Background
Robert Ash was born in a Staffordshire theatre into a family of actors and was brought up in the "pirate" circuses of Britain.
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Ash entertainment career as a child actor and began with a role in Number Mother to Guide Her. During World World War II Ash performed for the British Forces in Stars in Battledress. Ash also worked as a comedy performer and circus clown.
(The character of Kiddo later went on to his own show, with a different actor) After Ash left his first show, he returned to Britain, but returned shortly to Canada to create a new program for CFTO (from 1962 to 1979).
Ash took early education course at Seneca College to help his work on television Even after retirement Ash continued to lived in Toronto (Guildwood) 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.
