Stanley Ralph Ross Biography

Fast Facts

• Ross instructed at the University of Southern California film school
• Well-renowned for his distinctive voice and did a lot of voice-over work
• Credited for writing and producing over two hundred songs
• Ross was a partner in two baseball teams, the South Ben Silver Hawks and the Erie Pirates, as well as nine improvisation nightclubs
• The name of a character Ross played on the "Batman" TV series, "Ballpoint Baxter," is his real-life nickname
• Ross became an ordained minister and presided over the third marriage of Burt Ward, the actor who played "Robin" on the TV series, "Batman․"
• Ross was the president of infomercial company "Hollywood Showcase," and was the CEO of CD-ROM companies "Comedy Software Inc․," and "Disk Top Publishing․"
• Ross wrote and directed the introduction to ABC's "Wide World of Sports," while working as an executive as ABC
• Occasionally credited as "Sue Donem," a pun on "pseudonym․"