Bob Burns
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 12 May 1935
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
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
2008
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
2008
The Vampire Hunters Club
8.0The Vampire Hunters Club
2001
8.0Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
1999
7.5Hollywood Goes Ape!
1994
The Further Adventures of Major Mars
9.0The Further Adventures of Major Mars
1976
Acting 56
- 2026Taking the Punishment Poll as Self
- 202613 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O as Self
- 2021Hollywood 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
- 2006Return to Bronson Canyon as Ro-Man
- 2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2006Whatever Happened to Ro-Man? as Himself
- 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
- 2002Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal" 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
- 1999Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler' as Self
- 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 Self
- 1991Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy as Self
- 1988Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here as Muffo
- 1981Superbman: The Other Movie as Tracy the Gorilla
- 1976The Further Adventures of Major Mars as Major Mars
- 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
- 1960The Cliff Monster
- 1957Invasion of the Saucer Men as Saucer Man
- 1953The Monster as Scientist
- 1938Ghost Town Riders
crew 2
- 2021Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! · thanks
- 1957Not of This Earth · special effects
Production 3
- 1997Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! · producer
- 1994Hollywood Goes Ape! · associate producer
- 1993Time Machine: The Journey Back · executive producer
Directing 3
- 1976The Further Adventures of Major Mars · director
- 1960The Cliff Monster · director
- 1953The Monster · director
Writing 1
- 1953The Monster · writer