Milburn Stone Wiki Biography
Hugh Milburn “Milly” Stone was born on 5 July 1904, in Harvey County, Kansas USA, and was an actor, probably best known for his work in the CBS western television show entitled “Gunsmoke”, in which he played Dr. Galen “Doc” Adams. He was active in the industry from 1919 up to his death in 1980. All of his efforts helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Milburn Stone? As of late-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $500,000, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. He also did various film and radio work over the course of his career. These achievements ensured the position of his wealth during his time.
Milburn Stone Net Worth $500,000
Milburn attended Burrton High School and during his time there, played basketball. He was also active in the school’s drama club and sang in a barbershop quartet. He was given a congressional appointment to the US Naval Academy, but turned it down to pursue a career in acting.
Stone then made his stage debut in 1919, later venturing into vaudeville including various song and dance acts. In the 1930s, he began appearing in Broadway shows such as “Jayhawker” and “Around the Corner”. He then moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting on the big screen, appearing in films such as “Chasing Trouble” and “Colorado”, in which he played Roy Rogers’ brother gone wrong. In 1939, he appeared in “Blackwell’s Island” in an uncredited role before being cast in “Gung Ho!” and “Prison Mutiny” both of which were released in 1943. He signed a contract with Universal Pictures to become a part of “Sherlock Holmes Faces Death” and “Jungle Woman”, then had a starring role in 1945’s “Master Key” before getting a featured role in “The Frozen Ghost”.
His net worth started to increase significantly with numerous projects coming his way.
In 1955, Milburn then joined the television adaptation of the Western series “Gunsmoke”, in which he played Doc Adams. He stayed with the show for its entire run spanning two decades, appearing in a total of 604 episodes alongside James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Ken Curtis and Howard McNear, and which raised his net worth even further.
Thanks to his success, he was given numerous honors throughout his career, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama thanks to his performance in “Gunsmoke”. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was also posthumously inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s Western Performers Hall of Fame.
For his personal life, it is known that Milburn married Ellen Morrison in 1925 and their marriage lasted until her death in 1937; they had a daughter. Two years later, he married Jane Garrison but their marriage only lasted for a year, however, they re-married in 1941, and remained so until Milburn’s death. In 1971, Milburn underwent heart bypass surgery, but nine years later, he suffered a heart attack and passed away. He was survived by Jane Garrison and his daughter.
Full Name | Milburn Stone |
Net Worth | $500,000 |
Date Of Birth | July 5, 1904 |
Died | June 12, 1980, La Jolla, California, United States |
Place Of Birth | Harvey County, Kansas USA |
Height | 1.73 m |
Profession | Actor |
Education | Burrton High School |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Jane Garrison (m. 1941–1980), Jane Garrison (m. 1939–1940), Ellen Morrison (m. 1925–1937) |
Children | Shirley Stone |
Parents | Laura Belfield Stone, Herbert Mack Stone |
Siblings | Charles Joseph Stone |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0832065/ |
Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
