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Milburn Stone, Milburn Stone (July 5, 1904 – June 12, 1980) was an American television actor, a nephew of Broadway comedian Fred Stone and the son of a shopkeeper, best known for his role as Doc (Dr. Galen Adams) on the CBS western series Gunsmoke.Stone was born in Burrton in Harvey County in central Kansas. He began his screen career in the 1930s, having been featured in Monogram Pictures series of Tailspin Tommy adventures. In 1940, he appeared with Marjorie Reynolds, Tristram Coffin, and I. Stanford Jolley in the comedy espionage film Chasing Trouble. Stone was signed by Universal Pictures in 1943 and became a familiar face in its features and serials. One of his film roles was a radio columnist in the Gloria Jean-Kirby Grant musical Ill Remember April. He made such an impression in this film that Universal gave him a starring role (and a similar characterization) in the 1945 serial The Master Key.One of CBS Radios hit series, the western Gunsmoke, was adapted for television in 1955 and recast with experienced screen actors. Howard McNear, radios Doc Adams, was replaced by Milburn Stone, who gave the role a harder edge consistent with his screen portrayals. He stayed with Gunsmoke through its entire run and was often shown sparring in a friendly manner with costars Dennis Weaver and Ken Curtis, who played, respectively, Chester Goode and deputy Festus Haggen. His other co-stars were James Arness, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds, Glenn Strange, Buck Taylor and Roger Ewing.A painting of the Doc Adams character was commissioned from Gary Hawk, a painter from Stones home state of Kansas. When then-President Ronald Reagan, a friend of Milburn Stone, heard about the painting, Gary Hawk was invited to the Oval Office to present the artwork to the President. Stone lived to see Reagan emerge as the likely Republican nominee for President in 1980 but not to witness Reagans election.For his contribution to the television industry, Milburn Stone has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. He died of a heart attack in La Jolla, California. In 1981, he was inducted posthumously into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.After his death he left a legacy for the Performing Arts in Cecil County, MD by way of the Milburn Stone Theater on the Cecil College campus in North East, MD.[edit] MiscellaneousThe Gunsmoke cast affectionately called Milburn Stone (Doc) Millie. He did not like the name.[edit] References^ The Gunsmoke cast affectionately called Milburn Stone Millie, GunsmokeNet.com[edit] External linksBiography portalMilburn Stone at the Internet Movie DatabaseMilburn Stone at Find a Gravev · d · ePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Drama SeriesDennis Weaver (1959) · Roddy McDowall (1961) · Albert Paulsen (1964) · James Daly (1966) · Eli Wallach (1967) · Milburn Stone (1968) · James Brolin (1970) · David Burns (1971) · Jack Warden (1972) · Scott Jacoby (1973) · Michael Moriarty (1974) · Will Geer (1975)Complete list: (1959–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–present)PersondataNameStone, MilburnAlternative namesShort descriptionActorDate of birthJuly 5, 1904Place of birthBurrton, Kansas, USADate of deathJune 12, 1980Place of deathLa Jolla, California, USARetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milburn_StoneCategories: 1904 births | 1980 deaths | American film actors | American television actors | Deaths from myocardial infarction | Actors from Kansas | People from Harvey County, Kansas | People from the Greater Los Angeles AreaHidden categories: Articles with hCardsPersonal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesDeutschEspañolFrançaisSrpskohrvatski / СрпскохрватскиSuomi This page was last modified on 1 January 2011 at 08:47.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimers if ( window.isMSIE55 ) fixalpha(); if (window.runOnloadHook) runOnloadHook();