Bob Burns
Birthday: 1935-05-12
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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
07 Spaceys
Canada's only sci-fi and fantasy television awards show. SPACE's annual celebration of genre enterta...
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Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!
A documentary about the career of director Jack Arnold at Universal-International Studios. (An early...
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The Shark Is Still Working
After three decades, Jaws continues to intrigue, thrill and frighten viewers. This documentary focus...
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I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
From 1953 to 1969, Don Glut made amateur movies. Shot on 16mm, these films became "legendary" throug...
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The Cliff Monster
A couple searching for the ideal spot to have a picnic, unknowingly enter sacred land and disturb th...
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The Universe According to Universal
Narrator Rudy Behlmer guides a look through Universal's place in film history as a source of alien v...
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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
A documentary about the making of, and legacy of, the Forbidden Planet movie....
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who becam...
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The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the 1953 sci-fi classic "The War of the Worlds". I...
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How to Build a Time Machine
Focuses on two subjects in particular: Rob Niosi, who has spent many years building a full-scale rep...
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Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots
"Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots" is a direct-to-video that tells the tale of when a trio of gul...
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Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
This documentary on Halloween visits haunted houses around the U.S. and presents interviews with hor...
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The Naked Monster
Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fi...
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Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
A look behind the scenes at Cortlandt Hull's "The Witch's Dungeon," a movie-themed Halloween attract...
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Captain America vs. The Mutant
A spacecraft lands on Earth. Steve Rogers (played by Randal Kleiser) observes the landing and invest...
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Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania
Hosted by everyone's favorite vamp, Elvira, this program is a lighthearted look back at the monster ...
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Men in Suits
Godzilla… Predator… Robby the Robot… The Gill Man… These are some of the most iconic characters in c...
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Return to Bronson Canyon
Bob Furmanek and Bob Burns returns to the original location of ROBOT MONSTER....
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Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?
The shocking conclusion to what happened after ROBOT MONSTER....
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Superbman: The Other Movie
Facing impending doom on the planet Krapton, Kid-O, infant son of Jel-O, is sent to earth where he i...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
A documentary from Universal about the movie Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein....
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Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
Documentary about the making of and legacy of The Creature from the Black Lagoon included in The Leg...
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It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded...
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Ghost Town Riders
Molly Taylor owns the town of Stillwell but is unaware the taxes are due as Gomer has stolen her not...
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Horror’s Missing Link: Rediscovering Dr. Renault’s Secret
Filmmakers and historians discuss the 1942 cult classic Dr. Renault’s Secret....
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The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
Retrospective documentary on the making of Gorgo (1961)....
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He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Tribute to Universal make-up artist Jack Pierce who created some of the studio's most famous works i...
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Hollywood Goes Ape!
A documentary covering the history of Apes in the movies. Written and Directed by Donald F. Glut....
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Invasion of the Saucer-Men
Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town, but the town's teenage population is mobili...
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The Adventures of the Spirit
The Spirit is joined by a host of other heroes in battling the Phantom and his army of monsters...
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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
A comprehensive story of Hollywood's horror and science fiction films of the 1950s, told by the peop...
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Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
A portrait of painter, sculptor, makeup artist, set designer and inventor Charlie Gemora....
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Drive
A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked byst...
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The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters
The adventures of the Lemon Grove Kids in a Bowery Boys-inspired kiddie film....
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Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
Picking a random name out of the phone book, thugs decide to terrorize and kidnap Cee Bee Beaumont, ...
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Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
Insect-like aliens invade a small town. The local teenagers have been watching a sci-fi marathon in ...
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Time Machine: The Journey Back
Documentary/Sequel to 1960 adaptation of "The Time Machine"...
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Terror in the Jungle
Little boy Henry Clayton Jr. survives a plane crash in the untamed Amazon jungle. However, he's disc...
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The Lovely Bones
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken ...
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House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Documentary on the making and impact of "House of Wax"....
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Dark and Stormy Night
In the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find themselves...
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Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
First surfacing in 1954, the Gill-Man from CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON has been one of the most i...
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Corman's World
A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious ...
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RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933),...
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The Sci-Fi Boys
Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects fil...
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