Milburn Stone
1904-07-05 ( 120 years old ) in 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.

Movies

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When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion 1979-06-05
Drango 1957-01-01
The Private War of Major Benson 1955-08-02
Smoke Signal 1955-03-01
White Feather 1955-02-16
The Long Gray Line 1955-01-04
Black Tuesday 1954-12-31
The Siege at Red River 1954-05-01
Arrowhead 1953-08-03
Second Chance 1953-07-18
Pickup on South Street 1953-05-27
The Sun Shines Bright 1953-05-02
Invaders from Mars 1953-04-22
Behind Southern Lines 1952-11-02
The Savage 1952-09-01
The Atomic City 1952-05-01
The Racket 1951-10-25
Roadblock 1951-09-17
Flying Leathernecks 1951-08-28
Operation Pacific 1951-01-27
The Fireball 1950-11-09
Branded 1950-11-03
Snow Dog 1950-07-16
No Man of Her Own 1950-02-21
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass 1949-09-20
Sky Dragon 1949-04-27
The Green Promise 1949-03-22
The Judge 1949-01-31
Train to Alcatraz 1948-06-28
Heading for Heaven 1947-12-06
Killer McCoy 1947-12-01
Michigan Kid 1947-08-11
Killer Dill 1947-08-02
Buck Privates Come Home 1947-04-04
Danger Woman 1946-07-12
Inside Job 1946-06-14
Her Adventurous Night 1946-06-05
Strange Conquest 1946-04-01
The Spider Woman Strikes Back 1946-03-22
Little Giant 1946-02-22
Smooth as Silk 1946-02-01
The Scarlet Horseman 1946-01-22
Little Miss Big 1946-01-01
The Daltons Ride Again 1945-11-23
The Royal Mounted Rides Again 1945-10-23
Strange Confession 1945-10-05
The Beautiful Cheat 1945-07-20
On Stage Everybody 1945-07-13
The Frozen Ghost 1945-06-01
Swing Out, Sister 1945-05-18
The Master Key 1945-04-24
I'll Remember April 1945-04-01
Enemy Bacteria 1945-01-29
She Gets Her Man 1945-01-12
Jungle Woman 1944-06-01
Twilight on the Prairie 1944-04-30
The Great Alaskan Mystery 1944-04-25
Moon Over Las Vegas 1944-04-01
Hi, Good Lookin'! 1944-03-22
Hi, Good Lookin'! 1944-03-22
Prices Unlimited 1944-03-16
Weird Woman 1944-03-01
Phantom Lady 1944-01-28
Gung Ho! 1943-12-20
The Mad Ghoul 1943-11-12
Corvette K-225 1943-09-29
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943-09-17
Destroyer 1943-08-19
Get Going 1943-06-21
Captive Wild Woman 1943-06-04
Keep 'Em Slugging 1943-03-01
You Can't Beat the Law 1943-01-29
Silent Witness 1943-01-15
Eyes in the Night 1942-10-16
Invisible Agent 1942-08-07
Rubber Racketeers 1942-06-26
Pacific Rendezvous 1942-05-21
Reap the Wild Wind 1942-03-26
Frisco Lil 1942-03-13
No Hands on the Clock 1941-12-01
Death Valley Outlaws 1941-09-26
The Great Train Robbery 1941-02-28
The Phantom Cowboy 1941-02-14
Give Us Wings 1940-12-20
The Great Plane Robbery 1940-12-09
Colorado 1940-09-15
Public Deb No. 1 1940-09-13
Buyer Beware 1940-08-17
American Portrait 1940-07-31
Lillian Russell 1940-05-24
An Angel from Texas 1940-04-27
Johnny Apollo 1940-04-19
Enemy Agent 1940-04-18
Framed 1940-02-23
Chasing Trouble 1940-01-30
The Big Guy 1939-12-22
Charlie McCarthy, Detective 1939-12-22
Nick Carter, Master Detective 1939-12-13
Crashing Thru 1939-12-11
Fighting Mad 1939-11-05
Danger Flight 1939-11-01
Sky Patrol 1939-09-11
Tropic Fury 1939-09-01
When Tomorrow Comes 1939-08-11
Stunt Pilot 1939-06-30
Young Mr. Lincoln 1939-06-09
Blind Alley 1939-05-11
Mystery Plane 1939-03-08
Society Smugglers 1939-03-01
Tail Spin 1939-02-19
King of the Turf 1939-02-17
Made for Each Other 1939-02-10
Blackwell's Island 1939-01-24
California Frontier 1938-12-15
Paroled from the Big House 1938-07-29
Wives Under Suspicion 1938-06-03
Sinners in Paradise 1938-05-19
Port of Missing Girls 1938-02-24
Mr. Boggs Steps Out 1938-02-18
Federal Bullets 1937-10-29
Music for Madame 1937-10-08
Youth on Parole 1937-10-04
Atlantic Flight 1937-08-25
The 13th Man 1937-06-29
Blazing Barriers 1937-06-29
The Wildcatter 1937-06-06
Wings Over Honolulu 1937-05-16
They Gave Him a Gun 1937-05-07
Swing It Professor 1937-03-13
A Doctor's Diary 1937-02-16
The Accusing Finger 1936-11-17
Two in a Crowd 1936-10-03
Murder with Pictures 1936-09-24
The Three Mesquiteers 1936-09-22
China Clipper 1936-08-11
The Princess Comes Across 1936-05-22
Rendezvous 1935-10-25
Cheers of the Crowd 1935-08-05

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