native hills". In 1944, Burns appeared in the Technicolor musical Western film Belle of the Yukon (1944), set in the Canadian Gold Rush. Burns was top-billed with Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee and Dinah Shore. His last appearance was as co-star in The Windjammer (1945), which he helped write. His last performance was on January 30, 1955, on The Ed Sullivan Show (then called Toast of the Town). For his contributions to the film industry, Burns was inducted posthumously into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 with a motion pictures star located at 1601 Vine Street. Personal life In 1921, Burns married Elizabeth Anna Fisher. They had one child, Robert Jr., who was married to actress Naomi Stevens and who died in 2012. Elizabeth died in 1936. Burns then married his long-time secretary Harriet M. Foster in May 1939. They had three children, Barbara, William, and Stephen, and remained married until his death. A wealthy man from his land investments, Burns spent his final years on his model farm on Sherman Way in Canoga Park, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. He died from kidney cancer in nearby Encino on February 2, 1956, at the age of 65. Filmography See also Bob Burns House, his childhood home in Van Buren, Arkansas References External links Bob Burns hometown tribute Bob Burns tribute page Audio files The Bob Burns Show (audition show of November 23, 1947), via Old Time Radio Show American male comedians American male film actors American radio personalities American male radio actors 1890 births Military personnel from Arkansas 1956 deaths Male actors from Arkansas Male actors from California United States Marine Corps non-commissioned officers United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I People from Canoga Park, Los Angeles People from Greenwood, Arkansas Vaudeville performers Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Deaths from cancer in California Deaths from kidney cancer 20th-century American male actors Comedians from California 20th-century American comedians