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Milburn Stone
Born · July 5, 1904
Died · June 12, 1980 (75 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Burrton, Kansas, USA
Bio
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.
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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
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1973
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
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1969
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
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1957
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1955
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1955
Smoke Signal
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1955
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1955
Black Tuesday
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1954
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1954
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1953
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1953
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1953
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1953
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1953
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1952
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6.1
1952
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5.2
1952
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6.4
1951
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6.3
1951
Roadblock
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5.8
1951
Flying Leathernecks
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1951
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1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
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1951
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1951
The Fireball
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1950
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1950
Snow Dog
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1950
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6.9
1950
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5.7
1949
Sky Dragon
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7.7
1949
The Green Promise
Rev. Benton
6.6
1949
The Judge
Martin Strang
5.7
1949
Train to Alcatraz
Bart Kanin
6.0
1948
Heading for Heaven
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4.9
1947
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6.0
1947
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Lanny Slade
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1947
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5.0
1947
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6.3
1947
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0.0
1946
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5.6
1946
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7.0
1946
Strange Conquest
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1946
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6.5
1946
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5.3
1946
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4.9
1946
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0.0
1946
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6.0
1946
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3.0
1945
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
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5.8
1945
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6.8
1945
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1945
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1945
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6.3
1945
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1945
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1945
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1945
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1945
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3.7
1945
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4.9
1944
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1944
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1944
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1944
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5.7
1944
Hi, Good Lookin'!
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5.7
1944
Prices Unlimited
0.0
1944
Weird Woman
6.0
1944
Phantom Lady
District Attorney (voice) (uncredited)
7.0
1944
Gung Ho!
Cmdr. Blake
5.3
1943
The Mad Ghoul
Sgt. Macklin
6.0
1943
Corvette K-225
Canadian Captain
6.2
1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Capt. Pat Vickery
6.8
1943
Destroyer
Radioman (uncredited)
6.6
1943
Get Going
Mr. Tuttle
0.0
1943
Captive Wild Woman
Fred Mason
5.2
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
Duke Redman
5.5
1943
You Can't Beat the Law
Frank Sanders
5.2
1943
Silent Witness
Racketeer Joe Manson
6.0
1943
Eyes in the Night
Detective Pete (Uncredited)
6.1
1942
Invisible Agent
German Sergeant (uncredited)
5.8
1942
Rubber Racketeers
Angel
4.3
1942
Pacific Rendezvous
Hotel Desk Clerk
6.0
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Lieutenant Farragut
6.4
1942
Frisco Lil
8.0
1942
No Hands on the Clock
FBI Agent
4.9
1941
Death Valley Outlaws
Jeff
0.0
1941
The Great Train Robbery
Duke Logan
7.5
1941
The Phantom Cowboy
Stan Borden
6.0
1941
Give Us Wings
Tex Austin
6.0
1940
The Great Plane Robbery
Krebber
0.0
1940
Colorado
Don Burke - alias Capt. Donald Mason
5.5
1940
Public Deb No. 1
Reporter
4.2
1940
Buyer Beware
Fredericks (uncredited)
6.0
1940
American Portrait
George
0.0
1940
Lillian Russell
Jack - Reporter
6.1
1940
An Angel from Texas
'Pooch' Davis
4.8
1940
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Reporter (uncredited)
6.8
1940
Enemy Agent
Meeker
5.5
1940
Framed
Mathew Mattison
5.8
1940
Chasing Trouble
Pat Callahan
5.0
1940
The Big Guy
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0.0
1939
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Joe Felton
6.0
1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Krebs - 2d hurt worker
5.7
1939
Crashing Thru
Delos Harrington
6.0
1939
Fighting Mad
Cardigan
4.0
1939
Danger Flight
Skeeter
3.7
1939
Sky Patrol
Skeeter Milligan
4.0
1939
Tropic Fury
Thomas E. Snell
0.0
1939
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5.3
1939
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'Skeeter' Milligan
0.0
1939
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Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
7.2
1939
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5.7
1939
Mystery Plane
Skeeter Milligan
9.5
1939
Society Smugglers
Peter Garfield
5.7
1939
Tail Spin
Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
5.8
1939
King of the Turf
Taylor
7.0
1939
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6.2
1939
Blackwell's Island
Max (uncredited)
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1939
California Frontier
Mal Halstead
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1938
Paroled from the Big House
Commissioner Downey
0.0
1938
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5.4
1938
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5.3
1938
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Jim Benton
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1938
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5.5
1938
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1937
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1937
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3.2
1937
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4.0
1937
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1937
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0.0
1937
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1937
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5.3
1937
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6.2
1937
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1937
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1937
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4.7
1936
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1936
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5.1
1936
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5.0
1936
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5.6
1936
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6.1
1936
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Carter's Aide (uncredited)
4.8
1935
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Reporter (uncredited)
5.5
1935