Milburn Stone
Known for
Whatever else has changed around him, Milburn Stone has remained a working actor with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. 91 years of work add up to around 130 titles. The role of Detective Winoki in 'Pickup on South Street' is the one that keeps being brought up. Viewers may also know him from 'Gunsmoke'. He won the Emmy for 'Gunsmoke'.
Milburn Stone
128 Movies
2 Series
Whatever else has changed around him, Milburn Stone has remained a working actor with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. 91 years of work add up to around 130 titles. The role of Detective Winoki in 'Pickup on South Street' is the one that keeps being brought up. Viewers may also know him from 'Gunsmoke'. He won the Emmy for 'Gunsmoke'.
Movies
Plays Commissioner Trenton
White Feather
1955
Plays Army Capt. Roth
Invaders from Mars
1953
Plays Detective Winoki
Pickup on South Street
1953
Plays Captain John J. Pershing
The Long Gray Line
1955
Plays Cpl. Martin
The Savage
1952
Plays Thomas E. Snell
Tropic Fury
1939
Plays Lieutenant Farragut
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Plays Capt. Pat Vickery
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
Plays Sandy MacKinnon
Arrowhead
1953
Plays Plainclothesman
No Man of Her Own
1950
Plays Horace K. Maydew
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
Plays George Keene
The Frozen Ghost
1945
Plays Announcer
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
Plays Cmdr. Blake
Gung Ho!
1943
Plays Dawson
Branded
1950
Plays Father Slocum
Black Tuesday
1954
Plays Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey
The Private War of Major Benson
1955
Plays Abe Jones
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949
Plays Ray Egan
Roadblock
1951
Plays Elwood Harding
Heading for Heaven
1947
Plays Sergeant Miles
Smoke Signal
1955
Plays Kirk
Wives Under Suspicion
1938
Plays Duke Redman
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
Plays Fred Mason
Jungle Woman
1944
Plays Jack - Reporter
Lillian Russell
1940
Plays Convict
The Accusing Finger
1936
Plays Canadian Captain
Corvette K-225
1943
Plays Tex Austin
Give Us Wings
1940
Plays Radio Operator
China Clipper
1936
Plays Krebs - 2d hurt worker
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
Plays Sgt. Benjamin 'Benjy' Guderman
The Siege at Red River
1954
Plays Jeff Davis
The Fireball
1950
Plays Telephone Operator
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
Plays Skeeter
Danger Flight
1939
Plays Sgt. Macklin
The Mad Ghoul
1943
Plays Jimmy Moran
The 13th Man
1937
Plays Nick
Blind Alley
1939
Plays Peter Garfield
Society Smugglers
1939
Plays Col. Bracken
Drango
1957
Plays Reporter
Public Deb No. 1
1940
Plays Pilot Tim Norton
Sky Dragon
1949
Plays John Kimble (District Attorney)
Smooth as Silk
1946
Plays Duke Logan
The Great Train Robbery
1941
Plays Fred Mason
Captive Wild Woman
1943
Plays Mr. Moore
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946
Plays Brad Taggart
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
1945
Plays Ratty
Youth on Parole
1937
Plays Tim Colby
Swing Out, Sister
1945
Plays 'Pooch' Davis
An Angel from Texas
1940
Plays Burns
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
1938
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Climax!
Mr. Dale · 1 episode
1957–1958
TV
Drango
Col. Bracken
1957
Film
Gunsmoke
Doc · 635 episodes
1955–
TV
The Private War of Major Benson
Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey
1955
Film
Smoke Signal
Sergeant Miles
1955
Film
White Feather
Commissioner Trenton
1955
Film
The Long Gray Line
Captain John J. Pershing
1955
Film
Black Tuesday
Father Slocum
1954
Film
The Siege at Red River
Sgt. Benjamin 'Benjy' Guderman
1954
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Milburn Stone still alive?
Milburn Stone passed away on June 12, 1980 at age 75.
What are the most famous roles of Milburn Stone?
Milburn Stone is best known for roles in Pickup on South Street, Invaders from Mars, Young Mr. Lincoln.
How many movies has Milburn Stone been in?
Over a 45-year career (since 1935), Milburn Stone has appeared in 128 movies and 2 TV shows.
What was Milburn Stone's first movie?
The career of Milburn Stone began with Cheers of the Crowd (1935).
What is Milburn Stone's most recent movie or series?
Milburn Stone's most recent release is When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion, which premiered on June 5, 1979.
What TV shows has Milburn Stone appeared in?
On television, Milburn Stone has appeared in Gunsmoke, Dragnet, Climax!, The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.
Milburn Stone
1904-07-05 · Burrton, Kansas, USA
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.