Bob Burns III

Biography

Bob Burns III (May 12, 1935) is a 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 known for being Tracy the Gorilla - the one in the gorilla costume in The Ghost Busters (1975) but is credited as the one who "trained" Tracy.

Time Machine

The original Time Machine from the George Pal classic of the same name. It was located with the help of a friend a thrift shop in Orange, California. was restored with the help of a young Dennis Murren (now an Academy Award winning SFX pioner at ILM), Dorothy (D.C.) Fontanna (one of the original Star Trek screen writers), and motion picture art and SFX directors Michael Minor (Star Trek: the Motion Picture, Wrath of Kahn) and Tom Scherman.

Don't go in the basement

Among some of the things found in his "basement" museum are:

• The original wolf's head cane from 1941's The Wolfman,
• The orignial King Kong armature, and
• A functioning full size head of the Alien Queen from James Cameron's Aliens.
• A Martian saucer from the War of the Worlds TV Series.

Filmography

• GHOSTBUSTERS as "Tracy, The Gorilla" with Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch CBS-TV Series 1975 and 1976
• "MAC TONIGHT" Character puppeteering for, promotion for Mc DONALD'S television Commercials (1989-1990)