Acting
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.
Filmography
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Film · 1979
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Series · 1973
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Series · 1969
Drango
Film · 1957
The Long Gray Line
Film · 1955
The Private War of Major Benson
Film · 1955
Smoke Signal
Film · 1955
White Feather
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Black Tuesday
Film · 1954
The Siege at Red River
Film · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Invaders from Mars
Film · 1953
Second Chance
Film · 1953
Pickup on South Street
Film · 1953
Arrowhead
Film · 1953
The Sun Shines Bright
Film · 1953
The Atomic City
Film · 1952
The Savage
Film · 1952
Behind Southern Lines
Film · 1952
Roadblock
Film · 1951
Flying Leathernecks
Film · 1951
Operation Pacific
Film · 1951
The Racket
Film · 1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Series · 1951
Racket Squad
Series · 1951
Dragnet
Series · 1951
No Man of Her Own
Film · 1950
The Fireball
Film · 1950
Branded
Film · 1950
Snow Dog
Film · 1950
The Judge
Film · 1949
The Green Promise
Film · 1949
Sky Dragon
Film · 1949
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Film · 1949
Train to Alcatraz
Film · 1948
Heading for Heaven
Film · 1947
Killer McCoy
Film · 1947
Killer Dill
Film · 1947
Buck Privates Come Home
Film · 1947
Michigan Kid
Film · 1947
Inside Job
Film · 1946
Danger Woman
Film · 1946
Smooth as Silk
Film · 1946
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Film · 1946
The Scarlet Horseman
Film · 1946
Strange Conquest
Film · 1946
Little Giant
Film · 1946
Her Adventurous Night
Film · 1946
Little Miss Big
Film · 1946
Strange Confession
Film · 1945
The Frozen Ghost
Film · 1945
She Gets Her Man
Film · 1945
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Film · 1945
Swing Out, Sister
Film · 1945
I'll Remember April
Film · 1945
The Master Key
Film · 1945
Enemy Bacteria
Film · 1945
The Beautiful Cheat
Film · 1945
The Daltons Ride Again
Film · 1945
On Stage Everybody
Film · 1945
Phantom Lady
Film · 1944
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Film · 1944
Weird Woman
Film · 1944
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Film · 1944
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Film · 1944
Jungle Woman
Film · 1944
Moon Over Las Vegas
Film · 1944
Twilight on the Prairie
Film · 1944
Prices Unlimited
Film · 1944
The Mad Ghoul
Film · 1943
Captive Wild Woman
Film · 1943
You Can't Beat the Law
Film · 1943
Destroyer
Film · 1943
Get Going
Film · 1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Film · 1943
Silent Witness
Film · 1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
Film · 1943
Corvette K-225
Film · 1943
Gung Ho!
Film · 1943
Invisible Agent
Film · 1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Film · 1942
Eyes in the Night
Film · 1942
Frisco Lil
Film · 1942
Pacific Rendezvous
Film · 1942
Rubber Racketeers
Film · 1942
Police Bullets
Film · 1942
No Hands on the Clock
Film · 1941
Death Valley Outlaws
Film · 1941
The Great Train Robbery
Film · 1941
The Phantom Cowboy
Film · 1941
Framed
Film · 1940
Chasing Trouble
Film · 1940
American Portrait
Film · 1940
Johnny Apollo
Film · 1940
Enemy Agent
Film · 1940
Colorado
Film · 1940
Lillian Russell
Film · 1940
An Angel from Texas
Film · 1940
Give Us Wings
Film · 1940
Buyer Beware
Film · 1940
Public Deb No. 1
Film · 1940
The Great Plane Robbery
Film · 1940
Blind Alley
Film · 1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Film · 1939
The Big Guy
Film · 1939
Crashing Thru
Film · 1939
Mystery Plane
Film · 1939
Young Mr. Lincoln
Film · 1939
Danger Flight
Film · 1939
Made for Each Other
Film · 1939
Tail Spin
Film · 1939
Blackwell's Island
Film · 1939
Stunt Pilot
Film · 1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Film · 1939
Fighting Mad
Film · 1939
Sky Patrol
Film · 1939
Society Smugglers
Film · 1939
King of the Turf
Film · 1939
Tropic Fury
Film · 1939
When Tomorrow Comes
Film · 1939
Sinners in Paradise
Film · 1938
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Film · 1938
Port of Missing Girls
Film · 1938
Wives Under Suspicion
Film · 1938
Paroled from the Big House
Film · 1938
California Frontier
Film · 1938
Atlantic Flight
Film · 1937
The 13th Man
Film · 1937
Blazing Barriers
Film · 1937
Swing It Professor
Film · 1937
Youth on Parole
Film · 1937
The Wildcatter
Film · 1937
They Gave Him a Gun
Film · 1937
Wings Over Honolulu
Film · 1937
Federal Bullets
Film · 1937
A Doctor's Diary
Film · 1937
Music for Madame
Film · 1937
The Man in Blue
Film · 1937
The Princess Comes Across
Film · 1936
Murder with Pictures
Film · 1936
Two in a Crowd
Film · 1936
The Accusing Finger
Film · 1936
The Three Mesquiteers
Film · 1936
China Clipper
Film · 1936
Banjo on My Knee
Film · 1936
Rendezvous
Film · 1935
Cheers of the Crowd
Film · 1935