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Milburn Stone‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Milburn Stone

Burrton, Kansas, USA

Milburn Stone

Burrton, Kansas, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1904-07-05

Popularity

star10.3

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.

Movie Credits

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars‌
star5.9
calendar 1953

Second Chance

Second Chance‌
star5.9
calendar 1953

The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across‌
star6.1
calendar 1936

Inside Job

Inside Job‌
star5.6
calendar 1946

Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday‌
star5.9
calendar 1954

Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street‌
star7.4
calendar 1953

Roadblock

Roadblock‌
star5.8
calendar 1951

No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own‌
star6.9
calendar 1950

Invisible Agent

Invisible Agent‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

Blind Alley

Blind Alley‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

Strange Confession

Strange Confession‌
star6.8
calendar 1945

Arrowhead

Arrowhead‌
star5.9
calendar 1953

Phantom Lady

Phantom Lady‌
star7.0
calendar 1944

The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line‌
star6.9
calendar 1955

Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind‌
star6.4
calendar 1942

The Frozen Ghost

The Frozen Ghost‌
star6.2
calendar 1945

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nick Carter, Master Detective‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

The Judge

The Judge‌
star5.8
calendar 1949

Danger Woman

Danger Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Eyes in the Night

Eyes in the Night‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

The Mad Ghoul

The Mad Ghoul‌
star6.1
calendar 1943

Captive Wild Woman

Captive Wild Woman‌
star5.2
calendar 1943

The Fireball

The Fireball‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

The Atomic City

The Atomic City‌
star5.2
calendar 1952

The Big Guy

The Big Guy‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Rendezvous

Rendezvous‌
star4.8
calendar 1935

The Sun Shines Bright

The Sun Shines Bright‌
star6.4
calendar 1953

Framed

Framed‌
star5.8
calendar 1940

The Private War of Major Benson

The Private War of Major Benson‌
star6.7
calendar 1955

No Hands on the Clock

No Hands on the Clock‌
star4.9
calendar 1941

Train to Alcatraz

Train to Alcatraz‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Hollywood Classic Special

Hollywood Classic Special‌
star0.0
calendar

Smooth as Silk

Smooth as Silk‌
star4.8
calendar 1946

Crashing Thru

Crashing Thru‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Smoke Signal

Smoke Signal‌
star6.7
calendar 1955

Sinners in Paradise

Sinners in Paradise‌
star5.4
calendar 1938

Mystery Plane

Mystery Plane‌
star9.5
calendar 1939

Heading for Heaven

Heading for Heaven‌
star5.1
calendar 1947

She Gets Her Man

She Gets Her Man‌
star3.7
calendar 1945

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

The Royal Mounted Rides Again‌
star5.8
calendar 1945

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

Mr. Boggs Steps Out‌
star5.5
calendar 1938

Swing Out, Sister

Swing Out, Sister‌
star4.0
calendar 1945

Atlantic Flight

Atlantic Flight‌
star4.0
calendar 1937

Flying Leathernecks

Flying Leathernecks‌
star5.9
calendar 1951

I'll Remember April

I'll Remember April‌
star4.0
calendar 1945

The Great Alaskan Mystery

The Great Alaskan Mystery‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

The Spider Woman Strikes Back

The Spider Woman Strikes Back‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

The Siege at Red River

The Siege at Red River‌
star5.9
calendar 1954

The 13th Man

The 13th Man‌
star5.5
calendar 1937

Blazing Barriers

Blazing Barriers‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Swing It Professor

Swing It Professor‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Youth on Parole

Youth on Parole‌
star2.7
calendar 1937

Weird Woman

Weird Woman‌
star6.1
calendar 1944

The Scarlet Horseman

The Scarlet Horseman‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

The Master Key

The Master Key‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

The Wildcatter

The Wildcatter‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

You Can't Beat the Law

You Can't Beat the Law‌
star5.2
calendar 1943

Port of Missing Girls

Port of Missing Girls‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Wives Under Suspicion

Wives Under Suspicion‌
star5.4
calendar 1938

The Savage

The Savage‌
star6.1
calendar 1952

Frisco Lil

Frisco Lil‌
star8.0
calendar 1942

Hi, Good Lookin'!

Hi, Good Lookin'!‌
star5.7
calendar 1944

Hi, Good Lookin'!

