Known For
Acting
Born
May 12, 1935
Credits
58 titles
Bob Burns
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
How to Build a Time Machine
Self
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
Himself
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
Self
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
Self
Men in Suits
Self
Corman's World
Self - Monster Maker
The Lovely Bones
Mall Shopper
Dark and Stormy Night
Kogar the Gorilla
The Shark Is Still Working
Self
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
Self
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
07 Spaceys
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
Himself
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Self
Return to Bronson Canyon
Ro-Man
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
Self
The Naked Monster
Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
Self
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Self
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
Himself
The Universe According to Universal
Self
Taking the Punishment Poll
Self
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
The Vampire Hunters Club
Bob
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
Self
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
Self
The Alien Legacy
Self
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
Self
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
Himself
Drive
Doctor/Co-Pilot
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
Co-Host / Kogar
Hollywood Goes Ape!
Himself
Time Machine: The Journey Back
Self
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
Muffo
Superbman: The Other Movie
Tracy the Gorilla
The Further Adventures of Major Mars
Major Mars
The Ghost Busters
Tracy the Gorilla
Terror in the Jungle
The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
Kogar the Gorilla
Captain America vs. The Mutant
Metaluna Mutant