Acting
Bob Burns
Born May 12, 1935 · Died December 12, 2025
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
6.6
The Lovely Bones
Mall Shopper
6.6
Drive
Doctor/Co-Pilot
7.5
Corman's World
Self - Monster Maker
6.1
Not of This Earth
Special Effects
7.2
The Lucy Show
Werewolf
5.3
Invasion of the Saucer Men
Saucer Man
7.0
The Ghost Busters
Tracy the Gorilla
7.6
The Shark Is Still Working
Self
6.6
Dark and Stormy Night
Kogar the Gorilla
7.5
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
6.9 TMDB
The Alien Legacy
Self
5.3
The Naked Monster
Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
6.9
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
7.6 TMDB
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
Self
5.3 TMDB
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
Kogar the Gorilla
3.2
Terror in the Jungle
1968 · Movie
7.3 TMDB
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
Self
3.4 TMDB
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
Muffo
7.8
How to Build a Time Machine
Self
4.2 TMDB
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
Himself
Filmography
- 2021Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!Self, ThanksMovie
- 2016How to Build a Time MachineSelfMovie
- 2016Charlie Gemora: UncreditedHimselfMovie
- 2013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!SelfMovie
- 2013The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'SelfMovie
- 2012Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!SelfMovie
- 2012Men in SuitsSelfMovie
- 2011Corman's WorldSelf - Monster MakerMovie
- 2009The Lovely BonesMall ShopperMovie
- 2009Dark and Stormy NightKogar the GorillaMovie
- 2009The Shark Is Still WorkingSelfMovie
- 2008Masters of Magic: The World of ChanduSelfMovie
- 2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”SelfMovie
- 2008Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s SecretSelfMovie
- 2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack PierceSelfMovie
- 2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle StorySelfMovie
- 200707 SpaceysMovie
- 2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden PlanetSelfMovie
- 2006I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur MoviesSelfMovie
- 2006The Sci-Fi BoysSelfMovie
- 2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of ChillsSelfMovie
- 2006Return to Bronson CanyonRo-ManMovie
- 2006Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?HimselfMovie
- 2005The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'SelfMovie
- 2005The Naked MonsterAdmiral Burns / Tracy the GorillaMovie
- 2005The Brundle Museum of Natural HistorySelfMovie
- 2004Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-ManSelfMovie
- 2004Dr. Horror's Erotic House of IdiotsHimselfMovie
- 2002The Universe According to UniversalSelfMovie
- 2002Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"SelfMovie
- 2002Taking the Punishment PollSelfMovie
- 2001It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International PicturesSelfMovie
- 2001The Vampire Hunters ClubBobMovie
- 2000Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature ChronicleSelfMovie
- 2000Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!SelfMovie
- 1999The Alien LegacySelfMovie
- 1999Attack of the 50 Foot Monster ManiaHimselfMovie
- 1999Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'SelfMovie
- 1997DriveDoctor/Co-PilotMovie
- 1997Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!Co-Host / Kogar, ProducerMovie
- 1994Hollywood Goes Ape!Himself, Associate ProducerMovie
- 1993Time Machine: The Journey BackSelf, Executive ProducerMovie
- 1991Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and FantasySelfMovie
- 1988Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are HereMuffoMovie
- 1981Superbman: The Other MovieTracy the GorillaMovie
- 1976The Further Adventures of Major MarsMajor Mars, DirectorMovie
- 1975The Ghost BustersTracy the GorillaSeries
- 1968Terror in the JungleMovie
- 1968The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the MonstersKogar the Gorilla / The Mad MummyMovie
- 1966Rat Pfink a Boo BooKogar the GorillaMovie
- 1964Captain America vs. The MutantMetaluna MutantMovie
- 1963The Adventures of the SpiritMad Mummy/Captain America/SupermanMovie
- 1962The Lucy ShowWerewolfSeries
- 1960The Cliff MonsterMovie
- 1957Invasion of the Saucer MenSaucer ManMovie
- 1957Not of This EarthSpecial EffectsMovie
- 1953The MonsterScientist, Director, WriterMovie
- 1952The AlienDirectorMovie
- —13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-OSelfMovie