Bob Burns
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 12, 1935
- Died
- December 12, 2025 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Oklahoma, USA
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
13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
Movie · as Self
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Movie · as Self
How to Build a Time Machine
Movie · as Self
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
Movie · as Himself
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
Movie · as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Movie · as Self
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
Movie · as Self
Men in Suits
Movie · as Self
Corman's World
Movie · as Self - Monster Maker
Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween
Movie · as Self
The Shark Is Still Working
Movie · as Self
The Lovely Bones
Movie · as Mall Shopper
Dark and Stormy Night
Movie · as Kogar the Gorilla
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
Movie · as Self
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
Movie · as Self
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Movie · as Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Movie · as Self
07 Spaceys
Movie
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Movie · as Self
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Movie · as Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Movie · as Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Movie · as Self
Return to Bronson Canyon
Movie · as Ro-Man
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
Movie · as Himself
The Sci-Fi Boys
Movie · as Self
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
Movie · as Self
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
Movie · as Self
The Naked Monster
Movie · as Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
Movie · as Himself
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Movie · as Self
The Universe According to Universal
Movie · as Self
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
Movie · as Self
Taking the Punishment Poll
Movie · as Self
The Vampire Hunters Club
Movie · as Bob
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Movie · as Self
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
Movie · as Self
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
Movie · as Self
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
Movie · as Himself
The Alien Legacy
Movie · as Self
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
Movie · as Self
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
Movie · as Co-Host / Kogar
Drive
Movie · as Doctor/Co-Pilot
Hollywood Goes Ape!
Movie · as Himself
Time Machine: The Journey Back
Movie · as Self
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Movie · as Self
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
Movie · as Muffo
Superbman: The Other Movie
Movie · as Tracy the Gorilla
The Further Adventures of Major Mars
Movie · as Major Mars
The Ghost Busters
TV · as Tracy the Gorilla · 15 eps
The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
Movie · as Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy
Terror in the Jungle
Movie
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
Movie · as Kogar the Gorilla
Captain America vs. The Mutant
Movie · as Metaluna Mutant
The Adventures of the Spirit
Movie · as Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
The Lucy Show
TV · as Werewolf · 1 ep
The Cliff Monster
Movie
Invasion of the Saucer Men
Movie · as Saucer Man
The Monster
Movie · as Scientist