Bob Burns
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Bob Burns was 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
Credits

The Lovely Bones (2009)
as Mall Shopper

07 Spaceys (2007)
Actor

Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler' (1999)
as Self

Corman's World (2011)
as Self - Monster Maker

Taking the Punishment Poll (2002)
as Self

Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween (2011)
as Self

13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O (—)
as Self
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1991)
as Self

Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal" (2002)
as Self

Drive (1997)
as Doctor/Co-Pilot

Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
as Saucer Man

Hollywood Goes Ape! (1994)
as Himself

Captain America vs. The Mutant (1964)
as Metaluna Mutant

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
as Self

The Adventures of the Spirit (1963)
as Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman

The Naked Monster (2005)
as Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla

Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots (2004)
as Himself

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)
as Self

Dark and Stormy Night (2009)
as Kogar the Gorilla

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)
as Self

Superbman: The Other Movie (1981)
as Tracy the Gorilla

The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
as Self

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” (2008)
as Self

The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' (2005)
as Self

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006)
as Self

The Shark Is Still Working (2009)
as Self

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013)
as Self

The Universe According to Universal (2002)
as Self

The Alien Legacy (1999)
as Self

Rat Pfink a Boo Boo (1966)
as Kogar the Gorilla

Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999)
as Himself

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce (2008)
as Self

Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal! (2012)
as Self

I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies (2006)
as Self

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle (2000)
as Self

Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! (1997)
as Co-Host / Kogar

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! (2000)
as Self

Time Machine: The Journey Back (1993)
as Self

Charlie Gemora: Uncredited (2016)
as Himself

Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man (2004)
as Self

The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters (1968)
as Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy

Men in Suits (2012)
as Self

Whatever Happened to Ro-Man? (2006)
as Himself
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu (2008)
as Self

Terror in the Jungle (1968)
Actor

Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here (1988)
as Muffo

How to Build a Time Machine (2016)
as Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006)
as Self
The Vampire Hunters Club (2001)
as Bob

The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo' (2013)
as Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret (2008)
as Self
The Brundle Museum of Natural History (2005)
as Self
Return to Bronson Canyon (2006)
as Ro-Man

The Monster (1953)
as Scientist
The Further Adventures of Major Mars (1976)
as Major Mars
The Cliff Monster (1960)
Actor





