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.
Acting (42 movies)
07 Spaceys
2007
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006
The Universe According to Universal
2002
How to Build a Time Machine
2016
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
2005
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
2012
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
2004
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
1997
The Naked Monster
2005
Captain America vs. The Mutant
1964
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999
Men in Suits
2012
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
2006
Superbman: The Other Movie
1981
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
2000
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
2000
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
2013
Hollywood Goes Ape!
1994
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
1957
The Adventures of the Spirit
1963
The Monster
1953
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
2016
Drive
1997
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
1966
The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
1968
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
1988
Time Machine: The Journey Back
1993
Terror in the Jungle
1968
The Lovely Bones
2009
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
Dark and Stormy Night
2009
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004
Corman's World
2011
The Alien Legacy
1999
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Monster | 1953 | Writer |
| Time Machine: The Journey Back | 1993 | Executive Producer |
| Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! | 1997 | Producer |