---
name: "Milburn Stone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/milburn-stone"
fi1m_id: "milburn-stone"
imdb_id: "nm0832065"
tmdb_id: 86356
wikidata_id: "Q1287322"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 July 1904"
died: "12 June 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:24:34.869106+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Milburn Stone

## Identity

Milburn Stone

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/milburn-stone
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** milburn-stone
- **IMDb ID:** nm0832065
- **TMDB ID:** 86356
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1287322
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milburn_Stone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1287322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0832065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86356

Actor. Born 5 July 1904 in Burrton, Kansas, USA. Died 12 June 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 July 1904, Burrton, Kansas, USA
- **Died:** 12 June 1980
- **Active:** 1953–1955
- **Also known as:** Milburne Stone, Hugh Milburn Stone, میلبرن استون
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milburn_Stone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1287322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0832065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86356

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Pickup on South Street*](https://film.one/film/pickup-on-south-street.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Milburn Stone was an American actor. Born in Burrton, Kansas, he began performing in tent shows in 1919 and worked in vaudeville before appearing on Broadway in the 1930s. He moved to Los Angeles and built a film career with roles in pictures including *Pickup on South Street* (1953), in which he played Detective Winoki.

Stone is best known for portraying Doc (Dr Galen Adams) on the CBS series *Gunsmoke* (1955–1975), appearing in 604 episodes. His brother Joe wrote scripts for three episodes of the series. He received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama in 1968 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Pickup on South Street* (1953), Fi1m 84, as Detective Winoki — [page](https://film.one/film/pickup-on-south-street.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Racket* (1951), Fi1m 60, as Member of Craig's Team (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-racket.md)

