Career
He made his film debut in Illinois Met by Moonlight. The family moved to Portsmouth at the turn of the century. Morris was one of nine children born to Morry and Becky Morris.
His best-known role on television was as Thomas Cromwell in The Six Wives of Henry VIII. In preparation for it, he visited a number of English castles to study the characters" portraits.
In 1968, he played Gollum in the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio dramatisation of The Hobbit, and later starred as the mad waxworks owner in the Amicus horror anthology film The House That Dripped Blood (1970). His other films included The Abominable Snowman (1957), The Camp on Blood Island (1958), I Only Arsked! (1958), Nine Hours to Rama (1963), The Best House in London (1969), The Mackintosh Manitoba (1973), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes" Smarter Brother (1975), The Message (1976), Cuba (1979), and The London Connection (1979).
