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