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Milburn Stone

Highest Rated: 100% Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Lowest Rated: 40% Captive Wild Woman (1943)

Birthday: Jul 5, 1904

Birthplace: Burrton, Kansas, USA

Miburn Stone is renowned for his decades-spanning role as Doc Adams on the classic Western TV series "Gunsmoke." Stone began his career during the Hollywood heyday of the 1930s, appearing in dozens of films. In the 1940s, he began to win more prominent roles, with notable turns in the war drama "Gung Ho!" and the musical "I'll Remember April." He later starred in the secret-agent serial "The Master Key." His signature role as Doc Adams started in 1955, and the series ran for a remarkable 20 years, with Stone only absent from a handful of episodes. He retired from acting following the show's finale in 1975.

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Highest rated movies

100% 81% Young Mr. Lincoln
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93% 89% Pickup on South Street
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90% 71% Phantom Lady
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90% 74% The Long Gray Line
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88% 56% Invaders From Mars
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80% 62% Branded
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60% 71% The Sun Shines Bright
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40% 7% Captive Wild Woman
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Nick Carter, Master Detective
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57% Cass Timberlane
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Milburn Stone

Milburn Stone THE LONG GRAY LINE, Milburn Stone, 1955 THE SAVAGE, Peter Hanson, Milburn Stone, Charlton Heston, 1952 PORT OF MISSING GIRLS, Judith Allen, Milburn Stone, Jane Jones, Harry Carey, Betty Compson, 1938 SINNERS IN PARADISE, Milburn Stone, Morgan Conway, Marion Martin, Nana Bryant, Bruce Cabot, Gene Lockhart, Donald Barry, Madge Evans, Charlotte Wynters, 1938 TRAIN TO ALCATRAZ, from left: Don 'Red' Barry, Milburn Stone, 1948 PORT OF MISSING GIRLS, Judith Allen, Milburn Stone, Harry Carey, 1938 PORT OF MISSING GIRLS, Harry Carey, Milburn Stone (both in center), 1938 KEEP 'EM SLUGGING, from left, Milburn Stone, Evelyn Ankers, Bobby Jordan, 1943 JUNGLE WOMAN, Milburn Stone, Evelyn Ankers, 1944 View more photos

Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Don Henley: Live Inside Job Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Drango Col. Bracken (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smoke Signal Sgt. Miles (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 40% The Private War of Major Benson Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 62% White Feather Commissioner Trenton (Character) - 1955
90% 74% The Long Gray Line Capt. John Pershing (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 75% Black Tuesday Father Slocum (Character) - 1955
60% 71% The Sun Shines Bright Horace K. Maydew (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 33% The Siege at Red River Sgt. Benjamin 'Benjy' Guderman (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 42% Arrowhead Sandy MacKinnon (Character) - 1953
93% 89% Pickup on South Street Det. Winocki (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 38% Second Chance Edward Dawson (Character) - 1953
88% 56% Invaders From Mars Capt. Roth (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 50% Atomic City Insp. Harold Mann (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 67% The Savage Corporal Martin (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 42% Roadblock Egan (Character) - 1951
80% 62% Branded Dawson (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 17% The Fireball Jeff Davis (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 55% The Green Promise Rev. Benton (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Calamity Jane and Sam Bass Abe Jones (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Judge Martin Strang (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sky Dragon Capt. Tim Norton (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 57% Cass Timberlane Nestor Purdwin (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killer Dill Maboose (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heading for Heaven Elwood Harding (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smooth as Silk John Kimble (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danger Woman Gerald King (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Spider Woman Strikes Back Mr. Moore (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Her Adventurous Night Cop #1 (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside Job District Attorney Sutton (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Miss Big Father Lennergan (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 31% Strange Confession Stevens (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet I'll Remember April Willie Winchester (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daltons Ride Again Parker W. Graham (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 27% The Frozen Ghost George Keene (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet On Stage Everybody Fitzgerald (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Alaskan Mystery Jim Hudson (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 20% Jungle Woman Fred Mason (Character) - 1944
90% 71% Phantom Lady District Attorney (Voice) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hi, Good Lookin' Unknown (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twilight on the Prairie Gainsworth (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hat Check Honey David Courtland (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 12% The Mad Ghoul Macklin (Character) - 1943
40% 7% Captive Wild Woman Fred Mason (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 51% Gung Ho! Cmdr. Blake (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 73% Sherlock Holmes Faces Death Captain Pat Vickery (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Can't Beat the Law Frank Sanders (New Warden) (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 50% Attorney for the Defense Joe Manson (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 41% Eyes in the Night Detective Pete (uncredited) (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Bullets Johnny Reilly (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Train Robbery Duke Logan (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Phantom Cowboy Stan Borden (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death Valley Outlaws Jeff (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 0% Colorado Don Burke (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Plane Robbery Krebber (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chasing Trouble Callahan (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Give Us Wings Tex Austin (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sky Patrol Skeeter Milligan (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 33% Blind Alley Nick (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fighting Mad Cardigan (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crashing Thru Delos Harrington (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danger Flight Skeeter (Character) - 1939
100% 81% Young Mr. Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited) (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery Plane `'Skeeter'` Milligan (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nick Carter, Master Detective Krebs (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stunt Pilot `'Skeeter'` Milligan (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 38% Crime School Joe Delaney (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Boggs Steps Out Burns (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet California Frontier Mal Halstead (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Port of Missing Girls Jim Benton (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Youth on Parole Ratty (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Atlantic Flight Henry Wadsworth `'Pokey'` Schultz (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Three Mesquiteers John (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Doctor's Diary Fred Clark (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Federal Bullets Tommy Thompson (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 58% The Milky Way Reporter (uncredited) (Character) - 1936

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Dr. Galen "Doc" Adams (Character) 1955-1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Character) 1955-1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Behind the Badge Grady Norton (Character) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dragnet Unknown (Guest Star) 1952