Bob Burns
Acting
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
2021Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
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2016How to Build a Time Machine
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2016Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
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2013The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
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2013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
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2012Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
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2012Men in Suits
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2011Corman's World
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2009The Shark Is Still Working
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2009The Lovely Bones
Mall Shopper
2009Dark and Stormy Night
Kogar the Gorilla
2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
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2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
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200707 Spaceys
2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
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2006I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
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2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
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2006Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
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2006The Sci-Fi Boys
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2005The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
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2005The Naked Monster
Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
2004Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
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2004Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
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2002The Universe According to Universal
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