Milburn Stone
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: July 5, 1904
Day of Death: June 12, 1980 (76 years old)
Place of Birth: Burrton, Kansas, USA
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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Actor District Attorney Sutton
Inside Job
Actor Gerald King
Danger Woman
Actor John Kimble (District Attorney)
Smooth as Silk
Actor Mr. Moore
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Actor Narrator
The Scarlet Horseman
Actor Bert Morrow
Strange Conquest
Actor Prof. Watkins (uncredited) (voice)
Little Giant
Actor Cop #1
Her Adventurous Night
Actor Father Lennergan
Little Miss Big
1945
Actor Stevens
Strange Confession
Actor George Keene
The Frozen Ghost
Actor 'Tommy Gun' Tucker
She Gets Her Man
Actor Brad Taggart
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Actor Tim Colby
Swing Out, Sister
Actor Willie Winchester
I'll Remember April
Actor Agent Tom Brant
The Master Key
Actor Doctor
Enemy Bacteria
Actor Lucius Haven
The Beautiful Cheat
Actor Parker W. Graham
The Daltons Ride Again
Actor Fitzgerald
On Stage Everybody
1944
Actor District Attorney (voice) (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Actor Jim Hudson
The Great Alaskan Mystery
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Weird Woman
Actor Bill Eaton
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Actor Gib Dickson
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Actor Fred Mason
Jungle Woman
Actor Jim Bradley
Moon Over Las Vegas
Actor Gainsworth
Twilight on the Prairie
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Prices Unlimited
1943
Actor Sgt. Macklin
The Mad Ghoul
Actor Fred Mason
Captive Wild Woman
Actor Frank Sanders
You Can't Beat the Law
Actor Radioman (uncredited)
Destroyer
Actor Mr. Tuttle
Get Going
Actor Capt. Pat Vickery
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Actor Racketeer Joe Manson
Silent Witness
Actor Duke Redman
Keep 'Em Slugging
Actor Canadian Captain
Corvette K-225
Actor Cmdr. Blake
Gung Ho!
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Actor Mathew Mattison
Framed
Actor Pat Callahan
Chasing Trouble
Actor George
American Portrait
Actor Reporter (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
Actor Meeker
Enemy Agent
Actor Don Burke - alias Capt. Donald Mason
Colorado
Actor Jack - Reporter
Lillian Russell
Actor 'Pooch' Davis
An Angel from Texas
Actor Tex Austin
Give Us Wings
Actor Fredericks (uncredited)
Buyer Beware
Actor Reporter
Public Deb No. 1
Actor Krebber
The Great Plane Robbery
1939
Actor Nick
Blind Alley
Actor Krebs - 2d hurt worker
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Actor Publicity man (uncredited)
The Big Guy
Actor Delos Harrington
Crashing Thru
Actor Skeeter Milligan
Mystery Plane
Actor Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
Actor Skeeter
Danger Flight
Actor Newark Official (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
Actor Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
Tail Spin
Actor Max (uncredited)
Blackwell's Island
Actor 'Skeeter' Milligan
Stunt Pilot
Actor Joe Felton
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Actor Cardigan
Fighting Mad
Actor Skeeter Milligan
Sky Patrol
Actor Peter Garfield
Society Smugglers
Actor Taylor
King of the Turf
Actor Thomas E. Snell
Tropic Fury
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When Tomorrow Comes
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Actor Henry Wadsworth Schultz
Atlantic Flight
Actor Jimmy Moran
The 13th Man
Actor Joe Waters
Blazing Barriers
Actor Lou Morgan
Swing It Professor
Actor Ratty
Youth on Parole
Actor Ed
The Wildcatter
Actor Defense Attorney (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Actor Telephone Operator
Wings Over Honolulu
Actor Tommy Thompson, Federal Agent
Federal Bullets
Actor Fred Clark
A Doctor's Diary
Actor Detective (Uncredited)
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