Bob Burns

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

The Lucy Show

The Lovely Bones

The Ghost Busters

Drive

Corman's World

The Shark Is Still Working

The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters

07 Spaceys

All Movies (55)

• Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!2021 · as Self
• How to Build a Time Machine2016 · as Self
• Charlie Gemora: Uncredited2016 · as Himself
• House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!2013 · as Self
• The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'2013 · as Self
• Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!2012 · as Self
• Men in Suits2012 · as Self
• Corman's World2011 · as Self - Monster Maker
• The Lovely Bones2009 · as Mall Shopper
• Dark and Stormy Night2009 · as Kogar the Gorilla
• The Shark Is Still Working2009 · as Self
• Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu2008 · as Self
• RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”2008 · as Self
• Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret2008 · as Self
• He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce2008 · as Self
• Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story2007 · as Self
• 07 Spaceys2007
• Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet2006 · as Self
• I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies2006 · as Self
• The Sci-Fi Boys2006 · as Self
• Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills2006 · as Self
• Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?2006 · as Himself
• Return to Bronson Canyon2006 · as Ro-Man
• The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'2005 · as Self
• The Naked Monster2005 · as Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
• The Brundle Museum of Natural History2005 · as Self
• Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man2004 · as Self
• Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots2004 · as Himself
• The Universe According to Universal2002 · as Self
• Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"2002 · as Self
• Taking the Punishment Poll2002 · as Self
• It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures2001 · as Self
• The Vampire Hunters Club2001 · as Bob
• Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle2000 · as Self
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!2000 · as Self
• The Alien Legacy1999 · as Self
• Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania1999 · as Himself
• Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'1999 · as Self
• Drive1997 · as Doctor/Co-Pilot
• Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!1997 · as Co-Host / Kogar
• Hollywood Goes Ape!1994 · as Himself
• Time Machine: The Journey Back1993 · as Self
• Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here1988 · as Muffo
• Superbman: The Other Movie1981 · as Tracy the Gorilla
• The Further Adventures of Major Mars1976 · as Major Mars
• Terror in the Jungle1968
• The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters1968 · as Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy
• Rat Pfink a Boo Boo1966 · as Kogar the Gorilla
• Captain America vs. The Mutant1964 · as Metaluna Mutant
• The Adventures of the Spirit1963 · as Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
• The Cliff Monster1960
• Invasion of the Saucer Men1957 · as Saucer Man
• The Monster1953 · as Scientist
• Ghost Town Riders1938
• 13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O— · as Self

All TV Shows (2)

• The Ghost Busters1975 · as Tracy the Gorilla
• The Lucy Show1962 · as Werewolf