Milburn Stone | |
Job | Actor |
Years active | 1935-1975 |
Top Roles | Fleet CIC Radio Operator, Stephen A. Douglas, Main Reporter, Capt. John Pershing, Dawson |
Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Crime, Action, Romance, Adventure |
Top Topics | World War II, Spies, Aviation |
Top Collaborators | Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), Edmund Grainger (Producer), William Haade, John Ford (Director) |
Shares birthday with | Edward Woods, Shirley Knight, Warren Oates see more.. |
Milburn Stone Overview:
Character actor, Milburn Stone, was born on Jul 5, 1904 in Burrton, KS. Stone died at the age of 75 on Jun 12, 1980 in La Jolla, CA .
MINI BIO:
Stocky, mustachioed American actor with dark wavy hair who alternated as hero and villain of low-budget action films and serials, then moved into character roles as bankers, crooks, wardens, doctors, and officers. He found a permanent home on television with the role of the grouchy Doc Adams in Gunsmoke, a role in which the quizzical Stone features were seen from 1955 to 1972. Died from a heart attack.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television.
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Milburn Stone Quotes:
Prisoner Tom Dugan:
I steal an empty slot machine and get 10 years, and this guy steals a million and gets 5. Figure that out, will yuh?
Main Reporter: [Sarcastically] That's why you got the 10 - to figure it out.
Sandy MacKinnon: Captain, you're a smart man. You have lots of brains. You're really intelligent. You're just kind of stupid.
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Main Reporter: [Sarcastically] That's why you got the 10 - to figure it out.
Sandy MacKinnon: Captain, you're a smart man. You have lots of brains. You're really intelligent. You're just kind of stupid.
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