
Black Tuesday
Movie • 1954
Father Slocum
Pickup on South Street
Movie • 1953
Detective Winoki
Roadblock
Movie • 1951
Ray Egan
No Man of Her Own
Movie • 1950
Plainclothesman
Invisible Agent
Movie • 1942
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Blind Alley
Movie • 1939
Nick
Strange Confession
Movie • 1945
Stevens
Arrowhead
Movie • 1953
Sandy MacKinnon
Phantom Lady
Movie • 1944
District Attorney (voice) (uncredited)
The Long Gray Line
Movie • 1955
Captain John J. Pershing
Reap the Wild Wind
Movie • 1942
Lieutenant Farragut
The Frozen Ghost
Movie • 1945
George Keene
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Movie • 1939
Krebs - 2d hurt worker
The Judge
Movie • 1949
Martin Strang
Danger Woman
Movie • 1946
Gerald King
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Movie • 1979
Self
Eyes in the Night
Movie • 1942
Detective Pete (Uncredited)
The Mad Ghoul
Movie • 1943
Sgt. Macklin
Captive Wild Woman
Movie • 1943
Fred Mason
The Fireball
Movie • 1950
Jeff Davis
The Atomic City
Movie • 1952
Insp. Harold Mann
The Big Guy
Movie • 1939
Publicity man (uncredited)
Rendezvous
Movie • 1935
Carter's Aide (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright
Movie • 1953
Horace K. Maydew
Framed
Movie • 1940
Mathew Mattison
The Private War of Major Benson
Movie • 1955
Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey
No Hands on the Clock
Movie • 1941
FBI Agent
Train to Alcatraz
Movie • 1948
Bart Kanin
Smooth as Silk
Movie • 1946
John Kimble (District Attorney)
Crashing Thru
Movie • 1939
Delos Harrington
Smoke Signal
Movie • 1955
Sergeant Miles
Sinners in Paradise
Movie • 1938
T.L. Honeyman
Mystery Plane
Movie • 1939
Skeeter Milligan
Heading for Heaven
Movie • 1947
Elwood Harding
She Gets Her Man
Movie • 1945
'Tommy Gun' Tucker
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Movie • 1945
Brad Taggart
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Movie • 1938
Burns
Swing Out, Sister
Movie • 1945
Tim Colby
Flying Leathernecks
Movie • 1951
Fleet CIC Radio Operator (uncredited)
Atlantic Flight
Movie • 1937
Henry Wadsworth Schultz
I'll Remember April
Movie • 1945
Willie Winchester
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Movie • 1946
Mr. Moore
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Movie • 1944
Jim Hudson
The Siege at Red River
Movie • 1954
Sgt. Benjamin 'Benjy' Guderman
The 13th Man
Movie • 1937
Jimmy Moran
Blazing Barriers
Movie • 1937
Joe Waters
Swing It Professor
Movie • 1937
Lou Morgan
Youth on Parole
Movie • 1937
Ratty
Weird Woman
Movie • 1944
The Scarlet Horseman
Movie • 1946
Narrator
The Master Key
Movie • 1945
Agent Tom Brant
The Wildcatter
Movie • 1937
Ed
You Can't Beat the Law
Movie • 1943
Frank Sanders
Port of Missing Girls
Movie • 1938
Jim Benton
Wives Under Suspicion
Movie • 1938
Kirk
The Savage
Movie • 1952
Cpl. Martin
Frisco Lil
Movie • 1942
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Movie • 1944
Gib Dickson
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Movie • 1944
Bill Eaton
The Green Promise
Movie • 1949
Rev. Benton
Jungle Woman
Movie • 1944
Fred Mason
Destroyer
Movie • 1943
Radioman (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie • 1939
Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
Danger Flight
Movie • 1939
Skeeter
Killer McCoy
Movie • 1947
Henchman (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Movie • 1937
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Cheers of the Crowd
Movie • 1935
