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.
139 movies · 7 shows
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979·0.0
Drango
1957·5.6
The Private War of Major Benson
1955·6.7
Smoke Signal
1955·6.9
White Feather
1955·6.8
The Long Gray Line
1955·7.0
Black Tuesday
1954·6.2
The Siege at Red River
1954·6.2
Arrowhead
1953·6.1
Second Chance
1953·6.0
Pickup on South Street
1953·7.4
The Sun Shines Bright
1953·6.5
Invaders from Mars
1953·5.9
Behind Southern Lines
1952·8.0
The Savage
1952·6.3
The Atomic City
1952·5.7
The Racket
1951·6.3
Roadblock
1951·5.9
Flying Leathernecks
1951·5.8
Operation Pacific
1951·6.1
The Fireball
1950·6.0
Branded
1950·6.2
Snow Dog
1950·7.5
No Man of Her Own
1950·6.9
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949·6.1
Sky Dragon
1949·8.0
The Green Promise
1949·6.4
The Judge
1949·5.5
Train to Alcatraz
1948·7.7
Heading for Heaven
1947·5.6
Killer McCoy
1947·6.3
Michigan Kid
1947·8.0
Killer Dill
1947·7.3
Buck Privates Come Home
1947·6.4
Danger Woman
1946·8.0
Inside Job
1946·5.9
Her Adventurous Night
1946·6.7
Strange Conquest
1946·8.0
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946·6.8
Little Giant
1946·5.3
Smooth as Silk
1946·5.0
The Scarlet Horseman
1946·10.0
Little Miss Big
1946·7.0
The Daltons Ride Again
1945·5.0
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
1945·7.2
Strange Confession
1945·6.9
The Beautiful Cheat
1945·6.0
On Stage Everybody
1945·8.0
The Frozen Ghost
1945·6.4
Swing Out, Sister
1945·4.5
The Master Key
1945·8.0
I'll Remember April
1945·4.5
Enemy Bacteria
1945·8.0
She Gets Her Man
1945·5.3
Jungle Woman
1944·5.2
Twilight on the Prairie
1944·8.0
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944·6.0
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944·10.0
Hi, Good Lookin'!
1944·6.5
Prices Unlimited
1944·10.0
Weird Woman
1944·6.0
Phantom Lady
1944·7.0
Gung Ho!
1943·5.4
The Mad Ghoul
1943·6.0
Corvette K-225
1943·6.2
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943·6.9
Destroyer
1943·6.8
Get Going
1943·7.0
Captive Wild Woman
1943·5.3
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943·5.8
You Can't Beat the Law
1943·5.4
Silent Witness
1943·7.5
Eyes in the Night
1942·6.1
Police Bullets
1942·7.0
Invisible Agent
1942·5.8
Rubber Racketeers
1942·5.5
Pacific Rendezvous
1942·7.5
Reap the Wild Wind
1942·6.4
Frisco Lil
1942·8.3
No Hands on the Clock
1941·5.6
Death Valley Outlaws
1941·9.0
The Great Train Robbery
1941·8.3
The Phantom Cowboy
1941·8.0
Give Us Wings
1940·7.3
The Great Plane Robbery
1940·9.0
Colorado
1940·6.4
Public Deb No. 1
1940·4.9
Buyer Beware
1940·6.5
American Portrait
1940·10.0
Lillian Russell
1940·6.7
An Angel from Texas
1940·5.3
Johnny Apollo
1940·6.8
Enemy Agent
1940·6.7
Framed
1940·6.2
Chasing Trouble
1940·5.5
The Big Guy
1939·8.0
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939·8.0
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939·6.0
Crashing Thru
1939·7.5
Fighting Mad
1939·4.5
Danger Flight
1939·4.4
Sky Patrol
1939·5.5
Tropic Fury
1939·5.5
When Tomorrow Comes
1939·5.4
Stunt Pilot
1939·6.0
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939·7.2
Blind Alley
1939·6.0
Mystery Plane
1939·7.2
Society Smugglers
1939·6.2
Tail Spin
1939·6.3
King of the Turf
1939·7.0
Made for Each Other
1939·6.1
Blackwell's Island
1939·5.5
California Frontier
1938·9.0
Paroled from the Big House
1938·9.0
Wives Under Suspicion
1938·5.3
Sinners in Paradise
1938·5.4
Port of Missing Girls
1938·7.0
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
1938·5.3
Federal Bullets
1937·8.0
Music for Madame
1937·6.3
Youth on Parole
1937·3.9
Atlantic Flight
1937·4.5
The 13th Man
1937·6.2
Blazing Barriers
1937·10.0
The Wildcatter
1937·8.0
The Man in Blue
1937·10.0
Wings Over Honolulu
1937·6.4
They Gave Him a Gun
1937·6.7
Swing It Professor
1937·8.0
A Doctor's Diary
1937·9.0
The Accusing Finger
1936·5.8
Two in a Crowd
1936·8.0
Murder with Pictures
1936·5.4
The Three Mesquiteers
1936·7.0
China Clipper
1936·5.9
The Princess Comes Across
1936·6.3
Rendezvous
1935·4.9
Cheers of the Crowd
1935·5.8