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Elliott began his acting career with Orson Welles' Mercury Theater, where he performed in Welles' famed radio program "War of the Worlds".

According to an article on Ross by Tom Weaver in Classic Images film magazine (April 2016), Ross became upset on the set of the daytime soap opera "General Hospital" in which he had a regular part of Lee Baldwin and left his role. The role was taken over by another actor (Peter Hansen) and went on to last decades and cost him years of steady work.

Grew up in the Bronx and attended the City College of New York. Served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Met actor William Alland during his days with the Mercury Players which led to a longtime friendship. Ross later appeared in three of producer Alland's movies: Tarantula (1955), As Young as We Are (1958) and Ein tollkühner Draufgänger (1964).

Appeared in his first film Ku Klux Klan - Banditen in Maske (1947), a story about the KKK. In the film Der Gefangene des Ku-Klux-Klan (1950), Elliott appeared as a Klansman.

Born on exactly the same date as actor Richard Boone.

Married twice.