Movies | The Great Alaskan Mystery, Young Mr. Lincoln, The Master Key, Before They Were Stars – Gung Ho, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, Captive Wild Woman, Jungle Woman, The Frozen Ghost, Chasing Trouble, The Long Gray Line, The Long Gray Line |
TV Shows | Gunsmoke |
Fact | |
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1 | Was at one time a singer with Harry James and His Orchestra. |
2 | In 1961, he sold his residual rights of Gunsmoke (1955) to CBS for $100,000. |
3 | Brother of Charles Joseph Stone. |
4 | Inducted (as a cast member of Gunsmoke (1955)) into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1981. |
5 | Wife Jane Garrison: b. 23 November 1912, Hutchinson, Kansas, USA; d. 20 October 2002, Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA. |
6 | Nephew of Fred Stone, cousin of Paula Stone. |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Gunsmoke | 1955-1975 | TV Series | Doc Doc Adams |
Climax! | 1958 | TV Series | Mr. Dale |
Drango | 1957 | Col. Bracken | |
Front Row Center | 1956 | TV Series | Lt. Lennon |
The Private War of Major Benson | 1955 | Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey | |
TV Reader’s Digest | 1955 | TV Series | Brewster |
Smoke Signal | 1955 | Sgt. Miles | |
White Feather | 1955 | Commissioner Trenton | |
The Man Behind the Badge | 1955 | TV Series | Grady Norton |
The Long Gray Line | 1955 | Capt. John Pershing | |
Black Tuesday | 1954 | Father Slocum | |
Siege at Red River | 1954 | Sgt. Benjamin ‘Benjy’ Guderman | |
Racket Squad | 1951-1953 | TV Series | Morgan Crowley |
Arrowhead | 1953 | Sandy MacKinnon | |
Second Chance | 1953 | Edward Dawson | |
Pickup on South Street | 1953 | Detective Winoki | |
Invaders from Mars | 1953 | Capt. Roth | |
The Sun Shines Bright | 1953 | Horace K. Maydew | |
Fireside Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | Colonel |
Dragnet | 1952 | TV Series | Capt. R. A. Lohrman |
The Savage | 1952 | Cpl. Martin | |
The Atomic City | 1952 | Insp. Harold Mann | |
The Racket | 1951 | Member of Craig’s Team (uncredited) | |
Roadblock | 1951 | Egan | |
Flying Leathernecks | 1951 | Fleet CIC Radio Operator (uncredited) | |
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 1951 | TV Series | |
Operation Pacific | 1951 | Ground Control Officer (uncredited) | |
Branded | 1950 | Dawson | |
The Fireball | 1950 | Jeff Davis | |
Snow Dog | 1950 | Dr. F. J. McKenzie | |
No Man of Her Own | 1950 | Plainclothesman | |
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass | 1949 | Abe Jones | |
The Sky Dragon | 1949 | Capt. Tim Norton | |
The Green Promise | 1949 | Rev. Benton | |
The Judge | 1949 | Martin Strang | |
Train to Alcatraz | 1948 | Bart Kanin | |
Heading for Heaven | 1947 | Elwood Harding | |
Killer McCoy | 1947 | Henchman (uncredited) | |
Cass Timberlane | 1947 | Nestor Purdwin (uncredited) | |
Killer Dill | 1947 | Maboose | |
Time Out of Mind | 1947 | Stage Manager (uncredited) | |
Buck Privates Come Home | 1947 | Announcer | |
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman | 1947 | Raven Club Announcer (voice, uncredited) | |
The Michigan Kid | 1947 | Lanny Slade | |
Little Miss Big | 1946 | Father Lennergan | |
Danger Woman | 1946 | Gerald King | |
Inside Job | 1946 | District Attorney Sutton | |
Her Adventurous Night | 1946 | Cop #1 | |
Strange Conquest | 1946 | Bert Morrow | |
The Spider Woman Strikes Back | 1946 | Mr. Moore | |
Little Giant | 1946 | Prof. Watkins (voice, uncredited) | |
Smooth as Silk | 1946 | John Kimble | |
The Scarlet Horseman | 1946 | Narrator (voice, uncredited) | |
The Daltons Ride Again | 1945 | Parker W. Graham | |
The Royal Mounted Rides Again | 1945 | Brad Taggart | |
Strange Confession | 1945 | Stevens | |
