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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-05-12 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Also Known As

Robert Burns
Rob Burns

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.

Known For

7.1%

The Lovely Bones

Dec 26, 2009

6.1%

Drive

Aug 6, 1997

7.1%

Corman's World

Dec 16, 2011

4.8%

Invasion of the Saucer-Men

Jun 1, 1957

7.0%

The Lucy Show

Oct 1, 1962

7.0%

The Ghost Busters

Sep 6, 1975

7.2%

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"

May 2, 2009

6.2%

Dark and Stormy Night

Oct 10, 2009

7.7%

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Nov 8, 2007

6.9%

The Alien Legacy

Jun 1, 1999

4.3%

The Naked Monster

Apr 22, 2005

7.3%

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle

Aug 29, 2000

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Acting

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		House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! as Self
2013		The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo' 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 Lovely Bones as Mall Shopper
2009		Dark and Stormy Night as Kogar the Gorilla
2009		The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws" as Self

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

2007		Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story as Self
2007		07 Spaceys

2006		Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet as Self
2006		I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies 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

2005		RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' 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
2005		The Brundle Museum of Natural History as Self