Acting
Bob Burns
Born May 12, 1935 · Died Dec 12, 2025
Bob Burns was 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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Acting
13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
Documentary · History
How to Build a Time Machine
2016
Documentary
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
2016
Documentary
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
Documentary
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
2013
Horror · Documentary
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
2012
Documentary
Men in Suits
2012
Documentary
Corman's World
2011
Documentary
Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween
2011
Horror · Science Fiction
The Lovely Bones
2009
Fantasy · Drama
Dark and Stormy Night
2009
Horror · Comedy · Thriller
The Shark Is Still Working
2009
Documentary
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
Documentary · History
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
Documentary
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
Documentary
07 Spaceys
2007
TV Movie
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
Documentary · Science Fiction
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006
Documentary
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
Documentary
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
2006
Science Fiction
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
2005
Documentary
The Naked Monster
2005
Comedy · Horror · Science Fiction
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
2004
Documentary
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
2004
Comedy · Horror
The Universe According to Universal
2002
Documentary · Science Fiction
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
2002
Taking the Punishment Poll
2002
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
Documentary
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
2000
Documentary
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
2000
Documentary
The Alien Legacy
1999
Documentary
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
1999
TV Movie · Documentary
Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'
1999
Drive
1997
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
1997
Horror · Comedy · Documentary
Hollywood Goes Ape!
1994
Documentary
Time Machine: The Journey Back
1993
Documentary · Science Fiction
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
1988
Comedy · Science Fiction · Horror
Superbman: The Other Movie
1981
Comedy
The Ghost Busters
1975
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Family · Comedy
Terror in the Jungle
1968
Adventure · Thriller · Horror
The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
1968
Action · Adventure · Comedy
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
1966
Comedy · Action · Thriller
Captain America vs. The Mutant
1964
Science Fiction · Horror
The Adventures of the Spirit
1963
Horror
The Lucy Show
1962
Comedy
Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957
Science Fiction · Comedy · Horror
The Monster
1953
Horror · Science Fiction
Directed
The Monster
1953
Horror · Science Fiction