The Beautiful Cheat | 1945 | Lucius Haven | |
On Stage Everybody | 1945 | Fitzgerald | |
The Frozen Ghost | 1945 | George Keene | |
Swing Out, Sister | 1945 | Tim Colby | |
The Master Key | 1945 | Agent Tom Brant | |
I’ll Remember April | 1945 | Willie Winchester | |
She Gets Her Man | 1945 | ‘Tommy Gun’ Tucker | |
Enemy Bacteria | 1945 | Short | Doctor |
Jungle Woman | 1944 | Fred Mason | |
Twilight on the Prairie | 1944 | Gainsworth | |
Gambler’s Choice | 1944 | Doctor (unconfirmed, uncredited) | |
The Great Alaskan Mystery | 1944 | Jim Hudson | |
Moon Over Las Vegas | 1944 | Jim Bradley | |
Hi, Good Lookin’! | 1944 | Bill Eaton | |
Prices Unlimited | 1944 | Short | |
Hat Check Honey | 1944 | David Courtland | |
Weird Woman | 1944 | Radio Announcer (voice, uncredited) | |
Phantom Lady | 1944 | District Attorney (voice) | |
Strange Confession | 1944 | Chauzel | |
‘Gung Ho!’: The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders | 1943 | Cmdr. Blake | |
The Mad Ghoul | 1943 | Macklin | |
Corvette K-225 | 1943 | Canadian Captain (uncredited) | |
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | 1943 | Captain Vickery | |
Destroyer | 1943 | Radioman (uncredited) | |
Get Going | 1943 | Mr. Tuttle | |
Captive Wild Woman | 1943 | Fred Mason | |
Keep ‘Em Slugging | 1943 | Duke Redman | |
Submarine Alert | 1943 | Lt. Winston – Naval Intelligence (uncredited) | |
You Can’t Beat the Law | 1943 | Frank Sanders | |
Silent Witness | 1943 | Racketeer Joe Manson | |
Eyes in the Night | 1942 | Detective Pete (uncredited) | |
Police Bullets | 1942 | Johnny Reilly | |
Invisible Agent | 1942 | German Sergeant (uncredited) | |
Rubber Racketeers | 1942 | Angel | |
Pacific Rendezvous | 1942 | Park Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | |
Reap the Wild Wind | 1942 | Lieutenant Farragut | |
Frisco Lil | 1942 | Mike | |
No Hands on the Clock | 1941 | FBI Man (uncredited) | |
Death Valley Outlaws | 1941 | Jeff | |
The Great Train Robbery | 1941 | Duke Logan | |
The Phantom Cowboy | 1941 | Stan Borden | |
American Portrait | 1940 | Short | George |
The Great Plane Robbery | 1940 | Krebber | |
Give Us Wings | 1940 | Tex Austin | |
Colorado | 1940 | Don Burke – alias Capt. Donald Mason | |
Public Deb No. 1 | 1940 | Reporter (uncredited) | |
Buyer Beware | 1940 | Short | Fredericks (uncredited) |
Lillian Russell | 1940 | Jack – Reporter (uncredited) | |
An Angel from Texas | 1940 | ‘Pooch’ Davis (uncredited) | |
Enemy Agent | 1940 | Meeker | |
Johnny Apollo | 1940 | Main Reporter (uncredited) | |
Framed | 1940 | Mathew Mattison | |
Chasing Trouble | 1940 | Pat Callahan | |
Charlie McCarthy, Detective | 1939 | Joe Felton (uncredited) | |
The Big Guy | 1939 | Publicity man (uncredited) | |
Nick Carter, Master Detective | 1939 | Dave Krebs | |
Crashing Thru | 1939 | Delos Harrington | |
Fighting Mad | 1939 | Cardigan | |
Danger Flight | 1939 | Skeeter Milligan | |
Sky Patrol | 1939 | Skeeter Milligan | |
Tropic Fury | 1939 | Thomas E. Snell (as Milburne Stone) | |
When Tomorrow Comes | 1939 | Head Busboy (uncredited) | |
Stunt Pilot | 1939 | ‘Skeeter’ Milligan | |
Young Mr. Lincoln | 1939 | Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited) | |
Blind Alley | 1939 | Nick | |
Mystery Plane | 1939 | ‘Skeeter’ Milligan | |
The Spirit of Culver | 1939 | Instructor (uncredited) | |
Society Smugglers | 1939 | Peter Garfield | |
Tail Spin | 1939 | Kansas City Mechanic (uncredited) | |
King of the Turf | 1939 | Taylor | |
Made for Each Other | 1939 | Newark Official (uncredited) | |
Blackwell’s Island | 1939 | Max (deputy commissioner) (uncredited) | |
California Frontier | 1938 | Mal Halstead | |
The Storm | 1938 | Hagen – officer on SS Orion (uncredited) | |
