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 | Hollywood Classic Special | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion | Self | 1979-06-05 |
Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | 1973-09-14 |
Series | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self | 1969-01-22 |
Movie | Drango | Col. Bracken | 1957-01-01 |
Movie | White Feather | Commissioner Trenton | 1955-02-16 |
Movie | Smoke Signal | Sergeant Miles | 1955-03-01 |
Movie | The Long Gray Line | John Pershing | 1955-01-04 |
Movie | The Private War of Major Benson | Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey | 1955-08-02 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Doc | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Siege at Red River | Sgt. Benjamin 'Benjy' Guderman | 1954-05-01 |
Series | Climax! | Mr. Dale | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | Black Tuesday | Father Slocum | 1954-12-31 |
Movie | Invaders from Mars | Army Capt. Roth | 1953-04-22 |
Movie | The Sun Shines Bright | Horace K. Maydew | 1953-05-02 |
Movie | Arrowhead | Sandy MacKinnon | 1953-08-03 |
Movie | Pickup on South Street | Detective Winoki | 1953-05-27 |
Movie | Second Chance | Edward Dawson (uncredited) | 1953-07-18 |
Movie | The Atomic City | Insp. Harold Mann | 1952-05-01 |
Movie | The Savage | Cpl. Martin | 1952-09-01 |
Movie | Behind Southern Lines | Unknown | 1952-11-02 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | Operation Pacific | Ground Control Officer (uncredited) | 1951-01-27 |
Series | Racket Squad | Unknown | 1951-06-07 |
Movie | Flying Leathernecks | Fleet CIC Radio Operator (uncredited) | 1951-08-28 |
Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |
Movie | The Racket | Member of Craig's Team (uncredited) | 1951-10-25 |
Movie | Roadblock | Ray Egan | 1951-09-17 |
Movie | No Man of Her Own | Plainclothesman | 1950-02-21 |
Movie | Snow Dog | Dr. F. J. McKenzie | 1950-07-16 |
Movie | Branded | Dawson | 1950-11-03 |
Movie | The Fireball | Jeff Davis | 1950-11-09 |
Movie | The Judge | Martin Strang | 1949-01-31 |
Movie | The Green Promise | Rev. Benton | 1949-03-22 |
Movie | Sky Dragon | Pilot Tim Norton | 1949-04-27 |
Movie | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass | Abe Jones | 1949-09-20 |
Movie | Train to Alcatraz | Bart Kanin | 1948-06-28 |
Movie | Buck Privates Come Home | Announcer | 1947-04-04 |
Movie | Killer Dill | Maboose | 1947-08-02 |
Movie | Heading for Heaven | Elwood Harding | 1947-12-06 |
Movie | Killer McCoy | Henchman (uncredited) | 1947-12-01 |
Movie | Michigan Kid | Lanny Slade | 1947-08-11 |
Movie | Smooth as Silk | John Kimble | 1946-02-01 |
Movie | The Scarlet Horseman | Narrator | 1946-01-22 |
Movie | Little Miss Big | Father Lennergan | 1946-01-01 |
Movie | The Spider Woman Strikes Back | Mr. Moore | 1946-03-22 |
Movie | Little Giant | Prof. Watkins (uncredited) (voice) | 1946-02-22 |
Movie | Danger Woman | Gerald King | 1946-07-12 |
Movie | Inside Job | District Attorney Sutton | 1946-06-14 |
Movie | Her Adventurous Night | Cop #1 | 1946-06-05 |
Movie | Strange Conquest | Bert Morrow | 1946-04-01 |
Movie | The Master Key | Agent Tom Brant | 1945-04-24 |
Movie | I'll Remember April | Willie Winchester | 1945-04-01 |
Movie | She Gets Her Man | 'Tommy Gun' Tucker | 1945-01-12 |
Movie | The Frozen Ghost | George Keene | 1945-06-01 |
Movie | Enemy Bacteria | Doctor | 1945-01-29 |
Movie | Swing Out, Sister | Tim Colby | 1945-05-18 |
Movie | On Stage Everybody | Fitzgerald | 1945-07-13 |
Movie | The Royal Mounted Rides Again | Brad Taggart | 1945-10-23 |
Movie | The Daltons Ride Again | Parker W. Graham | 1945-11-23 |
Movie | Strange Confession | Stevens | 1945-10-05 |
Movie | The Beautiful Cheat | Lucius Haven | 1945-07-20 |
Movie | Prices Unlimited | Unknown | 1944-03-16 |
Movie | Phantom Lady | District Attorney (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-01-28 |
Movie | Hi, Good Lookin'! | Gib Dickson | 1944-03-22 |
Movie | Weird Woman | 1944-03-01 | |
Movie | Moon Over Las Vegas | Jim Bradley | 1944-04-01 |
Movie | The Great Alaskan Mystery | Jim Hudson | 1944-04-25 |
Movie | Jungle Woman | Fred Mason | 1944-06-01 |
Movie | Twilight on the Prairie | Gainsworth | 1944-04-30 |
Movie | Captive Wild Woman | Fred Mason | 1943-06-04 |
Movie | Keep 'Em Slugging | Duke Redman | 1943-03-01 |
Movie | Silent Witness | Racketeer Joe Manson | 1943-01-15 |
