Bob Burns
Acting • Born 1935-05-12
Biography
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.
Filmography
53 credits
07 Spaceys
Movie • 2007
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
Movie • 2005
Self
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Movie • 2006
Self
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
Movie • 2012
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Movie • 2007
Self
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
Movie • 2005
Self
The Universe According to Universal
Movie • 2002
Self
The Cliff Monster
Movie • 1960
The Shark Is Still Working
Movie • 2009
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Movie • 2006
Self
How to Build a Time Machine
Movie • 2016
Self
The Vampire Hunters Club
Movie • 2001
Bob
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
Movie • 2004
Himself
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
Movie • 1997
Co-Host / Kogar
The Naked Monster
Movie • 2005
Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Movie • 2006
Self
Captain America vs. The Mutant
Movie • 1964
Metaluna Mutant
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
Movie • 1999
Himself
Men in Suits
Movie • 2012
Self
Return to Bronson Canyon
Movie • 2006
Ro-Man
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
Movie • 2006
Himself
Superbman: The Other Movie
Movie • 1981
Tracy the Gorilla
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
Movie • 2000
Self
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
Movie • 2000
Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Movie • 2001
Self
Ghost Town Riders
Movie • 1938
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
Movie • 2008
Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
Movie • 2008
Self
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
Movie • 2013
Self
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Movie • 2008
Self
Hollywood Goes Ape!
Movie • 1994
Himself
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
Movie • 1957
Saucer Man
The Adventures of the Spirit
Movie • 1963
Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
The Monster
Movie • 1953
Scientist
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Movie • 2021
Self
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
Movie • 2016
Himself
Drive
Movie • 1997
Doctor/Co-Pilot
The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
Movie • 1968
Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
Movie • 1966
Kogar the Gorilla
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
Movie • 1988
Muffo
Time Machine: The Journey Back
Movie • 1993
Self
Terror in the Jungle
Movie • 1968
The Lovely Bones
Movie • 2009
Mall Shopper
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Movie • 2013
Self
Dark and Stormy Night
Movie • 2009
Kogar the Gorilla
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Movie • 2004
Self
Corman's World
Movie • 2011
Self - Monster Maker
The Alien Legacy
Movie • 1999
Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Movie • 2008
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
Movie • 2006
Self
The Further Adventures of Major Mars
Movie • 1976
Major Mars
The Ghost Busters
TV • 1975
Tracy the Gorilla
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Werewolf