Bob Burns
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Directed
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!
2021
as Self
How to Build a Time Machine
2016
as Self
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
2016
as Himself
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
2013
as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
as Self
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
2012
as Self
Men in Suits
2012
as Self
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Monster Maker
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
as Self
The Lovely Bones
2009
as Mall Shopper
Dark and Stormy Night
2009
as Kogar the Gorilla
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
2008
as Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
2008
as Self
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
as Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
as Self
07 Spaceys
2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
as Self
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006
as Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
as Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
as Self
Return to Bronson Canyon
2006
as Ro-Man
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
2006
as Himself
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
as Self
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
2005
as Self
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
2005
as Self
The Naked Monster
2005
as Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
2004
as Himself
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004
as Self
The Universe According to Universal
2002
as Self
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
2002
as Self
Taking the Punishment Poll
2002
as Self
The Vampire Hunters Club
2001
as Bob
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
2000
as Self
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
2000
as Self
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999
as Himself
The Alien Legacy
1999
as Self
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
1999
as Self
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
1997
as Co-Host / Kogar
Drive
1997
as Doctor/Co-Pilot
Hollywood Goes Ape!
1994
as Himself
Time Machine: The Journey Back
1993
as Self
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy
1991
as Self
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
1988
as Muffo
Superbman: The Other Movie
1981
as Tracy the Gorilla
The Further Adventures of Major Mars
1976
as Major Mars
The Ghost Busters
1975
as Tracy the Gorilla
The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
1968
as Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy
Terror in the Jungle
1968
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
1966
as Kogar the Gorilla
Captain America vs. The Mutant
1964
as Metaluna Mutant
The Adventures of the Spirit
1963
as Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
The Lucy Show
1962
as Werewolf
The Cliff Monster
1960
Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957
as Saucer Man
The Monster
1953
as Scientist
Ghost Town Riders
1938