Bob Burns

May 12, 1935 (89 years old) in

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

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The Lucy Show

Werewolf

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The Lovely Bones

Mall Shopper

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The Ghost Busters

Tracy the Gorilla

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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Self

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Corman's World

Self - Monster Maker

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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

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The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"

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Dark and Stormy Night

Kogar the Gorilla

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Invasion of the Saucer-Men

Saucer Man

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Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

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Credits

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! 2021

Self

★ 4
How to Build a Time Machine 2016

Self

★ 6.8
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited 2016

Himself

★ NR
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! 2013

Self

★ NR
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo' 2013

Self

★ 7
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal! 2012

Self

★ 7
Men in Suits 2012

Self

★ 8
Corman's World 2011

Self - Monster Maker

★ 7.1
The Lovely Bones 2009

Mall Shopper

★ 7.1
Dark and Stormy Night 2009

Kogar the Gorilla

★ 6.2
The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws" 2009

Self

★ 7.2
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu 2008

Self

★ NR
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret 2008

Self

★ NR
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce 2008

Self

★ 8.4
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story 2007

Self

★ 7.7
07 Spaceys 2007

★ 5
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet 2006

Self

★ 4.5
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies 2006

Self

★ NR
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills 2006

Self

★ 8.2
Return to Bronson Canyon 2006

Ro-Man

★ NR
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man? 2006

Himself

★ NR
RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' 2005

Self

★ 10
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' 2005

Self

★ NR
The Naked Monster 2005

Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla

★ 4.3
The Brundle Museum of Natural History 2005

Self

★ NR
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man 2004

Self

★ 7
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots 2004

Himself

★ 3
The Universe According to Universal 2002

Self

★ 5
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures 2001

Self

★ 6.8
The Vampire Hunters Club 2001

Bob

★ NR
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle 2000

Self

★ 7.3
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! 2000

Self

★ 7.3
The Alien Legacy 1999

Self

★ 6.9
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania 1999

Himself

★ 7
Drive 1997

Doctor/Co-Pilot

★ 6.1
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! 1997

Co-Host / Kogar

★ 9
Hollywood Goes Ape! 1994

Himself

★ 6
Time Machine: The Journey Back 1993

Himself

★ 7
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here 1988

Muffo

★ 2.2
Superbman: The Other Movie 1981

Tracy the Gorilla

★ NR
The Ghost Busters 1975

Tracy the Gorilla

★ 7
Terror in the Jungle 1968

★ 4.9
Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters 1968

Kogar the Gorilla

★ 4
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo 1966

Kogar the Gorilla

★ 4.4
Captain America vs. The Mutant 1964

Metaluna Mutant

★ NR
The Adventures of the Spirit 1963

Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman

★ 10
The Lucy Show 1962

Werewolf

★ 7
The Cliff Monster 1960

★ NR
Invasion of the Saucer-Men 1957

Saucer Man

★ 4.8
The Monster 1953

Scientist

★ NR
Ghost Town Riders 1938

★ NR