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

The Lucy Show
1965
The Lovely Bones
2009
The Ghost Busters
1975
Corman's World
2011
Drive
1997
Not of This Earth
1957
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
Dark and Stormy Night
2009
Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
58
Directing
3
Writing
1
Producing
3
Crew
2
2021
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self
2016
How to Build a Time Machine
as Self
2016
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
as Himself
2013
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
as Self
2013
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
as Self
2012
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
as Self
2012
Men in Suits
as Self
2011
Corman's World
as Self - Monster Maker
2009
The Shark Is Still Working
as Self
2009
The Lovely Bones
as Mall Shopper
2009
Dark and Stormy Night
as Kogar the Gorilla
2008
Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu
as Self
2008
Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
as Self
2008
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
as Self
2008
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
as Self
2007
07 Spaceys
2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
2006
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
as Self
2006
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
2006
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
as Self
2006
Return to Bronson Canyon
as Ro-Man
2006
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
as Himself
2006
The Sci-Fi Boys
as Self
2005
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
as Self
2005
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
as Self
2005
The Naked Monster
as Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla
2004
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
as Himself
2004
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
as Self
2002
The Universe According to Universal
as Self
2002
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
as Self
2002
Taking the Punishment Poll
as Self
2001
The Vampire Hunters Club
as Bob
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
as Self
2000
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
as Self
2000
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
as Self
1999
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
as Himself
1999
The Alien Legacy
as Self
1999
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
as Self
1997
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
as Co-Host / Kogar
1997
Drive
as Doctor/Co-Pilot
1994
Hollywood Goes Ape!
as Himself
1993
Time Machine: The Journey Back
as Self
1991
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy
as Self
1988
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
as Muffo
1981
Superbman: The Other Movie
as Tracy the Gorilla
1976
The Further Adventures of Major Mars
as Major Mars
1975
The Ghost Busters
as Tracy the Gorilla
1968
The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
as Kogar the Gorilla / The Mad Mummy
1968
Terror in the Jungle
1966
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
as Kogar the Gorilla
1965
The Lucy Show
as Werewolf
1964
Captain America vs. The Mutant
as Metaluna Mutant
1963
The Adventures of the Spirit
as Mad Mummy/Captain America/Superman
1960
The Cliff Monster
1957
Invasion of the Saucer Men
as Saucer Man
1953
The Monster
as Scientist
1938
Ghost Town Riders
13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
as Self