Paroled from the Big House | 1938 | Commissioner Downey | |
Wives Under Suspicion | 1938 | Kirk | |
Sinners in Paradise | 1938 | Honeyman | |
Come Across | 1938 | Short | Lee Darcy – Gang Member (uncredited) |
Port of Missing Girls | 1938 | Jim Benton | |
Mr. Boggs Steps Out | 1938 | Burns | |
Federal Bullets | 1937 | Tommy Thompson, Federal Agent | |
Music for Madame | 1937 | Detective (uncredited) | |
Youth on Parole | 1937 | Ratty | |
Atlantic Flight | 1937 | Henry Wadsworth ‘Pokey’ Schultz | |
Reported Missing | 1937 | Radio operator (uncredited) | |
Blazing Barriers | 1937 | Joe Waters | |
The 13th Man | 1937 | Jimmy Moran | |
You Can’t Beat Love | 1937 | Reporter Wilson (uncredited) | |
The Wildcatter | 1937 | Ed | |
The Man in Blue | 1937 | Henchman ‘Dutch’ | |
Wings Over Honolulu | 1937 | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | |
They Gave Him a Gun | 1937 | Defense Attorney (uncredited) | |
Swing It Professor | 1937 | Lou Morgan | |
A Doctor’s Diary | 1937 | Fred Clark | |
Three Smart Girls | 1936 | Telegraph Desk Clerk (uncredited) | |
Banjo on My Knee | 1936 | Eddie – Sailor (uncredited) | |
The Accusing Finger | 1936 | Convict (uncredited) | |
The Man I Marry | 1936 | Stage manager (uncredited) | |
Rose Bowl | 1936 | Booster Club Band Member (uncredited) | |
Two in a Crowd | 1936 | Kennedy (uncredited) | |
Murder with Pictures | 1936 | Operator (uncredited) | |
The Three Mesquiteers | 1936 | John | |
China Clipper | 1936 | Radio Operator | |
Nobody’s Fool | 1936 | Clerk (uncredited) | |
The Princess Comes Across | 1936 | American Reporter (uncredited) | |
The Milky Way | 1936 | Reporter (uncredited) | |
The Fighting Marines | 1935 | Red – Henchman [Ch. 2,4-7,10,11] (uncredited) | |
Rendezvous | 1935 | Carter’s Aide (uncredited) | |
His Night Out | 1935 | Salesman (uncredited) | |
Cheers of the Crowd | 1935 | Reporter (uncredited) | |
Ladies Crave Excitement | 1935 | Sailor (uncredited) |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | 1987 | TV Movie dedicatee: in memory of |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver | 1976 | TV Special | Himself |
The World of Sport Fishing | 1972 | Documentary | Himself |
This Is Your Life | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
Project XX | 1970 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
The Dean Martin Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall | 1961 | TV Series | Himself – Guest |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Svengoolie | 2015 | TV Series | Fred Mason |
Pioneers of Television | 2011 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Doc Adams from Gunsmoke |
Television: The First Fifty Years | 1999 | Video documentary | Doc Adams |
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | 1987 | TV Movie | Dr. Galen Adams (flashback sequence) (uncredited) |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda | 1978 | TV Special documentary | Actor ‘Young Mr. Lincoln’ (uncredited) |
The Secret of Wendel Samson | 1966 | Short | Dr. Galen ‘Doc’ Adams |
Behind Southern Lines | 1952 |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | Bronze Wrangler | Western Heritage Awards | Fictional Television Drama | Gunsmoke (1955) |
1968 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama | Gunsmoke (1955) |
1967 | Bronze Wrangler | Western Heritage Awards | Fictional Television Drama | Gunsmoke (1955) |
1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | On 8 February 1960. At 6823 Hollywood Blvd. |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1972 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Supporting Actor – Television | Gunsmoke (1955) |
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