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Bob Burns

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Acting credits

44

Established

Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

0.3

Low visibility

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Movies: 43Series: 2Crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 99596

IMDb ID: nm0122591

Known for: Acting

Born: May 12, 1935

Age: 90

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2021

Years active: 69

Average TMDB rating: 6.51

Wikidata: Q4931984

Also known as

Robert Burns • Rob Burns

Other jobs

Director (1)Executive Producer (1)Producer (1)Special Effects (1)Thanks (1)

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.

Movies

Movies

Movie credits linked with Bob Burns.

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! poster
4.7

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

as Self

2021 Movie
How to Build a Time Machine poster
6.8

How to Build a Time Machine

as Self

2016 Movie
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited poster

Charlie Gemora: Uncredited

as Himself

2016 Movie
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! poster

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

as Self

2013 Movie
The 9th Wonder of the World:  The Making of 'Gorgo' poster
7.0

The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'

as Self

2013 Movie
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal! poster
7.0

Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!

as Self

2012 Movie
Men in Suits poster
8.0

Men in Suits

as Self

2012 Movie
Corman's World poster
7.1

Corman's World

as Self - Monster Maker

2011 Movie
The Lovely Bones poster
7.1

The Lovely Bones

as Mall Shopper

2009 Movie
Dark and Stormy Night poster
5.9

Dark and Stormy Night

as Kogar the Gorilla

2009 Movie
The Shark Is Still Working poster
7.2

The Shark Is Still Working

as Self

2009 Movie
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” poster

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

as Self

2008 Movie
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce poster
8.4

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

as Self

2008 Movie
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story poster
7.8

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

as Self

2007 Movie
07 Spaceys poster
5.0

07 Spaceys

2007 Movie
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet poster
4.5

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

as Self

2006 Movie
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies poster

I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies

as Self

2006 Movie
The Sci-Fi Boys poster
7.0

The Sci-Fi Boys

as Self

2006 Movie
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man? poster

Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?

as Himself

2006 Movie
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' poster

The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'

as Self

2005 Movie
The Naked Monster poster
4.1

The Naked Monster

as Admiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla

2005 Movie
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man poster
7.0

Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man

as Self

2004 Movie
Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots poster
3.0

Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots

as Himself

2004 Movie
The Universe According to Universal poster
5.0

The Universe According to Universal

as Self

2002 Movie
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