Milburn Stone

Personal life Stone's brother, Joe, was a writer who was the author of scripts for three episodes of Gunsmoke.

Stone was a first cousin of the character actress Madge Blake.

In March 1971, Stone had heart bypass surgery at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. In June 1980, Stone died of a heart attack in La Jolla. He was buried at the El Camino Memorial Park in Sorrento Valley, San Diego.

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.

In 1975, Stone received an honorary doctorate from St. Mary of the Plains College in Dodge City, Kansas, where Gunsmoke was set but not filmed.

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.

Selected filmography

Ladies Crave Excitement (1935) as Sailor (uncredited) Cheers of the Crowd (1935) as Reporter (uncredited) His Night Out (1935) as Salesman (uncredited) Rendezvous (1935) as Carter's Aide (uncredited) The Fighting Marines (1935, Serial) as Red - Henchman [Ch. 2,4-7,10,11] (uncredited) The Milky Way (1936) as Reporter (uncredited) The Princess Comes Across (1936) as American Reporter (uncredited) Nobody's Fool (1936) as Clerk (uncredited) China Clipper (1936) as Radio Operator The Three Mesquiteers (1936) as John Murder with Pictures (1936) as Operator (uncredited) Two in a Crowd (1936) as Kennedy (uncredited) Rose Bowl (1936) as Booster Club Band Member (uncredited) The Man I Marry (1936) as Stage manager (uncredited) The Accusing Finger (1936) as Convict (uncredited) Banjo on My Knee (1936) as Eddie - Sailor (uncredited) Three Smart Girls (1936) as Telegraph Desk Clerk (uncredited) A Doctor's Diary (1937) as Fred Clark Swing It, Professor (1937) as Lou Morgan They Gave Him a Gun (1937) as Defense Attorney (uncredited) Wings Over Honolulu (1937) as Telephone Operator (uncredited) The Man in Blue (1937) as Henchman 'Dutch' The Wildcatter (1937) as Ed You Can't Beat Love (1937) as Reporter Wilson (uncredited) The 13th Man (1937) as Jimmy Moran Blazing Barriers (1937) as Joe Waters Reported Missing! (1937) as Radio operator (uncredited) Atlantic Flight (1937) as Henry Wadsworth 'Pokey' Schultz Youth on Parole (1937) as Ratty Music for Madame (1937) as Detective (uncredited) Federal Bullets (1937) as Tommy Thompson, Federal Agent Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938) as Burns The Port of Missing Girls (1938) as Jim Benton Sinners in Paradise (1938) as Honeyman Wives Under Suspicion (1938) as Kirk Paroled from the Big House (1938) as Commissioner Downey The Storm (1938) as Hagen - officer on SS Orion (uncredited) California Frontier (1938) as Mal Halstead Blackwell's Island (1938) as Max (deputy commissioner) (uncredited) Made for Each Other (1939) as Newark Official (uncredited) King of the Turf (1939) as Taylor Tail Spin (1939) as Kansas City Mechanic (uncredited) Society Smugglers (1939) as Peter Garfield Mystery Plane (1939) as 'Skeeter' Milligan The Spirit of Culver (1939) as Instructor (uncredited) Blind Alley (1939) as Nick Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) as Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited) Stunt Pilot (1939) as 'Skeeter' Milligan When Tomorrow Comes (1939) as Head Busboy (uncredited) Tropic Fury (1939) as Thomas E. Snell Danger Flight (1939) as Skeeter Milligan Fighting Mad (1939) as Cardigan Crashing Thru (1939) as Delos Harrington Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939) as Dave Krebs The Big Guy (1939) as Publicity man (uncredited) Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939) as Joe Felton (uncredited) Chasing Trouble (1940) as Pat Callahan Framed (1940) as Mathew Mattison Black Friday (1940) as Reporter at Execution (uncredited) Johnny Apollo (1940) as Main Reporter (uncredited) Enemy Agent (1940) as Meeker An Angel from Texas (1940) as 'Pooch' Davis (uncredited) Lillian Russell (1940) as Jack - Reporter (uncredited) Public Deb No. 1 (1940) as Reporter (uncredited) Colorado (1940) as Don Burke alias Captain Mason Give Us Wings (1940) as Tex Austin The Great Plane Robbery (1940 film) as Krebber The Phantom Cowboy (1941) as Stan