Hi, Good Lookin'!‌
star5.7
calendar 1944

The Green Promise

The Green Promise‌
star6.6
calendar 1949

Jungle Woman

Jungle Woman‌
star4.9
calendar 1944

Destroyer

Destroyer‌
star6.6
calendar 1943

Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln‌
star7.2
calendar 1939

Danger Flight

Danger Flight‌
star3.7
calendar 1939

Killer McCoy

Killer McCoy‌
star6.0
calendar 1947

They Gave Him a Gun

They Gave Him a Gun‌
star6.2
calendar 1937

Cheers of the Crowd

Cheers of the Crowd‌
star5.5
calendar 1935

Made for Each Other

Made for Each Other‌
star6.2
calendar 1939

Tail Spin

Tail Spin‌
star5.8
calendar 1939

Blackwell's Island

Blackwell's Island‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

Stunt Pilot

Stunt Pilot‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Moon Over Las Vegas

Moon Over Las Vegas‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

Charlie McCarthy, Detective‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Fighting Mad

Fighting Mad‌
star4.0
calendar 1939

Sky Patrol

Sky Patrol‌
star4.0
calendar 1939

Chasing Trouble

Chasing Trouble‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

Death Valley Outlaws

Death Valley Outlaws‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Enemy Bacteria

Enemy Bacteria‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery‌
star7.5
calendar 1941

American Portrait

American Portrait‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Behind Southern Lines

Behind Southern Lines‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Wings Over Honolulu

Wings Over Honolulu‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Twilight on the Prairie

Twilight on the Prairie‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Drango

Drango‌
star5.4
calendar 1957

Murder with Pictures

Murder with Pictures‌
star5.1
calendar 1936

Society Smugglers

Society Smugglers‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

Federal Bullets

Federal Bullets‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Johnny Apollo

Johnny Apollo‌
star6.7
calendar 1940

Killer Dill

Killer Dill‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

The Beautiful Cheat

The Beautiful Cheat‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Enemy Agent

Enemy Agent‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

Get Going

Get Going‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Colorado

Colorado‌
star5.7
calendar 1940

Operation Pacific

Operation Pacific‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death‌
star6.9
calendar 1943

A Doctor's Diary

A Doctor's Diary‌
star10.0
calendar 1937

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell‌
star6.1
calendar 1940

Two in a Crowd

Two in a Crowd‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

An Angel from Texas

An Angel from Texas‌
star4.8
calendar 1940

Sky Dragon

Sky Dragon‌
star7.7
calendar 1949

The Phantom Cowboy

The Phantom Cowboy‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

Music for Madame

Music for Madame‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Silent Witness

Silent Witness‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Give Us Wings

Give Us Wings‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Branded

Branded‌
star5.7
calendar 1950

Snow Dog

Snow Dog‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

Keep 'Em Slugging

Keep 'Em Slugging‌
star5.5
calendar 1943

The Daltons Ride Again

The Daltons Ride Again‌
star3.0
calendar 1945

White Feather

White Feather‌
star6.6
calendar 1955

King of the Turf

King of the Turf‌
star7.0
calendar 1939

Strange Conquest

Strange Conquest‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Paroled from the Big House

Paroled from the Big House‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Corvette K-225

Corvette K-225‌
star6.2
calendar 1943

Buyer Beware

Buyer Beware‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Public Deb No. 1

Public Deb No. 1‌
star4.2
calendar 1940

The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger‌
star4.7
calendar 1936

Prices Unlimited

Prices Unlimited‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

On Stage Everybody

On Stage Everybody‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Pacific Rendezvous

Pacific Rendezvous‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

The Three Mesquiteers

The Three Mesquiteers‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Little Giant

Little Giant‌
star5.3
calendar 1946

China Clipper

China Clipper‌
star5.6
calendar 1936

Buck Privates Come Home

Buck Privates Come Home‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

Her Adventurous Night

Her Adventurous Night‌
star7.0
calendar 1946

The Great Plane Robbery

The Great Plane Robbery‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass‌
star5.6
calendar 1949

Michigan Kid

Michigan Kid‌
star6.0
calendar 1947

The Racket

The Racket‌
star6.3
calendar 1951

Gung Ho!

Gung Ho!‌
star5.3
calendar 1943

Rubber Racketeers

Rubber Racketeers‌
star4.3
calendar 1942

California Frontier

California Frontier‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Tropic Fury

Tropic Fury‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Little Miss Big

Little Miss Big‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

Tv Credits

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok‌
star4.5
calendar 1951

Racket Squad

Racket Squad‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Dragnet

Dragnet‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts‌
star5.3
calendar 1973