Robert Ash was born in Walsall, England[1] into a family of actors and was brought up in the "pirate" circuses of Britain.
During World War II, Ash performed for the British Forces in Stars in Battledress.
After immigrating to Canada (leaving his parents and an unknown woman), Ash answered an advertisement for a television role as a clown in the CFTO program The Professor's Hideaway in 1959.
[3] Even after retirement Ash continued to live in Toronto (Guildwood) [6] and worked on children's books.
Ash later moved north to Elliot Lake from Toronto and died there of a heart attack on May 20, 2007.