Bob Burns
Born
May 12, 1935 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
2021

How to Build a Time Machine
Self
2016

Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
Himself
2016

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
2013

The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
Self
2013

Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
Self
2012

Men in Suits
Self
2012

Corman's World
Self - Monster Maker
2011

The Lovely Bones
Mall Shopper
2009

Dark and Stormy Night
Kogar the Gorilla
2009

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"
Self
2009
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
Self
2008

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
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

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
2007

07 Spaceys
2007

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
2006

I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Self
2006

The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2006
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Self
2006
Return to Bronson Canyon
Ro-Man
2006

Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
Himself
2006

The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
Self
2005

The Naked Monster
Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
2005
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
Self
2005

Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Self
2004

Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
Himself
2004

The Universe According to Universal
Self
2002

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
2001
The Vampire Hunters Club
Bob
2001

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
Self
2000

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
Self
2000

The Alien Legacy
Self
1999

Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
Himself
1999

Drive
Doctor/Co-Pilot
1997

Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
Co-Host / Kogar
1997

Hollywood Goes Ape!
Himself
1994

Time Machine: The Journey Back
Himself
1993

Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
Muffo
1988

Superbman: The Other Movie
Tracy the Gorilla
1981

The Ghost Busters
Tracy the Gorilla · (15 episodes)
1975

Terror in the Jungle
1968

Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
Kogar the Gorilla
1968

Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
Kogar the Gorilla
1966

Captain America vs. The Mutant
Metaluna Mutant
1964

The Adventures of the Spirit
Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
1963

The Lucy Show
Werewolf · (1 episode)
1962
The Cliff Monster
1960

Invasion of the Saucer-Men
Saucer Man
1957

The Monster
Scientist
1953
Ghost Town Riders
1938