Milburn Stone
| Milburn Stone | |
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As Doc Adams in Gunsmoke, 1959.
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| Born |
Hugh Milburn Stone July 5, 1904 Burrton, Harvey County Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | June 12, 1980 (aged 75) La Jolla, San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | El Camino Memorial Park in Sorrento Valley, California |
| Alma mater | Burtton, Kansas, High School |
| Occupation | Actor: "Doc Adams" on Gunsmoke |
| Years active | 1935–1975 |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Morrison Stone (1925–1937, her death) Jane Garrison Stone (1939–1940, divorced) (remarried 1946–1980, his death) |
| Children | From first marriage: Shirley Stone Gleason |
| Relatives |
Fred Stone (uncle) Madge Blake (niece) |
| Awards |
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6801 Hollywood Boulevard |
Hugh Milburn Stone, sometimes known as Milly Stone (July 5, 1904 – June 12, 1980), was an American film and television actor best known as "Doc" (Dr. Galen Adams) on the CBS western series Gunsmoke.
Stone was born in Burrton in Harvey County near Hutchinson in central 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 uncle (Stone's brother, Joe Stone, says cousin),Fred Stone, was a versatile actor who appeared on Broadway and in circuses.
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's 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 1944, he portrayed a Ration Board representative in the Universal-produced public service film Prices Unlimited for the U.S. Office of Price Administration and the Office of War Information. One of his film roles was a radio columnist in the Gloria Jean-Kirby Grant musical I'll Remember April. He made such an impression in this film that Universal Studios gave him a starring role (and a similar characterization) in the 1945 serial, The Master Key. He was featured in an Inner Sanctum murder mystery of 1945, The Frozen Ghost.
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