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When Did Bob Burns Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 90
Also known asRobert Burns, Rob BurnsGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn12/05/1935Died12/12/2025 (aged 90)WikidataQ4931984 ↗TMDb#99596 ↗

Bob Burns III was an American actor, consultant, producer, archivist historian and collector of props, costumes and paraphernalia from science fiction, fantasy and horror motion pictures. His acting roles include Tracy the Gorilla in the 1975 television show The Ghost Busters.

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Filmography42 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2021Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!MovieSelf86
2016How to Build a Time MachineMovieSelf81
2013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!MovieSelf78
2013The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'MovieSelf78
2012Men in SuitsMovieSelf77
2012Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!MovieSelf77
2011Corman's WorldMovieSelf - Monster Maker76
2009Dark and Stormy NightMovieKogar the Gorilla74
2009The Shark Is Still WorkingMovieSelf74
2009The Lovely BonesMovieMall Shopper74
2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack PierceMovieSelf73
2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”MovieSelf73
2008Masters of Magic: The World of ChanduMovieSelf73
2008Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s SecretMovieSelf73
2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle StoryMovieSelf72
200707 SpaceysMovie—72
2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of ChillsMovieSelf71
2006I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur MoviesMovieSelf71
2006The Sci-Fi BoysMovieSelf71
2005The Naked MonsterMovieAdmiral Burns / Tracy the Gorilla70
2005The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'MovieSelf70
2004Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-ManMovieSelf69
2004Dr. Horror's Erotic House of IdiotsMovieHimself69
2002The Universe According to UniversalMovieSelf67
2002Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"MovieSelf67
2002Taking the Punishment PollMovieSelf67
2001The Vampire Hunters ClubMovieBob66
2001It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International PicturesMovieSelf66
2000Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!MovieSelf65
2000Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature ChronicleMovieSelf65
1999Attack of the 50 Foot Monster ManiaMovieHimself64
1999Scream For Your Lives: William Castle and 'The Tingler'MovieSelf64
1997Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!MovieCo-Host / Kogar62
1994Hollywood Goes Ape!MovieHimself59
1991Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and FantasyMovieSelf56
1988Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are HereMovieMuffo53
1975The Ghost BustersSeriesTracy the Gorilla40
1968Terror in the JungleMovie—33
1964Captain America vs. The MutantMovieMetaluna Mutant29
1963The Adventures of the SpiritMovieMad Mummy/Captain America/Superman28
1962The Lucy ShowSeriesWerewolf27
013 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-OMovieSelf—