## Complete filmography (143)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Drango* (1957), as Col. Bracken
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Doc
- *The Private War of Major Benson* (1955), as Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey
- *Smoke Signal* (1955), as Sergeant Miles
- *White Feather* (1955), as Commissioner Trenton
- *The Long Gray Line* (1955), as Captain John J. Pershing
- *Black Tuesday* (1954), as Father Slocum
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Mr. Dale
- *The Siege at Red River* (1954), as Sgt. Benjamin 'Benjy' Guderman
- *Arrowhead* (1953), as Sandy MacKinnon
- *Second Chance* (1953), as Edward Dawson (uncredited)
- *Pickup on South Street* (1953), as Detective Winoki — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/pickup-on-south-street.md)
- *The Sun Shines Bright* (1953), as Horace K. Maydew
- *Invaders from Mars* (1953), as Army Capt. Roth
- *Behind Southern Lines* (1952), Actor
- *The Savage* (1952), as Cpl. Martin
- *The Atomic City* (1952), as Insp. Harold Mann
- *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor
- *The Racket* (1951), as Member of Craig's Team (uncredited) — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-racket.md)
- *Roadblock* (1951), as Ray Egan
- *Flying Leathernecks* (1951), as Fleet CIC Radio Operator (uncredited)
- *Racket Squad* (1951), series, Actor
- *The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok* (1951), series, Actor
- *Operation Pacific* (1951), as Ground Control Officer (uncredited)
- *The Fireball* (1950), as Jeff Davis
- *Branded* (1950), as Dawson
- *Snow Dog* (1950), as Dr. F. J. McKenzie
- *No Man of Her Own* (1950), as Plainclothesman
- *Calamity Jane and Sam Bass* (1949), as Abe Jones
- *Sky Dragon* (1949), as Pilot Tim Norton
- *The Green Promise* (1949), as Rev. Benton
- *The Judge* (1949), as Martin Strang
- *Train to Alcatraz* (1948), as Bart Kanin
- *Heading for Heaven* (1947), as Elwood Harding
- *Killer McCoy* (1947), as Henchman (uncredited)
- *Michigan Kid* (1947), as Lanny Slade
- *Killer Dill* (1947), as Maboose
- *Buck Privates Come Home* (1947), as Announcer
- *Danger Woman* (1946), as Gerald King
- *Inside Job* (1946), as District Attorney Sutton
- *Her Adventurous Night* (1946), as Cop #1
- *Strange Conquest* (1946), as Bert Morrow
- *The Spider Woman Strikes Back* (1946), as Mr. Moore
- *Little Giant* (1946), as Prof. Watkins (uncredited) (voice)
- *Smooth as Silk* (1946), as John Kimble  (District Attorney)
- *The Scarlet Horseman* (1946), as Narrator
- *Little Miss Big* (1946), as Father Lennergan
- *The Daltons Ride Again* (1945), as Parker W. Graham
- *The Royal Mounted Rides Again* (1945), as Brad Taggart
- *Strange Confession* (1945), as Stevens
- *The Beautiful Cheat* (1945), as Lucius Haven
- *On Stage Everybody* (1945), as Fitzgerald
- *The Frozen Ghost* (1945), as George Keene
- *Swing Out, Sister* (1945), as Tim Colby
- *The Master Key* (1945), as Agent Tom Brant
- *I'll Remember April* (1945), as Willie Winchester
- *Enemy Bacteria* (1945), as Doctor
- *She Gets Her Man* (1945), as 'Tommy Gun' Tucker
- *Jungle Woman* (1944), as Fred Mason
- *Twilight on the Prairie* (1944), as Gainsworth
- *The Great Alaskan Mystery* (1944), as Jim Hudson
- *Moon Over Las Vegas* (1944), as Jim Bradley
- *Hi, Good Lookin'!* (1944), as Bill Eaton, Gib Dickson
- *Prices Unlimited* (1944), Actor
- *Weird Woman* (1944), Actor
- *Phantom Lady* (1944), as District Attorney (voice) (uncredited)
- *Gung Ho!* (1943), as Cmdr. Blake
- *The Mad Ghoul* (1943), as Sgt. Macklin
- *Corvette K-225* (1943), as Canadian Captain
- *Sherlock Holmes Faces Death* (1943), as Capt. Pat Vickery
- *Destroyer* (1943), as Radioman (uncredited)
- *Get Going* (1943), as Mr. Tuttle
- *Captive Wild Woman* (1943), as Fred Mason
- *Keep 'Em Slugging* (1943), as Duke Redman
- *You Can't Beat the Law* (1943), as Frank Sanders
- *Silent Witness* (1943), as Racketeer Joe Manson
- *Eyes in the Night* (1942), as Detective Pete (Uncredited)
- *Police Bullets* (1942), as Johnny Reilly
- *Invisible Agent* (1942), as German Sergeant (uncredited)
- *Rubber Racketeers* (1942), as Angel
- *Pacific Rendezvous* (1942), as Hotel Desk Clerk
- *Reap the Wild Wind* (1942), as Lieutenant Farragut
- *Frisco Lil* (1942), Actor
- *No Hands on the Clock* (1941), as FBI Agent
- *Death Valley Outlaws* (1941), as Jeff
- *The Great Train Robbery* (1941), as Duke Logan
- *The Phantom Cowboy* (1941), as Stan Borden
- *Give Us Wings* (1940), as Tex Austin
- *The Great Plane Robbery* (1940), as Krebber
- *Colorado* (1940), as Don Burke - alias Capt. Donald Mason
- *Public Deb No. 1* (1940), as Reporter
- *Buyer Beware* (1940), as Fredericks (uncredited)
- *American Portrait* (1940), as George
- *Lillian Russell* (1940), as Jack - Reporter
- *An Angel from Texas* (1940), as 'Pooch' Davis
- *Johnny Apollo* (1940), as Reporter (uncredited)
- *Enemy Agent* (1940), as Meeker
- *Framed* (1940), as Mathew Mattison
- *Chasing Trouble* (1940), as Pat Callahan
- *Charlie McCarthy, Detective* (1939), as Joe Felton
- *The Big Guy* (1939), as Publicity man (uncredited)
- *Nick Carter, Master Detective* (1939), as Krebs - 2d hurt worker
