Bob Burns

Birth Name:

Robin Burn

Birth Place:

Van Buren, Arkansas, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Studied the mandolin, the fiddle, the guitar, the piano and the cornet as a child
Worked as an orchestra leader, a river ferry pilot, a peanut farmer and a hay seller and advertiser
Started his entertainment career in carnivals, and then moved to the vaudeville stage
Quote: "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 got any smarter․"
Quote: "If the country folk I tell these stories about don't mind, I can't see why the city people want to kick․"
Known for creating a musical instrument from several lengths of pipe and a funnel that he called the bazooka, a name that was later adopted to describe a portable rocket launcher
A comedian, actor and radio personality, he was best known for the stories he would tell about life in the Ozarks
Spent the final years of his life on a 200-acre ranch in Canoga Park, Los Angeles
Was considered the honorary mayor of Canoga Park, Los Angeles, for several years
Invested in San Fernando Valley real estate in his later years

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