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
Acting History
2021
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self
2016How to Build a Time Machine as Self
2016Charlie Gemora: Uncredited as Himself
2013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! as Self
2013The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo' as Self
2012Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal! as Self
2012Men in Suits as Self
2011Corman's World as Self - Monster Maker
2009The Lovely Bones as Mall Shopper
2009Dark and Stormy Night as Kogar the Gorilla
2009The Shark Is Still Working as Self
2008Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu as Self
2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” as Self
2008Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret as Self
2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce as Self
2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story as Self
200707 Spaceys
2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet as Self
2006I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies as Self
2006The Sci-Fi Boys as Self
2006Whatever Happened to Ro-Man? as Himself
2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
2006Return to Bronson Canyon as Ro-Man
2005The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' as Self
2005The Naked Monster as Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
2005The Brundle Museum of Natural History as Self
2004Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man as Self
2004Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots as Himself
2002The Universe According to Universal as Self
2001It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
2001The Vampire Hunters Club as Bob
2000Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle as Self
2000Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! as Self
1999The Alien Legacy as Self
1999Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania as Himself
1997Drive as Doctor/Co-Pilot
1997Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! as Co-Host / Kogar
1994Hollywood Goes Ape! as Himself
1993Time Machine: The Journey Back as Himself
1988Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here as Muffo
1981Superbman: The Other Movie as Tracy the Gorilla
1975The Ghost Busters as Tracy the Gorilla
1968Terror in the Jungle
1968The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters as Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy
1966Rat Pfink a Boo Boo as Kogar the Gorilla
1964Captain America vs. The Mutant as Metaluna Mutant
1963The Adventures of the Spirit as Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
1962The Lucy Show as Werewolf
1960The Cliff Monster
1957Invasion of the Saucer-Men as Saucer Man
1953The Monster as Scientist
1938Ghost Town Riders