- *Crashing Thru* (1939), as Delos Harrington
- *Fighting Mad* (1939), as Cardigan
- *Danger Flight* (1939), as Skeeter
- *Sky Patrol* (1939), as Skeeter Milligan
- *Tropic Fury* (1939), as Thomas E. Snell
- *When Tomorrow Comes* (1939), as Head Busboy (uncredited)
- *Stunt Pilot* (1939), as 'Skeeter' Milligan
- *Young Mr. Lincoln* (1939), as Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
- *Blind Alley* (1939), as Nick
- *Mystery Plane* (1939), as Skeeter Milligan
- *Society Smugglers* (1939), as Peter Garfield
- *Tail Spin* (1939), as Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
- *King of the Turf* (1939), as Taylor
- *Made for Each Other* (1939), as Newark Official (uncredited)
- *Blackwell's Island* (1939), as Max (uncredited)
- *California Frontier* (1938), as Mal Halstead
- *Paroled from the Big House* (1938), as Commissioner Downey
- *Wives Under Suspicion* (1938), as Kirk
- *Sinners in Paradise* (1938), as T.L. Honeyman
- *Port of Missing Girls* (1938), as Jim Benton
- *Mr. Boggs Steps Out* (1938), as Burns
- *Federal Bullets* (1937), as Tommy Thompson, Federal Agent
- *Music for Madame* (1937), as Detective (Uncredited)
- *Youth on Parole* (1937), as Ratty
- *Atlantic Flight* (1937), as Henry Wadsworth Schultz
- *The 13th Man* (1937), as Jimmy Moran
- *Blazing Barriers* (1937), as Joe Waters
- *The Wildcatter* (1937), as Ed
- *The Man in Blue* (1937), as Henchman 'Dutch'
- *Wings Over Honolulu* (1937), as Telephone Operator
- *They Gave Him a Gun* (1937), as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- *Swing It Professor* (1937), as Lou Morgan
- *A Doctor's Diary* (1937), as Fred Clark
- *The Accusing Finger* (1936), as Convict
- *Two in a Crowd* (1936), as Kennedy (uncredited)
- *Murder with Pictures* (1936), as Operator (uncredited)
- *The Three Mesquiteers* (1936), as John
- *China Clipper* (1936), as Radio Operator
- *The Princess Comes Across* (1936), as American Reporter (uncredited)
- *Rendezvous* (1935), as Carter's Aide (uncredited)
- *Cheers of the Crowd* (1935), as Reporter (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Milburn Stone](https://film.one/media/person/1224279/gallery-1f9d2cff5dcf.jpg) Milburn Stone — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Milburn_Stone_Doc_Adams_Gunsmoke_1959.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Milburn Stone (Doc Adams) and Dennis Weaver (Chester Goode) from the television program Gunsmoke. (1961)](https://film.one/media/person/1224279/gallery-6648f2d95f04.jpg) Photo of Milburn Stone (Doc Adams) and Dennis Weaver (Chester Goode) from the television program Gunsmoke. (1961) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Milburn_Stone_Dennis_Weaver_Gunsmoke_1961.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty and Milburn Stone as Doc Adams from Gunsmoke. (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/1224279/gallery-65776f3f74cd.jpg) Photo of Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty and Milburn Stone as Doc Adams from Gunsmoke. (1958) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Amanda_Blake_Milburn_Stone_Gunsmoke_1958.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of the supporting cast of Gunsmoke in 1960. From top-Dennis Weaver (Chester Goode), Milburn Stone (Doc Adams) and Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty Russell).](https://film.one/media/person/1224279/gallery-c78f5728b5bb.jpg) Photo of the supporting cast of Gunsmoke in 1960. From top-Dennis Weaver (Chester Goode), Milburn Stone (Doc Adams) and Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty Russell). — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Gunsmoke_supporting_cast_1960.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Milburn Stone](https://film.one/media/person/1224279/gallery-d106a9e425e7.jpg) Milburn Stone — Image via TMDB
- ![Dennis Weaver as Chester (left), Amanda Blake as Kitty, and Milburn Stone as Doc Adams are ready for action on "Gunsmoke" as television's top-ranking program pr (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/1224279/gallery-6ea3a282c5f0.jpg) Dennis Weaver as Chester (left), Amanda Blake as Kitty, and Milburn Stone as Doc Adams are ready for action on "Gunsmoke" as television's top-ranking program pr (1960) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Dennis_Weaver%2C_Amanda_Blake%2C_and_Milburn_Stone_in_%22Gunsmoke%22_%281960_CBS_press_photo%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of the main cast for the television program Gunsmoke in 1963. From left: Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty), James Arness (Matt Dillon), Milburn Stone (Doc Adams),](https://film.one/media/person/1224279/gallery-56ce8fc2643f.jpg) Photo of the main cast for the television program Gunsmoke in 1963. From left: Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty), James Arness (Matt Dillon), Milburn Stone (Doc Adams), — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Gunsmoke_cast_1963.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1968: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (won), for *Gunsmoke*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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