Movie | You Can't Beat the Law | Frank Sanders | 1943-01-29 |
Movie | Get Going | Mr. Tuttle | 1943-06-21 |
Movie | Corvette K-225 | Canadian Captain | 1943-09-29 |
Movie | Destroyer | Radioman (uncredited) | 1943-08-19 |
Movie | Gung Ho! | Cmdr. Blake | 1943-12-20 |
Movie | The Mad Ghoul | Sgt. Macklin | 1943-11-12 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Capt. Pat Vickery | 1943-09-17 |
Movie | Reap the Wild Wind | Lieutenant Farragut | 1942-03-26 |
Movie | Pacific Rendezvous | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1942-05-21 |
Movie | Frisco Lil | 1942-03-13 | |
Movie | Rubber Racketeers | Angel | 1942-06-26 |
Movie | Eyes in the Night | Detective Pete (Uncredited) | 1942-10-16 |
Movie | Invisible Agent | German Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-08-07 |
Movie | The Great Train Robbery | Duke Logan | 1941-02-28 |
Movie | The Phantom Cowboy | Stan Borden | 1941-02-14 |
Movie | Death Valley Outlaws | Jeff | 1941-09-26 |
Movie | No Hands on the Clock | FBI Agent | 1941-12-01 |
Movie | Johnny Apollo | Reporter (uncredited) | 1940-04-19 |
Movie | An Angel from Texas | 'Pooch' Davis | 1940-04-27 |
Movie | Enemy Agent | Meeker | 1940-04-18 |
Movie | Chasing Trouble | Pat Callahan | 1940-01-30 |
Movie | Lillian Russell | Jack - Reporter | 1940-05-24 |
Movie | Framed | Mathew Mattison | 1940-02-23 |
Movie | Public Deb No. 1 | Reporter | 1940-09-13 |
Movie | American Portrait | George | 1940-07-31 |
Movie | Colorado | Don Burke - alias Capt. Donald Mason | 1940-09-15 |
Movie | The Great Plane Robbery | Krebber | 1940-12-09 |
Movie | Buyer Beware | Fredericks (uncredited) | 1940-08-17 |
Movie | Give Us Wings | Tex Austin | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | Mystery Plane | Skeeter Milligan | 1939-03-08 |
Movie | Blind Alley | Nick | 1939-05-11 |
Movie | Young Mr. Lincoln | Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited) | 1939-06-09 |
Movie | Society Smugglers | Peter Garfield | 1939-03-01 |
Movie | Made for Each Other | Newark Official (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | Stunt Pilot | 'Skeeter' Milligan | 1939-06-30 |
Movie | Blackwell's Island | Max (uncredited) | 1939-01-24 |
Movie | King of the Turf | Taylor | 1939-02-17 |
Movie | Tail Spin | Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited) | 1939-02-19 |
Movie | When Tomorrow Comes | 1939-08-11 | |
Movie | The Big Guy | Publicity man (uncredited) | 1939-12-22 |
Movie | Charlie McCarthy, Detective | Joe Felton | 1939-12-22 |
Movie | Tropic Fury | Thomas E. Snell (as Milburne Stone) | 1939-09-01 |
Movie | Crashing Thru | Delos Harrington | 1939-12-11 |
Movie | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Krebs - 2d hurt worker | 1939-12-13 |
Movie | Sky Patrol | Skeeter Milligan | 1939-09-11 |
Movie | Danger Flight | Skeeter | 1939-11-01 |
Movie | Fighting Mad | Cardigan | 1939-11-05 |
Movie | Port of Missing Girls | Jim Benton | 1938-02-24 |
Movie | Mr. Boggs Steps Out | Burns | 1938-02-18 |
Movie | Sinners in Paradise | T.L. Honeyman | 1938-05-19 |
Movie | Paroled from the Big House | Commissioner Downey | 1938-07-29 |
Movie | California Frontier | Mal Halstead | 1938-12-15 |
Movie | Wives Under Suspicion | Kirk | 1938-06-03 |
Movie | Wings Over Honolulu | Telephone Operator | 1937-05-16 |
Movie | They Gave Him a Gun | Defense Attorney (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
Movie | Swing It Professor | Lou Morgan | 1937-03-13 |
Movie | The Wildcatter | Ed | 1937-06-06 |
Movie | A Doctor's Diary | Fred Clark | 1937-02-16 |
Movie | Youth on Parole | Ratty | 1937-10-04 |
Movie | Blazing Barriers | Joe Waters | 1937-06-29 |
Movie | Federal Bullets | Tommy Thompson, Federal Agent | 1937-10-29 |
Movie | Music for Madame | Detective (Uncredited) | 1937-10-08 |
Movie | The 13th Man | Jimmy Moran | 1937-06-29 |
Movie | Atlantic Flight | Henry Wadsworth Schultz | 1937-08-25 |
Movie | China Clipper | Radio Operator | 1936-08-11 |
Movie | The Princess Comes Across | American Reporter (uncredited) | 1936-05-22 |
Movie | The Three Mesquiteers | John | 1936-09-22 |
Movie | Two in a Crowd | Kennedy (uncredited) | 1936-10-03 |
Movie | Murder with Pictures | Operator (uncredited) | 1936-09-24 |
Movie | The Accusing Finger | Convict | 1936-11-17 |
Movie | Cheers of the Crowd | Reporter (uncredited) | 1935-08-05 |
Movie | Rendezvous | Carter's Aide (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |