Spoiler : Born in Kansas City, Missouri 1/15/1899; died 3/24/1982 in New York City. Married to Jane Sherwood (1928-1974 her death). Ace began his career as cub reporter for The Kansas City Journal-Post, later he became the paper's movie and play reviewer. In 1927, he began his broadcasting career at KMBC- Kansas City, reading Sunday comics to children and hosting a weekly gossip and movie show called Ace Goes to the Movies. During a 1930 show he introduced his wife Jane to his listening audience, and their ad lib performance led to Ace writing and co-starring with wife wife Jane on The Easy Aces for CBS-Radio (1930-1945), and the syndicated filmed version on DuMont-TV (1949-1950). Head writer for The Danny Kaye Show on CBS-Radio (1945).

Spoiler : Ace became the supervisor for all of the CBS Radio Network comedy programs in 1946. Writer for The Little Show on CBS-Radio (1947) and Tallulah Bankhead's, The Big Show on CBS-Radio (1950- 1952). Creator of You Are There for CBS-Radio (1947-1950). Regular on Jane Ace for CBS-Radio (1951-1952).

Spoiler : TV columnist for Saturday Review magazine. Head writer for The Perry Como Show on NBC-TV (1955-1959) and The Milton Berle (Texaco Star Theater) for NBC-TV (1952-1955), at the time was the highest paid television comedy writer. Creator of Open House for CBS-TV (1960).