Milburn Stone

Acting · 2.3 popularity

Age

122

Movies

139

Born: July 5, 1904 – June 12, 1980
From: 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.

Works

139 films

White Feather

19556.8

Invaders from Mars

19535.9

Young Mr. Lincoln

19397.2

Pickup on South Street

19537.4

The Racket

19516.3

The Long Gray Line

19557.0

Flying Leathernecks

19515.8

The Sun Shines Bright

19536.5

The Savage

19526.3

Operation Pacific

19516.1

Tropic Fury

19395.5

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

No Man of Her Own

19506.9

The Frozen Ghost

19456.4

Reap the Wild Wind

19426.4

Made for Each Other

19396.1

Arrowhead

19536.1

Black Tuesday

19546.2

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

19436.9

Phantom Lady

19447.0

Eyes in the Night

19426.1

The Princess Comes Across

19366.2

Gung Ho!

19435.4

Buck Privates Come Home

19476.4

Buyer Beware

19406.5

Heading for Heaven

19475.6

Invisible Agent

19425.8

Corvette K-225

19436.2

Two in a Crowd

19368.0

Police Bullets

19427.0

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

19496.1

Second Chance

19536.0

Wives Under Suspicion

19385.3

When Tomorrow Comes

19395.4

Lillian Russell

19406.7

Roadblock

19515.9

The Siege at Red River

19546.2

They Gave Him a Gun

19376.7

Little Giant

19465.3

The Private War of Major Benson

19556.7

Death Valley Outlaws

19419.0

Tail Spin

19396.3

Wings Over Honolulu

19376.4

The Accusing Finger

19365.8

Branded

19506.2

Smoke Signal

19556.9

Destroyer

19436.8

Rendezvous

19354.9

The Three Mesquiteers

19367.0

Jungle Woman

19445.2

Blind Alley

19396.0

Johnny Apollo

19406.8

The Man in Blue

193710.0

The Fireball

19506.0

Danger Woman

19468.0

Nick Carter, Master Detective

19396.0

China Clipper

19365.9

Society Smugglers

19396.2

Youth on Parole

19373.9

The 13th Man

19376.2

Danger Flight

19394.4

Prices Unlimited

194410.0

Blackwell's Island

19395.5

Snow Dog

19507.5

Inside Job

19465.9

King of the Turf

19397.0

Give Us Wings

19407.3

Drango

19575.6

An Angel from Texas

19405.3

The Phantom Cowboy

19418.0

Music for Madame

19376.3

No Hands on the Clock

19415.6

Weird Woman

19446.0

Get Going

19437.0

The Master Key

19458.0

Strange Confession

19456.9

The Spider Woman Strikes Back

19466.8

The Atomic City

19525.7

Captive Wild Woman

19435.3

Keep 'Em Slugging

19435.8

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

19457.2

A Doctor's Diary

19379.0

Her Adventurous Night

19466.7

Moon Over Las Vegas

194410.0

The Beautiful Cheat

19456.0

The Mad Ghoul

19436.0

The Big Guy

19398.0

Killer Dill

19477.3

Colorado

19406.4

I'll Remember April

19454.5

She Gets Her Man

19455.3

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

19398.0

Enemy Agent

19406.7

The Green Promise

19496.4

On Stage Everybody

19458.0

Train to Alcatraz

19487.7

Murder with Pictures

19365.4

The Great Plane Robbery

19409.0

The Judge

19495.5

Smooth as Silk

19465.0

Sky Patrol

19395.5

Silent Witness

19437.5

Sinners in Paradise

19385.4

Public Deb No. 1

19404.9

Mystery Plane

19397.2

Port of Missing Girls

19387.0

Killer McCoy

19476.3

Pacific Rendezvous

19427.5

Sky Dragon

19498.0

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

19385.3

Swing Out, Sister

19454.5

Michigan Kid

19478.0

Rubber Racketeers

19425.5

The Great Train Robbery

19418.3

Stunt Pilot

19396.0

The Daltons Ride Again

19455.0

Frisco Lil

19428.3

Chasing Trouble

19405.5

The Scarlet Horseman

194610.0

Strange Conquest

19468.0

Fighting Mad

19394.5

Cheers of the Crowd

19355.8

Enemy Bacteria

19458.0

Behind Southern Lines

19528.0

American Portrait

194010.0

The Wildcatter

19378.0

Federal Bullets

19378.0

Framed

19406.2

Little Miss Big

19467.0

Twilight on the Prairie

19448.0

Paroled from the Big House

19389.0

The Great Alaskan Mystery

19446.0

Hi, Good Lookin'!

19446.5

You Can't Beat the Law

19435.4

California Frontier

19389.0

Crashing Thru

19397.5

Blazing Barriers

193710.0

Atlantic Flight

19374.5

Swing It Professor

19378.0