- Nascido(a) em
- Falecido(a) em2 de fevereiro de 1956 · Encino, Califórnia, EUA (kidney cancer)
- Nome de nascimentoRobin Burn
- Apelido
- 'Bazooka' Burns; The Arkansas Traveler
- Bob Burns nasceu o 2 de agosto de 1890 em Arkansas, EUA. Era ator e autor e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em Amor Havaiano (1937), Mountain Music (1937) e Folias de Radio City (1938). Foi casado com Harriet M. Foster, Judy Canova e Elizabeth Fisher. Morreu o 2 de fevereiro de 1956 em Encino, Califórnia, EUA.
- CônjugesHarriet M. Foster(31 de maio de 1939 - 2 de fevereiro de 1956) (sua morte, 3 crianças)Judy Canova(1936 - março de 1939) (divorciado (a))Elizabeth Fisher(22 de setembro de 1921 - 1936) (sua morte, 1 criança)
- Hillbilly humor, backwoods philosophy, and tall tales
- Playing his homemade musical instrument, the 'bazooka.'
- Bob Burns coined the word 'bazooka' (which he copyrighted in 1920) for the homemade musical instrument he invented in 1905 from two gas pipes and a whiskey funnel. The weapon of the same name was named after Burns' device during World War II.
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 78. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
- He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1601 Vine Street and for Radio at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Paramount produced a promotional short about the musical scoring of the 1937 feature "Wells Fargo". Featured in the short were the movie's director Frank Lloyd, composer Victor Young, musical director Boris Morros and actors Bob Burns, Porter Hall, Frances Dee, and Joel McCrea. The short was narrated by Gayne Whitman.
- His birth year is sometimes cited as 1893 or 1896; 1890 is correct. His birthplace sometimes given as Greenwood, Arkansas.
- I am supposed to be the Ozark Sage, though there are plenty of wise fellows back home who look like William Cullen Bryant and have even longer beards. To be a sage, I guess the formula is to stay a long way off from where you're born, or else you'll get found out.
- If the country folk I tell these stories about don't mind, I can't see why the city people want to kick. City folks are the same everywhere. They ain't different enough to be interesting.
- Some folks out here get inflated ideas. But they usually have to come down to earth. I know I'm the same fellow I was years ago when I was glad to make $25 a week. I haven't gotten any smarter.
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