Milburn Stone
Career
!With [Dennis Weaver on the Gunsmoke set, 1961](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/MilburnStoneDennisWeaverGunsmoke1961.JPG/250px-MilburnStoneDennisWeaverGunsmoke1961.JPG)
Career
In 1919, Stone debuted on stage in a Kansas tent show. He ventured into vaudeville in the late 1920s, and in 1930, he was half of the Stone and Strain song-and-dance act. His Broadway credits include Around the Corner (1936) and Jayhawker (1934).
Career
In the 1930s, Stone came to Los Angeles, California, to launch his own screen career. He was featured in the Tailspin Tommy adventure serial for Monogram Pictures. In 1939 he played Stephen Douglass in the movie Young Mr. Lincoln with Henry Fonda and Ward Bond. In 1939 he appeared in When Tomorrow Comes as head busboy (uncredited). In 1940, he appeared with Marjorie Reynolds, Tristram Coffin, and I. Stanford Jolley in the comedy espionage film Chasing Trouble. That same year, he co-starred with Roy Rogers in the film Colorado) in the role of Rogers' brother-gone-wrong.
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