Ross Wilson Forrester was born in Detroit, Michigan. His parents Charles Forrester and Jane Courthope were popular vaudeville performers. Ross's grandmother, singer Fanny Marston, was known as the "California nightingale". At the age of three Ross began appearing on stage with his parents. He starred on Broadway in Oliver Twist and toured Europe for several years. In 1924 Ross costarred with actress Maryon Aye in a Los Angeles production of White Collars. Ross and Maryon were married in September of 1936 (he was her third husband). He had bit parts in the movies Lady Scarface and The Big Street. During the 1930s he worked on numerous radio shows. He retired from acting and got a job at Hughes Aircraft company. Ross was with his wife Maryon Aye the night she committed suicide in 1951. He later said he never took her threats of suicide seriously. In 1953 Ross married actress Pauline Garon. She had been one of Maryon's close friends. Ross died on December 22, 1964 at the age of sixty-six.