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.

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Bob Burns — movies and TV shows

The Lucy Show

1962

The Lovely Bones

2009

Corman's World

2011

The Ghost Busters

1975

Drive

1997

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

2006

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

2008

Dark and Stormy Night

2009

The Shark Is Still Working

2009

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

2021

Invasion of the Saucer Men

1957

Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!

2012

Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man

2004

The Sci-Fi Boys

2006

Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!

1997

Superbman: The Other Movie

1981

07 Spaceys

2007

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

2001

Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here

1988

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!

2000

Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania

1999

Time Machine: The Journey Back

1993

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

2008

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Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots

2004

Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'

1999

Charlie Gemora: Uncredited

2016

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

2005

Hollywood Goes Ape!

1994

13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O

Men in Suits

2012

Captain America vs. The Mutant

1964

Taking the Punishment Poll

2002

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle

2000

The Alien Legacy

1999

The Universe According to Universal

2002

Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?

2006

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

2006

Rat Pfink a Boo Boo

1966

The Adventures of the Spirit

1963

Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"

2002

The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters

1968

Terror in the Jungle

1968

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

2013

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

2013

How to Build a Time Machine

2016

The Naked Monster

2005

Ghost Town Riders

1938

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The Monster

1953