Borden The Great Train Robbery (1941) as Duke Logan Death Valley Outlaws (1941) as Jeff No Hands on the Clock (1941) as FBI Man (uncredited) Frisco Lil (1942) as Mike Reap the Wild Wind (1942) as Lieutenant Farragut Pacific Rendezvous (1942) as Park Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) Rubber Racketeers (1942) as Angel Invisible Agent (1942) as German Sergeant (uncredited) Police Bullets (1942) as Johnny Reilly Eyes in the Night (1942) as Detective Pete (uncredited) Silent Witness (1943) as Racketeer Joe Manson You Can't Beat the Law (1943) as Frank Sanders Submarine Alert (1943) as Lt. Winston - Naval Intelligence (uncredited) Keep 'Em Slugging (1943) as Duke Redman Captive Wild Woman (1943) as Fred Mason Get Going (1943) as Mr. Tuttle Destroyer (1943) as Radioman (uncredited) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) as Captain Vickery Corvette K-225 (1943) as Canadian Captain (uncredited) The Mad Ghoul (1943) as Macklin Gung Ho! (1943) as Cmdr. Blake The Impostor (1944) as Chauzel Phantom Lady (1944) as District Attorney (voice) Weird Woman (1944) as Radio Announcer (voice, uncredited) Hat Check Honey (1944) as David Courtland Hi, Good Lookin'! (1944) as Bill Eaton Moon Over Las Vegas (1944) as Jim Bradley The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944, Serial) as Jim Hudson Gambler's Choice (1944) as Doctor (uncredited) Twilight on the Prairie (1944) as Gainsworth Jungle Woman (1944) as Fred Mason She Gets Her Man (1945) as 'Tommy Gun' Tucker I'll Remember April (1945) as Willie Winchester The Master Key (1945, Serial) as Agent Tom Brant Swing Out, Sister (1945) as Tim Colby The Frozen Ghost (1945) as George Keene On Stage Everybody (1945) as Fitzgerald The Beautiful Cheat (1945) as Lucius Haven Strange Confession (1945) as Stevens The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945, Serial) as Brad Taggart The Daltons Ride Again (1945) as Parker W. Graham The Scarlet Horseman (1946, Serial) as Narrator (voice, uncredited) Little Giant (1946) as Prof. Watkins (voice, uncredited) Smooth as Silk (1946) as John Kimble The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946) as Mr. Moore Strange Conquest (1946) as Bert Morrow Her Adventurous Night (1946) as Cop #1 Inside Job (1946) as District Attorney Sutton Danger Woman (1946) as Gerald King Little Miss Big (1946) as Father Lennergan The Michigan Kid (1947) as Lanny Slade Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) as Raven Club Announcer (voice), (uncredited) Buck Privates Come Home (1947) as Announcer Time Out of Mind (1947 film) as Stage Manager (uncredited) Killer Dill (1947) as Maboose Cass Timberlane (1947) as Nestor Purdwin (uncredited) Heading for Heaven (1947) as Elwood Harding Killer McCoy (1947) as Henchman (uncredited) Train to Alcatraz (1948) as Bart Kanin The Judge (1949) as Martin Strang The Green Promise (1949) as Reverend Jim Benton Sky Dragon (1949) as Capt. Tim Norton Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949) as Abe Jones No Man of Her Own (1950) as Plainclothesman Snow Dog (1950) as Dr. F. J. McKenzie The Fireball (1950) as Jeff Davis Branded (1950) as Dawson Operation Pacific (1951) as Ground Control Officer (uncredited) Flying Leathernecks (1951) as Fleet CIC Radio Operator (uncredited) Roadblock (1951) as Ray Evans The Racket (1951) as Member of Craig's Team (uncredited) The Atomic City (1952) as Insp. Harold Mann The Savage (1952) as Cpl. Martin Invaders from Mars (1953) as Capt. Roth The Sun Shines Bright (1953) as Horace K. Maydew Pickup on South Street (1953) as Detective Winoki Second Chance (1953) as Edward Dawson Arrowhead (1953) as Sandy MacKinnon Siege at Red River (1954) as Sgt. Benjamin 'Benjy' Guderman Black Tuesday (1954) as Father Slocum The Long Gray Line (1955) as Capt. John Pershing White Feather (1955) as Commissioner Trenton Smoke Signal (1955) as Sgt. Miles The Private War of Major Benson (1955) as Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey Gunsmoke (1955–1975, TV Series) as Doc Adams (final appearance) Drango (1957) as Col. Bracken