Bob Burns
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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
Credits

The Lovely Bones (2009)
as Mall Shopper

Drive (1997)
as Doctor/Co-Pilot

The Shark Is Still Working (2009)
as Self

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

07 Spaceys (2007)
Actor

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

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

Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
as Saucer Man

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

Dark and Stormy Night (2009)
as Kogar the Gorilla

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

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
as Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006)
as Self
The Vampire Hunters Club (2001)
as Bob

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

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

The Alien Legacy (1999)
as Self

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

13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O (—)
as Self

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

The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
as Self

Men in Suits (2012)
as Self

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

Time Machine: The Journey Back (1993)
as Self

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

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

The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo' (2013)
as Self
Ghost Town Riders (1938)
Actor

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

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

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

Charlie Gemora: Uncredited (2016)
as Himself

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

Taking the Punishment Poll (2002)
as Self

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

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

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

Terror in the Jungle (1968)
Actor

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! (2000)
as Self
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu (2008)
as Self

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

The Universe According to Universal (2002)
as Self

Hollywood Goes Ape! (1994)
as Himself

Whatever Happened to Ro-Man? (2006)
as Himself

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

How to Build a Time Machine (2016)
as Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret (2008)
as Self

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

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

Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999)
as Himself
The Brundle Museum of Natural History (2005)
as Self

The Monster (1953)
as Scientist
The Further Adventures of Major Mars (1976)
as Major Mars
The Cliff Monster (1960)
Actor
Return to Bronson Canyon (2006)
as Ro-Man





