Milburn Stone as Doc

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• What is Doc's last name?
  

  Adams

• What is Doc's first name?
  

  Galen. He was named after Dr. Claudius Galen who lived around 1200 B.C.

• Besides Dillon, Doc was the only regular character to appear both in the first and last seasons of Gunsmoke.
  

  True
  

• Did Doc perform medical surgery?
  

  Yes...digging out bullets for example

• What did Doc use for anesthesia?
  

  whisky

• Did Doc have a veterinary practice?
  

  Yes...he was not above doctoring animals

  

• Did Doc chew tobacco?
  

  No

• Besides a watch and a bob, what did Doc normally wear between his chin and his waist that neither Matt, Chester, Festus nor Kitty wore?
  

  A tie

• Doc's normally dressed in a suited vest.
  

  True

• On what side did Doc fight during the Civil War?
  

  Union...in the 3rd Illinois Calvary

  

• In the 1820's, Doc worked for the Hudson Bay Trapping Co.
  

  True

• Which of Doc's senses was clearly weaker than any other of Gunsmoke's main male characters?
  

  His eyes...he wore glasses. Kitty later needed reading glasses
  

• When facing each other, Doc and Matt stood nose to
  • navel.
  • shoulder.
  • chin.
  • mouth.
  • nose.
    

    Answer: ... shoulder

• How does Doc get his pills?
  

  He makes them

• Doc lives upstairs. To within two, how many stairs must he climb to get there?
  

  Thirteen...the same number for a hanging gallows.

• Doc's eyes are
  • barnyard brown.
  • steel blue.
  • olive.
  • normally bloodshot.
  • green.
    
  Answer: blue
  

• What book did Doc always carry in his little black bag?
  

  The Bible

• Doc was once addicted to opium.
  

  False

• How many horizontal wrinkles does Doc have on his forehead?
  

  The same as Milburn Stone ... three

• What did Doc have on the lower part of his face that neither Matt, Chester or Newly chose to have?
  

  A moustache
  
  

• Doc continually teased Matt about
  • his easy job as Marshal.
  • his height.
  • his sickly horse.
  • his slow draw.
    

    Answer: ... his easy job.

• The name of Doc's horse was
  • Mr. Ed.
  • Marshal.
  • Popcorn.
  • Festus.
    

    Answer: ... Popcorn.

• Doc's medical schooling was payed for by his wealthy parents.
  

  False ... he was put through with the private money of another doctor: Dr. E. Hudkins.
  

• To within one year, how long did it take Doc to go through medical school?
  

  Eight years

• When Milburn Stone had health problems, how was his absence on Gunsmoke explained?
  

  He went back east for further schooling. He was replaced in Dodge by a Dr. Chapman played by veteran actor Pat Hingle.

• A common Gunsmoke scene: Doc and Dillon kneel over a dying man. The man dies. Doc checks his pulse. How does he tell Dillon that the man is dead?
  

  Doc looks at Dillon and shakes his head slowly.

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