Born Stanley Ralph Rosenberg,[1] he was raised in Brooklyn, New York, working at Nathan’s Famous and as a barker at the Coney Island freak show.

“I didn’t find that out until many years later.”[1] Ross moved to Los Angeles in 1956, and met his wife, Neila Hyman, almost immediately.

),[5] Ross was approached by producer Howie Horwitz, who invited him to pitch story ideas for the new TV show, Batman.

[1] Although most recognized for his work on Batman, Ross also wrote for many other series, including The Monkees, Banacek, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Columbo, The Electric Company, and G.I.

[1] Ross was involved in multiple efforts to bring the comic book character Wonder Woman to television.

Ross declined, objecting to the series' updated Wonder Woman character (based on the 1960s and 70s comic book) and the casting of Cathy Lee Crosby.

When the 1974 Crosby pilot failed, Ross was brought in to develop his own vision which put a high priority on visual fidelity to the look of the classic comics.

He wrote "Beat the System," the theme song for The Kallikaks, which Roy Clark performed for the opening credits of the show in 1977.

[13] In collaboration with Jay Robert Nash, Ross authored The Motion Picture Guide, a comprehensive multi-volume set of encyclopedias written from the 1970s to the early 1980s, containing detailed descriptions of possibly every motion picture made up to that time, with a two-volume index, and a separate volume entirely dedicated to silent films, and yet another listing every actor (and other major creative credit) with that person's complete list of films.

The regular encyclopedia editions alphabetized every sound feature from 1927 until 1983, the last volume having a separate section in the back for 1984 movies (and the deaths of that year) that were compiled too close to press time to include alphabetically among the other listings; and starting in 1985 until the early 1990s, an individual volume was released annually, with an obituary section for that year also included.

[14] He later co-wrote the 1995 book Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights with Burt Ward, who starred as Robin on the 1960s Batman series.

His grave reads: Larger Than Life Beloved Son, Husband, Father, Grandfather STANLEY RALPH ROSS July 22, 1935 * March 16, 2000 "Thanks, I Had A Wonderful Time!