Cast & creator
Bob Burns
Best known for The Lucy Show, The Lovely Bones, The Ghost Busters
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.
Also known as: Robert Burns, Rob Burns
65
film credits
2
television credits
58
1938–2021 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (67)
Showing 67 of 67 credits
The Lucy Show
Werewolf
1962
The Lovely Bones
Mall Shopper
2009
The Ghost Busters
Tracy the Gorilla
1975
Drive
Doctor/Co-Pilot
1997
Corman's World
Self - Monster Maker
2011
Not of This Earth
Special Effects
1957
The Shark Is Still Working
Self
2009
Invasion of the Saucer Men
Saucer Man
1957
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
2021Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Thanks
2021
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Self
2008
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
2007
Dark and Stormy Night
Kogar the Gorilla
2009
07 Spaceys
2007
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
Self
2002Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Self
2006
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
2006
Hollywood Goes Ape!
Himself
1994Hollywood Goes Ape!
Associate Producer
1994
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
Co-Host / Kogar
1997Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
Producer
1997
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
2001
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
Muffo
1988The Vampire Hunters Club
Bob
2001
The Alien Legacy
Self
1999
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2006
The Adventures of the Spirit
Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
1963
Captain America vs. The Mutant
Metaluna Mutant
1964
Time Machine: The Journey Back
Self
1993Time Machine: The Journey Back
Executive Producer
1993
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
2013Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Self
1991
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
Himself
2004
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
Self
2000
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Self
2006
The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy
1968
The Naked Monster
Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
2005Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
Self
2008
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
Self
2013
The Universe According to Universal
Self
2002
Men in Suits
Self
2012
Terror in the Jungle
1968
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Self
2008
13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
Self
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Self
2004
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
Self
1999
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
Self
2005
Superbman: The Other Movie
Tracy the Gorilla
1981
Taking the Punishment Poll
Self
2002Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
Self
2008
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
Self
2000
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
Kogar the Gorilla
1966
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
Himself
1999
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
Self
2012
How to Build a Time Machine
Self
2016
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
Himself
2016The Brundle Museum of Natural History
Self
2005Ghost Town Riders
1938
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
Himself
2006Return to Bronson Canyon
Ro-Man
2006The Further Adventures of Major Mars
Major Mars
1976The Further Adventures of Major Mars
Director
1976The Cliff Monster
1960The Cliff Monster
Director
1960
The Monster
Scientist
1953The Monster
Director
1953The Monster
Writer
1953