5.2Acting
Bob Burns
- Born
- 1935-05-12
- Died
- 2025-12-12
Biography
Bob Burns was 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
Filmography
58 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021 · Movie
Self · Thanks
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
2016 · Movie
Himself
How to Build a Time Machine
2016 · Movie
Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013 · Movie
Self
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
2013 · Movie
Self
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
2012 · Movie
Self
Men in Suits
2012 · Movie
Self
Corman's World
2011 · Movie
Self - Monster Maker
Dark and Stormy Night
2009 · Movie
Kogar the Gorilla
The Lovely Bones
2009 · Movie
Mall Shopper
The Shark Is Still Working
2009 · Movie
Self
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008 · Movie
Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
2008 · Movie
Self
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
2008 · Movie
Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008 · Movie
Self
07 Spaceys
2007 · Movie
Cast
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007 · Movie
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006 · Movie
Self
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006 · Movie
Self
Return to Bronson Canyon
2006 · Movie
Ro-Man
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006 · Movie
Self
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
2006 · Movie
Himself
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006 · Movie
Self
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
2005 · Movie
Self
The Naked Monster
2005 · Movie
Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
2005 · Movie
Self
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004 · Movie
Self
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
2004 · Movie
Himself
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
2002 · Movie
Self
Taking the Punishment Poll
2002 · Movie
Self
The Universe According to Universal
2002 · Movie
Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001 · Movie
Self
The Vampire Hunters Club
2001 · Movie
Bob
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
2000 · Movie
Self
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
2000 · Movie
Self
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999 · Movie
Himself
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
1999 · Movie
Self
The Alien Legacy
1999 · Movie
Self
Drive
1997 · Movie
Doctor/Co-Pilot
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
1997 · Movie
Co-Host / Kogar · Producer
Hollywood Goes Ape!
1994 · Movie
Himself · Associate Producer
Time Machine: The Journey Back
1993 · Movie
Self · Executive Producer
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy
1991 · Movie
Self
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
1988 · Movie
Muffo
Superbman: The Other Movie
1981 · Movie
Tracy the Gorilla
The Further Adventures of Major Mars
1976 · Movie
Major Mars · Director
The Ghost Busters
1975 · TV Show
Tracy the Gorilla
Terror in the Jungle
1968 · Movie
Cast
The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
1968 · Movie
Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
1966 · Movie
Kogar the Gorilla
Captain America vs. The Mutant
1964 · Movie
Metaluna Mutant
The Adventures of the Spirit
1963 · Movie
Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
The Lucy Show
1962 · TV Show
Werewolf
The Cliff Monster
1960 · Movie
Cast · Director
Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957 · Movie
Saucer Man
Not of This Earth
1957 · Movie
Special Effects
The Monster
1953 · Movie
Scientist · Director · Writer
13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
Date unknown · Movie
Self