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