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

Werewolf

The Ghost Busters

Tracy the Gorilla

The Lovely Bones

Mall Shopper

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Self

The Sci-Fi Boys

Self

Corman's World

Self - Monster Maker

Drive

Doctor/Co-Pilot

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2021	Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!	Self
2016	How to Build a Time Machine	Self
2016	Charlie Gemora: Uncredited	Himself
2013	The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'	Self
2013	House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!	Self
2012	Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!	Self
2012	Men in Suits	Self
2011	Corman's World	Self - Monster Maker
2009	The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"	Self
2009	The Lovely Bones	Mall Shopper
2009	Dark and Stormy Night	Kogar the Gorilla
2008	Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu	Self
2008	Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret	Self
2008	He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce	Self
2008	RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”	Self
2007	07 Spaceys
2007	Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story	Self
2006	I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies	Self
2006	Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet	Self
2006	Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills	Self
2006	Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?	Himself
2006	Return to Bronson Canyon	Ro-Man
2006	The Sci-Fi Boys	Self
2005	The Brundle Museum of Natural History	Self
2005	The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'	Self
2005	The Naked Monster	Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
2004	Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots	Himself
2004	Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man	Self
2002	The Universe According to Universal	Self
2001	The Vampire Hunters Club	Bob
2001	It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures	Self
2000	Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!	Self
2000	Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle	Self
1999	Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania	Himself
1999	The Alien Legacy	Self
1997	Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!	Co-Host / Kogar
1997	Drive	Doctor/Co-Pilot
1994	Hollywood Goes Ape!	Himself
1993	Time Machine: The Journey Back	Himself
1988	Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here	Muffo
1981	Superbman: The Other Movie	Tracy the Gorilla
1968	Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters	Kogar the Gorilla
1968	Terror in the Jungle
1966	Rat Pfink a Boo Boo	Kogar the Gorilla
1964	Captain America vs. The Mutant	Metaluna Mutant
1963	The Adventures of the Spirit	Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
1960	The Cliff Monster
1957	Invasion of the Saucer-Men	Saucer Man
1953	The Monster	Scientist
1938	Ghost Town Riders

Year	TV Show	Role
1975	The Ghost Busters	Tracy the Gorilla
1962	The Lucy Show	Werewolf