Reporter (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
Movie • 1939
Newark Official (uncredited)
Tail Spin
Movie • 1939
Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
Blackwell's Island
Movie • 1939
Max (uncredited)
Stunt Pilot
Movie • 1939
'Skeeter' Milligan
Moon Over Las Vegas
Movie • 1944
Jim Bradley
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Movie • 1939
Joe Felton
Fighting Mad
Movie • 1939
Cardigan
Sky Patrol
Movie • 1939
Skeeter Milligan
Chasing Trouble
Movie • 1940
Pat Callahan
Death Valley Outlaws
Movie • 1941
Jeff
Enemy Bacteria
Movie • 1945
Doctor
The Great Train Robbery
Movie • 1941
Duke Logan
American Portrait
Movie • 1940
George
Behind Southern Lines
Movie • 1952
Wings Over Honolulu
Movie • 1937
Telephone Operator
Twilight on the Prairie
Movie • 1944
Gainsworth
Drango
Movie • 1957
Col. Bracken
Murder with Pictures
Movie • 1936
Operator (uncredited)
Society Smugglers
Movie • 1939
Peter Garfield
Federal Bullets
Movie • 1937
Tommy Thompson, Federal Agent
Johnny Apollo
Movie • 1940
Reporter (uncredited)
Killer Dill
Movie • 1947
Maboose
The Beautiful Cheat
Movie • 1945
Lucius Haven
Enemy Agent
Movie • 1940
Meeker
Get Going
Movie • 1943
Mr. Tuttle
Colorado
Movie • 1940
Don Burke - alias Capt. Donald Mason
Operation Pacific
Movie • 1951
Ground Control Officer (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Movie • 1943
Capt. Pat Vickery
A Doctor's Diary
Movie • 1937
Fred Clark
Lillian Russell
Movie • 1940
Jack - Reporter
Two in a Crowd
Movie • 1936
Kennedy (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
Movie • 1940
'Pooch' Davis
Sky Dragon
Movie • 1949
Pilot Tim Norton
The Phantom Cowboy
Movie • 1941
Stan Borden
Music for Madame
Movie • 1937
Detective (Uncredited)
Silent Witness
Movie • 1943
Racketeer Joe Manson
Give Us Wings
Movie • 1940
Tex Austin
Branded
Movie • 1950
Dawson
Snow Dog
Movie • 1950
Dr. F. J. McKenzie
Keep 'Em Slugging
Movie • 1943
Duke Redman
The Daltons Ride Again
Movie • 1945
Parker W. Graham
White Feather
Movie • 1955
Commissioner Trenton
King of the Turf
Movie • 1939
Taylor
Strange Conquest
Movie • 1946
Bert Morrow
Paroled from the Big House
Movie • 1938
Commissioner Downey
Corvette K-225
Movie • 1943
Canadian Captain
Buyer Beware
Movie • 1940
Fredericks (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1
Movie • 1940
Reporter
The Accusing Finger
Movie • 1936
Convict
Prices Unlimited
Movie • 1944
On Stage Everybody
Movie • 1945
Fitzgerald
Pacific Rendezvous
Movie • 1942
Hotel Desk Clerk
The Three Mesquiteers
Movie • 1936
John
Little Giant
Movie • 1946
Prof. Watkins (uncredited) (voice)
China Clipper
Movie • 1936
Radio Operator
Buck Privates Come Home
Movie • 1947
Announcer
Her Adventurous Night
Movie • 1946
Cop #1
The Great Plane Robbery
Movie • 1940
Krebber
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Movie • 1949
Abe Jones
Michigan Kid
Movie • 1947
Lanny Slade
The Racket
Movie • 1951
Member of Craig's Team (uncredited)
Gung Ho!
Movie • 1943
Cmdr. Blake
Rubber Racketeers
Movie • 1942
Angel
California Frontier
Movie • 1938
Mal Halstead
Tropic Fury
Movie • 1939
Thomas E. Snell
Little Miss Big
Movie • 1946
Father Lennergan
When Tomorrow Comes
Movie • 1939
Head Busboy (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Doc
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV • 1969
Self
Climax!
TV • 1954
Mr. Dale
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
Dragnet
TV • 1951
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV • 1973
Self