Bob Burns
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 12, 1935 (age 91)
- Credits
- 58
Bob Burns (born May 12, 1935) is an actor, consultant, producer, archivist and historian of props, costumes, and other screen used paraphernalia from some of the greatest (and not so great) science fiction, fantasy, and horror motion pictures. He is best known for his work with and collection of movie props, particularly from horror and science-fiction movies. He has also had numerous smaller acting roles in movies, including Tracy the Gorilla from the 1975 television show The Ghost Busters.
Known for
Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021Movie
Self
How to Build a Time Machine
2016Movie
Self
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
2016Movie
Himself
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013Movie
Self
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
2013Movie
Self
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
2012Movie
Self
Men in Suits
2012Movie
Self
Corman's World
2011Movie
Self - Monster Maker
The Lovely Bones
2009Movie
Mall Shopper
Dark and Stormy Night
2009Movie
Kogar the Gorilla
The Shark Is Still Working
2009Movie
Self
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
2008Movie
Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008Movie
Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
2008Movie
Self
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008Movie
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007Movie
Self
07 Spaceys
2007Movie
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006Movie
Self
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006Movie
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006Movie
Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006Movie
Self
Return to Bronson Canyon
2006Movie
Ro-Man
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
2006Movie
Himself
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
2005Movie
Self
The Naked Monster
2005Movie
Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
2005Movie
Self
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004Movie
Self
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
2004Movie
Himself
The Universe According to Universal
2002Movie
Self
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
2002Movie
Self
Taking the Punishment Poll
2002Movie
Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001Movie
Self
The Vampire Hunters Club
2001Movie
Bob
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
2000Movie
Self
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
2000Movie
Self
The Alien Legacy
1999Movie
Self
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999Movie
Himself
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
1999Movie
Self
Drive
1997Movie
Doctor/Co-Pilot
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
1997Movie
Co-Host / Kogar
Hollywood Goes Ape!
1994Movie
Himself
Time Machine: The Journey Back
1993Movie
Self
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy
1991Movie
Self
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
1988Movie
Muffo
Superbman: The Other Movie
1981Movie
Tracy the Gorilla
The Further Adventures of Major Mars
1976Movie
Major Mars
The Ghost Busters
1975TV
Tracy the Gorilla
Terror in the Jungle
1968Movie
The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
1968Movie
Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
1966Movie
Kogar the Gorilla
Captain America vs. The Mutant
1964Movie
Metaluna Mutant
The Adventures of the Spirit
1963Movie
Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
The Lucy Show
1962TV
Werewolf
The Cliff Monster
1960Movie
Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957Movie
Saucer Man
The Monster
1953Movie
Scientist
Ghost Town Riders
1938Movie
13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
Movie
Self